According to local officials in Ishikawa Prefecture, more than 100 businesses have decided to close. This is since the Noto Peninsula earthquake happened on Jan. 1.

Many business owners are giving up on rebuilding their businesses. This is because people are leaving the affected areas due to slow reconstruction work.

As of May 27, the number of businesses that had decided to close was at least 48 in the city of Suzu, 38 in the city of Wajima, 16 in the town of Noto and 10 in the town of Anamizu.

According to a survey in Suzu, of 533 businesses, 33 had already closed, 15 were planning to close, and 87 had stopped operations.

The main reason for closing businesses was the local market getting smaller due to people leaving the city.

In Anamizu, 224 businesses have restarted operations, but their sales are slow.

石川県の自治体職員によれば、1月1日に能登半島で地震が発生して以来、100を超える事業所が廃業を決めた。多くの事業主が再建をあきらめている。それは、復興作業が遅れているため、人々が被災地を離れているからだ。5月27日時点で廃業を決定した事業所の数は、珠洲市で少なくとも48、輪島市で38、能登町で16、穴水町で10だった。珠洲市の調査によると、533の事業所のうち33事業所が既に閉鎖し、15事業所が閉鎖を計画しており、87事業所が操業を停止している。事業所を閉鎖する主な理由は、市から人々が離れて市場が縮小していることだ。穴水町では、224の事業所が再開したが、売上はよくない状況だ。