Based on the Act on the Promotion of Development of Specified Remote Border Islands, Okinoshima Town is implementing the Employment Opportunity Expansion Business Program. This program provides support for part of the funds when private businesses launch or expand their businesses while increasing the number of employees.
Shimane Prefecture Okinoshima Town: FY2027 Okinoshima Town Employment Opportunity Expansion Business Subsidy
September 14, 2026
Summary
Okinoshima Town provides partial funding support to private businesses undertaking new business launches or expansions that increase the number of employees.
Key Information
| Location | Okinoshima Town, Shimane |
|---|---|
| Opening Status | Open for Applications |
| Application Period | Sep 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026 |
| Max Subsidy Amount | ¥12,000,000 |
| Subsidy Rate | 3/4 (the maximum amount varies depending on the project) |
| Purpose | Business start-up and entrepreneurship / human resources development and employment / business improvement and strengthening / regional revitalization and community development / business succession / capital investment / research, demonstration experiments, and industry-academia collaboration / market development and expansion |
| Eligible Expenses | Expert fees / exhibition and store-opening fees / communication and transportation costs / advertising costs / travel expenses / accommodation expenses / machinery and equipment expenses / outsourcing expenses / rental fees / training expenses / personnel expenses / examination and course fees / building expenses |
| Eligible Applicants | Sole proprietors / corporations / businesses preparing to launch |
| Implementing Agency | Okinoshima Town |
| Official Page | https://www.town.okinoshima.shimane.jp/soshiki/chikishinko/gyomu/9/2555.html |