Gov't shifts emphasis of nursing care from quantity to quality

Gov't shifts emphasis of nursing care from quantity to quality

TOKYO, Japan - A huge screen in Tokyo's Chuo Ward reports news of the government's decision to terminate the operating licenses of many of the nursing-care centers run by major nursing-care service Comsn Inc.

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