Tokyo provides support when long-term care insurance facilities and other facilities in Tokyo undertake initiatives focused on career development, such as Japanese-language learning and the acquisition of specialized knowledge in the long-term care field by specified skilled workers from overseas.
Tokyo: Support Program for Accepting Foreign Care Workers under the Specified Skilled Worker System (FY2026)
October 6, 2026
Summary
Tokyo supports long-term care insurance facilities and other facilities that provide specified skilled foreign care workers with Japanese-language education, specialized long-term care knowledge, and other career development opportunities.
Key Information
| Location | Tokyo |
|---|---|
| Opening Status | Open for Applications |
| Application Period | Sep 3, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 |
| Max Subsidy Amount | ¥670,000 per person per month |
| Subsidy Rate | 1/2 |
| Purpose | Human resource development and employment; management improvement and strengthening |
| Eligible Expenses | Expert honoraria; communication and transportation costs; travel expenses; document purchase costs; outsourcing costs; rental fees; insurance premiums, etc.; examination and course fees |
| Eligible Applicants | Long-term care facilities; corporations |
| Implementing Agency | Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for Social Welfare and Public Health |
| Official Page | https://www.fukushizaidan.jp/122gaikokujin/tokuteiginou/ |