ワタベウェディングが私的整理　興和傘下で再建

　東証１部上場の婚礼大手ワタベウェディングは１９日、私的整理の一種である事業再生ＡＤＲ（裁判外紛争解決手続き）を申請し、受理されたと発表した。医薬品やホテル運営など幅広い事業を展開する興和（名古屋市）の傘下に入り、経営再建を目指す。
　事業再生ＡＤＲでは、第三者機関が債権者と企業の間の調整役となる。会社更生法などの法的整理と比べ、手続きが短期間で済むなどのメリットがある。
　ワタベがすでに受け付けた婚礼や宿泊サービスの提供は継続する。ワタベは、新型コロナウイルス感染拡大の影響で結婚式のキャンセルが相次ぎ、昨年末時点で８億６３００万円の債務超過に陥っていた。（2021/03/19-21:44）

Watabe Wedding Corp. said Friday that it has filed for out-of-court business rehabilitation procedures called alternative dispute resolution.
   The application was approved, said the troubled wedding service company based in the western Japan city of Kyoto.
   Watabe Wedding, currently listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, will aim to rebuild its operations under Kowa Co., based in Nagoya, the capital of Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, which runs a wide range of businesses, such as pharmaceutical products and hotel operation.
   In ADR procedures, a third-party entity mediates between a struggling company and creditors. Compared with court-administered business rehabilitation systems, procedures under ADR generally take a relatively short period of time.
   Watabe Wedding saw its debts exceed assets by 863 million yen as of the end of last year, hit by a series of wedding cancellations amid the novel coronavirus crisis. The company will continue to offer wedding and accommodation services for which reservations have already been made.