Minister eyes legal revision over Comsn business handover plan

TOKYO, Japan - Health minister Hakuo Yanagisawa testifies before a House of Representatives panel on June 8, pledging to study a legal revision in response to an apparent attempt by nursing-care firm Comsn Inc. to dodge government punishment using a legal loophole over fraudulent business license applications. The government move came a day after Comsn concluded an agreement with NSS Corp. to hand over its business to one of its group companies. Comsn had obtained some of the licenses through fraudulent applications.

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