Goodwill head apologizes for move seen as attempt to evade order

Goodwill head apologizes for move seen as attempt to evade order

TOKYO, Japan - Masahiro Origuchi (R), chairman of Goodwill Group Inc., and Koichi Higuchi, president of Comsn Inc., hold a news conference in Tokyo on June 8. Ogiguchi offered his apologies for a move that many saw as an attempt to circumvent a government order effectively directing Comsn Inc., a Goodwill unit running the nation's largest nursing care service, to discontinue operations. (Kyodo)

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