{"id":142482,"date":"2021-09-22T14:07:23","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T05:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=142482&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2021-09-22T14:07:23","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T05:07:23","slug":"sharp-uptick-of-covid-related-bankruptcies-in-kyushu-okinawa","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/sharp-uptick-of-covid-related-bankruptcies-in-kyushu-okinawa\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharp Uptick of COVID Related Bankruptcies in Kyushu Okinawa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The latest report by the Fukuoka branch of Tokyo Shoko Research, Ltd. revealed an increasing rate of new coronavirus-related business bankruptcies in the Kyushu-Okinawa region. A total of 200 companies had begun or completed their procedures to close up as of Sep. 16. The prolonged impact of the pandemic <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">created<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> anxieties over excessive debts as many businesses got additional loans to survive the financial hardship. <\/span><b>Source:\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/rkb.jp\/news\/004123.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RKB<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saga-s.co.jp\/articles\/-\/742125\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saga Shimbun<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-142483\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/fukuoka-now-daimyo-001.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/fukuoka-now-daimyo-001.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/fukuoka-now-daimyo-001.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/fukuoka-now-daimyo-001.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/fukuoka-now-daimyo-001.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Disclaimer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Fukuoka Now posts summaries of Kyushu area news for those who cannot read Japanese. 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