About the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's "Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Labor-Saving Investment Subsidy Program (Catalogue-Type Labor-Saving Subsidy)"

In order to encourage small and medium-sized enterprises to expand their sales, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry will support the introduction of general-purpose products that are effective in resolving labor shortages to small and medium-sized enterprises that are suffering from labor shortages.

For application procedures and details, please check the dedicated website below.

Small and medium-sized enterprises facing labor shortages
*Businesses that posted job openings but were unable to fill them

Maximum subsidy amount: 2 million to 10 million yen
Subsidy rate: 1/2 or less
*The upper limit depends on the number of employees (5 or less: 2 million yen, 21 or more: 10 million yen, etc.)
* If a significant wage increase is implemented, the subsidy upper limit will be increased.

Introducing products listed in the catalogue
*Pre-registered ticket vending machines, automatic payment machines, cleaning robots, food delivery robots, etc.
*For the catalogue, please check the dedicated website.

June 25th (Tue) - July 19th (Fri), 2024
*Joint application with sales companies
*Multiple public recruitments will be conducted by the end of September 2026
*Announcement of adoption and grant decision are scheduled for late August.

Small and Medium Enterprise Labor Saving Investment Subsidy Program Call Center
Phone: 0570-099-660
（IP電話からのお問い合わせ先：03-4335-7595）
Reception hours: 9:30-17:30 (excluding weekends and holidays)