Standard & Poor’s Corp. said Monday that the record-high number of bankruptcies and intensifying competition are threatening the profitability of Japan’s consumer finance industry.
“A prime concern for the near term is the record levels of personal bankruptcy in Japan, with 139,281 recorded cases in 2000,” the U.S. credit-rating agency said in a news release.
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