Representatives from the Okinawa General Secretariat, the prefecture, the Okinawa Office of the Japan Small and Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation Agency, and the Prefectural Business Succession and Succession Support Center held a press conference at the prefectural office on the 25th to promote November’s “Business Succession Awareness Month.” In addition to holding seminars for businesses and support organizations, for the first time a survey will be conducted to solicit “loved shops that the local community would like to preserve” from prefectural residents.

According to a survey by Teikoku Databank…