{
  "id": 12846023,
  "title": "Bankruptcies linked to labor shortages in Japan climb in first half of fiscal year",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/bankruptcies-linked-to-labor-shortages-in-japan-climb-in-first-half",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-08T07:48:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Japan Times",
    "slug": "japan-times",
    "url": "https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/10/08/japan-labor-shortage-business-failure-record-high/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Labor-linked bankruptcies reached 240 for the first half of the fiscal year, the highest level since comparable data became available in fiscal 2013.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}