{"id":522179,"date":"2026-07-02T19:48:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T19:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/522179\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T19:48:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T19:48:30","slug":"first-half-bankruptcies-reach-highest-level-since-2022-as-weak-yen-takes-toll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/522179\/","title":{"rendered":"First-half bankruptcies reach highest level since 2022 as weak yen takes toll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Japan\u2019s weak currency has caused the most bankruptcies during the first half of a year since 2022, underscoring the growing economic costs of the currency\u2019s slump.<\/p>\n<p>Forty-five firms failed between January and June for that reason, up more than 30% from a year earlier, according to a report by Tokyo Shoko Research on Wednesday. The figure was the highest since 2022, when the data firm started counting companies that specifically cite currency weakness in filing for bankruptcy.<\/p>\n<p>The findings suggest the smaller firms that employ most of Japan\u2019s workers are finding it increasingly difficult to withstand the yen\u2019s prolonged weakness, casting a shadow over the nation\u2019s economy, even as exporters benefit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Japan\u2019s weak currency has caused the most bankruptcies during the first half of a year since 2022, underscoring&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":522180,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[238917,114,9513,184,24531,85,46,14989,238918,24794],"class_list":["post-522179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-bankruptcies","tag-business","tag-economic-indicators","tag-economy","tag-forex","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-japanese-economy","tag-tokyo-shoko-research","tag-yen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}