G/SCM/Q2/JPN/85  
 
13 March  2024 
(24-2281) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures  Original: English  
 
  
SUBSIDIES  
REPLIES TO QUESTIONS1 POSED BY THE UNITED KINGDOM REGARDING  
THE NEW AND FULL NOTIFICATION OF JAPAN2 
The following communication, dated and received on 13 March  2024, is being circulated at the 
request of the delegation of Japan . 
 
_______________  
 
 
Japan would like to thank the United Kingdom for its questions regarding the 2023 new and full 
notification of Japan . Japan provides replies to the questions as follows.  
 
 
Subsidy for Supporting the Manufacture of Traditional Craft Products  
Question 1  
Could Japan please provide further information on the eligibility criteria for the scheme, 
including:  
a) Which sectors, enterprises and activities would be eligible for the scheme?  
 
b) Would foreign enterprises operating in Japan be able apply for the scheme?  
 
Reply : 
 
a) This subsidy supports private companies and associations that manufacture traditional 
Japanese crafts, in accordance with the Act on the Promotion of Traditional C raft Industries 
(the Act) . Companies and associations that undertake projects that train successors and 
preserve the manufacturing techniques of traditional crafts (as defined in the Act, Art 2) are 
eligible.  
 
b) Yes. 
 
The Subsidy for Strengthening Nuclear In dustry Base Program  
Question 2  
Could Japan please provide further information on the eligibility criteria for the scheme, 
including whether foreign enterprises operating in Japan are able to apply?  
Reply : 
 
The program aims to support projects that contribu te to supply chain resiliency in the nuclear power 
industry, through supporting projects to improve safety and reliability of nuclear power -related 
 
1 G/SCM/Q2/JPN/84  
2 G/SCM/N/401/JPN  G/SCM/Q2/JPN/85  
- 2 - 
  equipment and services . Nuclear power plant manufacturers and suppliers incorporated in Japan, 
including for eign enterprises in Japan, can apply for the support.  
 
Question 3  
Could Japan please provide information on the number of enterprises which benefited 
from the scheme during the reporting period?  
Reply : 
 
14 companies benefited from April 2020 through March  2022. 
 
Subsidy for demonstration project for high -efficiency gas turbine technology  
Question 4  
Could Japan please provide further information on the eligibility criteria for the scheme, 
including whether foreign enterprises operating in Japan are able to apply?  
Reply : 
 
Companies with technology that contributes to the project of developing high -efficiency gas turbines 
for electric utilities are eligible . Foreign enterprises operating in J apan could apply for the scheme.  
 
The project was taken over by New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization 
and completed in March  2021. Entities eligible were expected to have the capabilities necessary to 
carry out research and developm ent activities and commercialize the results of the activities, an 
adequate management base including appropriate administrative and clerical capabilities for carrying 
out the activities, and a system that allows for collaboration with foreign companies, i f necessary.  
 
Question 5  
Could Japan please provide information on the number of enterprises which benefited 
from the scheme during the reporting period?  
Reply : 
 
One company  benefited from April 2020 through March  2022. 
 
The New Energy and Industrial Techn ology Development Organization (NEDO) Project 
Activities  
Question 6  
Could Japan please provide further information on the eligibility criteria for the scheme, 
including whether foreign enterprises operating in Japan are able to apply?  
Reply : 
 
NEDO  aims to solve energy problems and raise the level of industrial technology through integrated 
management of technological development, from the discovery of technological seeds to the 
promotion of medium - to long -term projects and support for their practi cal application . Entities 
eligible for NEDO project activities should be located in Japan and are expected to have the 
capabilities necessary to carry out research and development activities and commercialize the results 
of the activities, an adequate mana gement base including appropriate administrative and clerical 
capabilities for carrying out the activities, and a system that allows for collaboration with foreign 
companies, if necessary . Foreign enterprises operating in Japan can apply for the scheme.  
 G/SCM/Q2/JPN/85  
- 3 - 
  Subsidy for supporting reformation of liquor business structure  
Question 7  
Could Japan please provide further information on which enterprises and activities are 
eligible for the scheme, including whether foreign enterprises operating in Japan are able 
to apply?  
 
Reply : 
 
A business operator that has a license to manufacture or sell alcoholic beverages in Japan, or a 
business group that includes one or more such business operator(s) that have the said license, is 
eligible for subsides if they carry out proje cts to create or capture new demand by differentiating 
liquor products or diversifying sales methods, etc.  
Even foreign enterprises can apply if they have a base and a license to manufacture or sell alcoholic 
beverages in Japan.  
 
__________