To promote the recruitment and retention of young employees at companies within the city, when a company within the city provides support payments or other assistance toward its employees’ scholarship repayments, a subsidy equal to the amount paid by the company will be provided based on an application by the employee concerned, for up to three years per person.
Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture: Scholarship Repayment Support Subsidy (FY2025)
September 9, 2026
Summary
Utsunomiya City provides a subsidy matching the amount that a local company pays toward an employee’s scholarship repayment. Support is available for up to three years per person.
Key Information
| Location | Utsunomiya City, Tochigi |
|---|---|
| Opening Status | Open for Applications |
| Application Period | Jan 5, 2026 – Feb 16, 2026 |
| Max Subsidy Amount | ¥300,000 per person |
| Subsidy Rate | Flat rate |
| Purpose | Human resource development and employment; business improvement and strengthening management |
| Eligible Applicants | Sole proprietors and corporations |
| Implementing Agency | Utsunomiya City |
| Official Page | https://www.city.utsunomiya.lg.jp/sangyo/koyo/kyushoku/1032482.html |