The number of corporate bankruptcies in Japan totaled 9,372 in the January-November period, making it likely that the figure for 2025 will surpass 10,000 for the second consecutive year, a survey by a credit research company said Monday. Bankruptcies with liabilities of 10 million yen ($64,500) or more in November fell 7.5 percent from the previous year to 778, Tokyo Shoko Research said. Small businesses were hit in particular by rising prices and labor shortages, the data showed. Total liabilities in November dropped 48.6 percent to 82.4 billion yen as bankruptcies involving liabilities of 50…