{"id":173464,"date":"2025-10-07T13:39:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T04:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=173464&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-10-08T11:31:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T02:31:41","slug":"business-bankruptcies-hit-10-year-high-in-kitakyushu-chikuho","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/business-bankruptcies-hit-10-year-high-in-kitakyushu-chikuho\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Bankruptcies Hit 10-Year High In Kitakyushu-Chikuho"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Corporate bankruptcies in Kitakyushu and Chikuho reached 80 cases from April to September\u2014the highest in a decade\u2014according to Tokyo Shoko Research. Total liabilities stood at \u00a58.4 billion, with small bankruptcies under \u00a5100 million making up 75%. Rising logistics and labor costs, along with material price hikes from extreme weather, were cited as key causes. Analysts warn that auto-related small firms could face more closures next year. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.jp\/news\/article.php?id=16180838&amp;ymd=2025-10-06\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KBC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_173458\" style=\"width: 1410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-173458\" class=\"size-full wp-image-173458\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_kitakyushu-landscape_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C934&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kitakyushu City\" width=\"1400\" height=\"934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_kitakyushu-landscape_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_kitakyushu-landscape_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_kitakyushu-landscape_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_kitakyushu-landscape_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-173458\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo from Kitakyushu City official photo gallery<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Corporate bankruptcies in Kitakyushu and Chikuho reached 80 cases from April to September\u2014the highest in a decade&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":173458,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-173464","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kitakyushu","news-category-business","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/173464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173464"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}