Transport ministry annuls firm's license to operate ''km'' taxis

Transport ministry annuls firm's license to operate ''km'' taxis

TOKYO, Japan - Kokusai Motorcars Co.'s President Shinichi Sugawara (L) receives a notification from a Japanese Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry official (R) of its revoked business license in Yokohama on Sept. 2. Kokusai Motorcars, operating its ''km'' taxis, reached the threshold for nullification with more than 80 penalty points in three years by repeatedly binding drivers to work over the legal limit of 21 hours in two days.

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