酒場・ビアホール倒産最多　昨年度１８３件、コロナ響く―帝国データ

　帝国データバンクが２日発表した２０２０年度の飲食店倒産動向調査（負債額１０００万円以上）によると、酒場・ビアホールの倒産が１８３件と過去最多になった。同社は「新型コロナウイルス感染拡大を防ぐための営業時間短縮要請で、夜に酒類を提供しづらかったことが響いた」と分析している。（2021/04/02-19:52）

The number of bar and beer hall operators that went bust in Japan in fiscal 2020, which ended in March, came to 183, the largest on record, due to the fallout of the novel coronavirus crisis, Teikoku Databank Ltd. said Friday.
   The result came as bars and beer halls were requested to cut operating hours to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus and subsequently faced difficulties serving alcoholic beverages at night, a Teikoku Databank official said.
   A total of 715 dining industry businesses went bankrupt in fiscal 2020, the third largest in and after 2000, when the current survey format was introduced, the credit research firm said.
   In April-September, bankruptcies in the industry stood at 392, a record high on a fiscal first-half basis. But financial aid for restaurants and bars accepting requests for shorter opening hours helped curb the number of bankruptcies in and after December, when a third wave of coronavirus infections began in the country, according to Teikoku Databank.
   In the latest fiscal year, 99 Chinese and other Asian food restaurant operators, 92 Western-style restaurant operators and 67 Japanese restaurant operators went under.