Help may be on the way at last for small business owners who fear being stripped to nothing if their firms go bust.
The government on Wednesday announced a set of initiatives aimed at making life easier for small and midsize companies, such as increasing the amount of money that bankrupt business owners can keep at hand.
The Justice Ministry will submit a bill during the ordinary Diet session that will start next month to revise bankruptcy laws so owners of failed businesses are left with more money.
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