The decline in bank ATMs seems to be noticeable. Due to the wave of refraining from going out and becoming cashless due to the corona disaster, we began to see the scenery of the ATM site in the suburbs. The number of ATMs in September 2019 decreased by 4% from the previous year, or about 4,000. A shop that has been renovated from the former ATM site, which is only 9 square meters, has appeared. A small square one-story bread shop appeared a few minutes' walk from the station on the Tokyu Denentoshi Line. There are days when 30 loaves of bread for 2 loaves of 850 yen are sold per hour, which is said to be enough to cover the rent of 150,000 yen. In order to avoid "denseness", it seems that each pair is put in the store. The operating cost of this store is about one-fifth that of existing stores, and the initial cost is less than 10 million yen. To hone your creativity, you may also need to come into contact with different common sense.
Tokyo Shoko Research Co., Ltd. announced that the number of bankruptcies in the food service industry in Tokyo was 143, up 16% from the previous year. 2020 seems to be a tough year for the food service industry. Examining the contents reveals some interesting facts. Bankruptcies in the restaurant business increased by 55% year-on-year at medium-sized stores with “5 or more employees and less than 10 employees”. Bankruptcies of small stores with "less than 5 employees" have remained almost flat, up 0.3%. Small stores have many regular customers, which shows that the ups and downs of business performance can be suppressed and that employment can be secured. It seems that the fact that the time saving cooperation fee was up to 60,000 yen a day regardless of the size of the store was a big support. Even in the real estate brokerage business, inquiries for small properties tend to increase. The smaller ones seem to be in an advantageous position.
The reality is that most local governments in Japan administer while borrowing money. It is required to eventually resolve the absurdity of conducting administration while borrowing money. In the cities, towns and villages of snowy countries, we are in an era where the government cannot bear all of the snow removal by making good roads. Rural areas are required to maintain appropriate infrastructure to cope with the declining population. Japan's population will halve to 60 million in 100 years. It seems that management that considers the time axis also means that the cities, towns and villages around the core city cooperate and survive. Creating a compact city with a new method may be one of the options.