Three Companies, Including High-End Chinese Restaurant Heichinrou, Begin Bankruptcy Proceedings; Yokohama Chinatown Origins

On the 21st, the Tokyo District Court decided to commence bankruptcy proceedings for Heichinro (Yokohama City), an operator of high-end Chinese restaurants that originated in Yokohama Chinatown, and its affiliated companies Hong Kong Heichinro Japan (same company) and Daifuku (same company). According to the bankruptcy petition, the total debt of the three companies is 1,366,630,000 yen. Heichinro was established in 2016, and took over the busin…

Teikoku Databank's Yokohama branch announced on the 21st that Chinese restaurant operator Heichinro (Kohoku-ku, Yokohama) had posted a notice that it would cease operations and proceed with liquidation procedures. Following in the footsteps of the "oldest surviving Chinese restaurant in Japan," which was founded in Yokohama Chinatown in 1884, the restaurant is now located in Tokyo...