The Tokyo High Court has issued a decision invalidating a health ministry order that bans sale of most nonprescription drugs over the Internet or other “distance selling” methods.
Encouraged by the ruling, Internet vendors are stepping up calls for the government to reinstate the previous rules that allowed distance selling methods for over-the-counter products.
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