So I clicked on the link and it had been updated and said there was a translation error and it was not actually closing, just taking a pause in production and restructuring.

Did some further research:

Realize that, at the time of writing, no major Japanese newspaper is running this story. Nor did any morning TV shows. Had Studio Ghibli - a national treasure - definitively ceased production of films, it would be headline news around the country, as it would be important in both the entertainment and business worlds.