Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi indicated during the House of Councillors Budget Committee on the 17th that the government will take measures to mitigate the impact on cash flow for small and medium-sized enterprises and small-scale businesses following the commencement of bankruptcy proceedings for credit card payment processing service provider Zentoshin. She also expressed her intention to conduct a fact-finding survey of payment processing companies and to consider measures to prevent recurrence. This was in response to a question from Hisatake Sugi of Komeito.