Overview
- Teikoku Databank’s Okinawa branch released the 2025 insolvency figures on January 9.
- The prefecture recorded 60 corporate bankruptcies for the year, an increase of 15 from 2024.
- Total liabilities reached ¥4.374 billion, up 5.3% year on year.
- The count topped 60 for the first time since 2015, reviving a decade-old benchmark.
- The increase is concentrated in smaller cases as higher prices and labor costs weaken operating conditions for small businesses.