Tokyo, Sep 8 (Prensa Latina) The Teikoku Databank agency for market research said on Tuesday that 495 Japanese companies went bankrupt due to the Covid-19 pandemic from February to September 7.
Most companies provide restoration services (69), hotel services (53) and clothing (34).
The most affected city was Tokyo, where 122 firms went bankrupt.
Since March 11, the World Trade Organization (WTO) declared Covid-19, caused by the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus a pandemic, after it was detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan in late 2019.
In the world, more than 27.35 million Covid-19 cases were detected, including 893,000 deaths and some 18.35 million recovered people, according to Johns Hopkins University in the United States.
In Japan, 72,500 cases…
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