As the industrial structure changes due to advances in generative AI and other factors, Hiroshima Prefecture subsidizes part of the expenses incurred by companies in the prefecture when accepting, as interns, foreign human resources enrolled in universities or graduate schools in India and other countries, in order to promote the securing of highly skilled foreign human resources needed to strengthen competitiveness, including overseas expansion and innovation creation by companies in the prefecture, toward promoting DX among companies in the prefecture and responding to growth and advanced fields such as semiconductors.
Hiroshima Prefecture: Subsidy for Promoting Acceptance of Internships and Similar Programs
October 20, 2026
Summary
Hiroshima Prefecture provides a subsidy to help local companies cover part of the costs of accepting foreign interns from universities and graduate schools overseas. The program supports securing highly skilled foreign talent for DX, overseas expansion, innovation, and advanced growth fields.
Key Information
| Location | Hiroshima |
|---|---|
| Opening Status | Open for Applications |
| Application Period | Oct 13, 2026 – Feb 26, 2027 |
| Max Subsidy Amount | ¥400,000 |
| Subsidy Rate | 1/2 |
| Purpose | Human resource development/employment, Overseas expansion |
| Eligible Expenses | Travel expenses, Accommodation expenses, Training expenses |
| Eligible Applicants | Sole proprietors, Cooperatives and organizations, Corporations |
| Implementing Agency | Hiroshima Prefecture |
| Official Page | https://www.pref.hiroshima.lg.jp/soshiki/72/internship08.html |