To expand sales channels for designated Wakkanai-produced products and promote business activities, subsidies are provided for expenses necessary to carry out projects such as exhibiting at designated trade shows and other events, developing new products, improving containers and packaging, and creating a company website.
Wakkanai City: Wakkanai City Small and Medium-Sized Business Promotion Subsidy (Market Expansion Support Project Subsidy) (Fiscal Year 2026)
September 15, 2026
Summary
Wakkanai City provides subsidies for expenses related to exhibiting at designated trade shows, developing new products, improving packaging, creating company websites, and other activities to expand sales channels for designated Wakkanai-produced products.
Key Information
| Location | Wakkanai City, Hokkaido |
|---|---|
| Opening Status | Open for Applications |
| Application Period | Apr 1, 2026 – TBD |
| Max Subsidy Amount | ¥300,000 |
| Subsidy Rate | 1/2; only for exhibitions outside Hokkaido under the designated trade show exhibition project, the maximum is ¥400,000 |
| Purpose | Management improvement and strengthening; manufacturing and new product development; market development and expansion |
| Eligible Expenses | Exhibition and booth fees; communication and transportation expenses; travel expenses; machinery and equipment expenses; commission expenses; outsourcing expenses; rental fees; utilities and other expenses; raw material and material costs; construction costs |
| Eligible Applicants | Small and medium-sized enterprises; sole proprietors |
| Implementing Agency | Wakkanai City |
| Official Page | https://www.city.wakkanai.hokkaido.jp/sangyo/shoko/shien/zyoseikin.html |