Japan Business Failures Grow 6.6% in 2022
9:00 JST, January 15, 2023
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The number of corporate bankruptcies in Japan in 2022 rose 6.6% from the previous year to 6,428, the first increase in three years, credit research firm Tokyo Shoko Research Ltd. said Friday.
Total liabilities left by failed companies increased 2.6% to ¥2.33 trillion, the first rise in five years, driven higher by the bankruptcy of auto parts maker Marelli Holdings Co., Tokyo Shoko said.
The data covered business failures involving liabilities of ¥10 million or more.
The number of companies that went bust due to higher prices surged 130% to 320, Teikoku Databank Ltd., another credit research firm, said.
Companies have been struggling with repayments of COVID-19 relief loans as well as soaring raw material prices.
The number of inflation-driven business failures shot up by between 160% and 300%, to 70 in the construction sector, 64 in the transportation sector and 34 in the retail sector.
A growing number of small and midsize companies have been facing difficulty passing on higher costs to clients in full.
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