Kitakyushu City has launched a new program that provides subsidies to small and medium-sized enterprises and other businesses that have introduced a scholarship repayment support system, covering part of the expenses required for allowances and other payments provided to employees, in order to secure and retain human resources and reduce their financial burden.
Fukuoka Prefecture, Kitakyushu City: “Kitakyushu Corporate-Type Scholarship Repayment Support Subsidy” (FY2026)
September 21, 2026
Summary
Kitakyushu City provides subsidies to small and medium-sized enterprises and other businesses that support employees’ scholarship repayments. The program aims to secure and retain human resources and reduce employees’ financial burden.
Key Information
| Location | Moj i Ward, Kitakyushu City; Kokurakita Ward, Kitakyushu City; Kokuraminami Ward, Kitakyushu City; Wakamatsu Ward, Kitakyushu City; Yahatahigashi Ward, Kitakyushu City; Yahatanishi Ward, Kitakyushu City; Tobata Ward, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka |
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| Opening Status | Open for Applications |
| Application Period | Apr 1, 2026 – Jan 31, 2027 |
| Max Subsidy Amount | ¥600,000 per person per year |
| Subsidy Rate | 2/3 |
| Purpose | Human resource development and employment |
| Eligible Applicants | Educational corporations; social welfare corporations; medical corporations; small and medium-sized enterprises; sole proprietors; cooperatives and organizations; NPO corporations; incorporated associations and foundations |
| Implementing Agency | Kitakyushu City |
| Official Page | https://www.city.kitakyushu.lg.jp/contents/09801348_00002.html |