Bankruptcies at restaurants nationwide increased due to the effects of the new coronavirus, reaching a record high of 780 in the last year, according to a summary by a private research company.
According to the summary of Teikoku Databank, last year, there were 780 restaurants nationwide that had debts of 10 million yen or more and took legal restructuring procedures.
This is a record high, surpassing the highest number of 732 cases since 2000, when the Civil Rehabilitation Law came into effect.
By industry,
▽ "Izakaya" accounted for 189 cases, accounting for 24% of the total,
followed by
▽ "Chinese / Oriental restaurants" with 105 cases and
▽ "Western restaurants" with 100 cases.
In the metropolitan area of 1 metropolitan area and 3 prefectures, an emergency declaration was issued on the 7th, and restaurants and other facilities are requested to shorten their business hours, and the business environment is expected to become severe again.
Yuya Akama, general manager of Teikoku Databank's Tokyo branch, said, "There are more voices saying that it is the limit of management compared to last year's state of emergency. If the future is uncertain, management will be abandoned. It is possible that the number of people will increase. "