Tochigi Prefecture: FY2026 Social Issue-Solving Startup Company Support Program

September 9, 2026

Summary

This program subsidizes expenses needed to strengthen the management foundations of startups working to solve social issues, utilizing individual and corporate hometown tax donation systems.

Key Information

Location Tochigi
Opening Status Open for Applications
Application Period Ongoing – Sep 25, 2026
Max Subsidy Amount ¥5,000,000
Subsidy Rate 10/10
Purpose Entrepreneurship, business startups, and ventures / business improvement and strengthening / regional revitalization and community development / capital investment / research, demonstration experiments, and industry-academia collaboration
Eligible Expenses Advertising expenses / production and development expenses / miscellaneous service expenses / outsourcing expenses / rental fees / equipment purchase expenses / utilities expenses, etc. / personnel expenses / raw material and material expenses / equipment and consumable supply expenses
Eligible Applicants Corporations / businesses founded less than 10 years ago
Implementing Agency Tochigi Prefecture
Official Page https://www.pref.tochigi.lg.jp/f03/startup/r8_socialsu_support.html

This program provides subsidies for expenses required to strengthen the management foundations of startup companies working to solve social issues by utilizing systems such as the individual hometown tax donation system and the corporate hometown tax donation system.