To address rising prices and promote sustainable wage increases, a portion of the expenses will be subsidized for initiatives such as developing high-value-added products and developing sales channels, including exhibiting at large-scale business meetings in the Tokyo metropolitan area and elsewhere.
Oita Prefecture: FY2026 Subsidy Program for Adding Value to Processed Products from Oita and Related Initiatives — Additional Applications
October 7, 2026
Summary
Oita Prefecture subsidizes part of the costs of developing high-value-added products and undertaking sales-channel development efforts, such as exhibiting at large-scale business meetings in the Tokyo metropolitan area and elsewhere. Small and medium-sized enterprises and sole proprietors are eligible to apply.
Key Information
| Location | Oita |
|---|---|
| Opening Status | Open for Applications |
| Application Period | Oct 1, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026 |
| Max Subsidy Amount | ¥1,500,000 |
| Subsidy Rate | High-value-added product prototyping, development, and improvement: 1/2; Exhibiting at business meetings and similar events held in Japan: 2/3 or 1/2; *The maximum amount varies depending on the project. |
| Purpose | Manufacturing and new product development / Sales-channel development and expansion |
| Eligible Expenses | Exhibition and booth fees / Outsourcing costs / Raw material and material costs |
| Eligible Applicants | Small and medium-sized enterprises / Sole proprietors |
| Implementing Agency | Oita Prefecture |
| Official Page | https://www.pref.oita.jp/soshiki/14300/r8-support-added-value.html |