G/SCM/Q2/JPN/74  
 
29 January 2016  
(16-0662)  Page: 1/3  
Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures  Original: English  
 
SUBSIDIES 
QUESTIONS POSED BY THE UN ITED STATES REGARDING 
THE NEW AND FULL NOTIFICATION OF JAPAN1 
The following communication, dated 25 January 2016, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the United States.  
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  Local Government Programs 
Based upon a review of the notification of local government programs, it appears that Japan only 
notified one program related to the industrial/man ufacturing sector, the "Subsidy for Research and 
Development of Next Generation Technology".
2 However, a search of the JETRO (Japan External 
Trade Organization) website, https://www.jetro.go.jp/en/invest/region , reveals that there may be 
other local government programs providing potential subsidies and incentives to the 
industrial/manufacturing sector that should be reported as they appear to fall within the definition 
of a subsidy and specific under the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (SCM). 
Therefore, please consider notifying these progra ms or discuss why they may not be subject to the 
notification obligation. 
Aichi Prefecture 
1. Tax Reduction Fund to Countermeasure Deindustrialization 
2. Subsidy Program to Promote Investments in the Cutting-Edge Sectors of the 21st Century 
(See https://www.jetro.go.jp/en /invest/region/aichi/html) 
Chiba Prefecture 
1. Subsidies for Companies Intending to Locate in Chiba Prefecture 
(See http://www.businesssupport-chiba.jp/eng/incentive/subsidies ) 
Fukui Prefecture 
1. Business Location Promotion Subsidy 
2. Incentive to Assist in Accepting Companies 3. Tax Exemption under the Business Location Promotion Act 
(See https://www.jetro.go.jp/en /invest/region/fukui/html) 
                                               
1 G/SCM/N/284/JPN. 
2 Of the 11 Local Government programs that we re notified only one program related to the 
industrial/manufacturing sector; the ot her 10 programs were for agricultural  products and the traditional craft 
products industry. G/SCM/Q2/JPN/74 
 
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  Fukuoka Prefecture 
1. Subsidies for Promoting Investment for Foreign Companies 
(See https://www.jetro.go.jp/en/i nvest/region/fukuoka/html) 
Gifu Prefecture 
1. Subsidy to Attract Businesses to Gifu Large-sized Vacant Factory 
2. Preferential Treatment Based on Business Location Promotion Act 
(See https://www.jetro.go.jp/en /invest/region/gifu/html) 
Hiroshima Prefecture 
1. Location Subsidy for Industrial Parks 
2. Enhancement Promotion Subsidy for Key Industries 
(See https://www.jetro.go.jp/en/i nvest/region/hiroshima/html) 
Iwate Prefecture 
1. Subsidy for Operation Costs to Promote Companies to Locate in Iwate Prefecture 
2. Support System Based on the Ordinance to the Activation of the Industry in the Designated 
Area 
(See https://www.jetro.go.jp/en /invest/region/iwate/html) 
Kagoshima Prefecture 
1. Capital Investment Promotion Subsidy for Production in Kagoshima  (See https://www.jetro.go.jp/en/i nvest/region/kagoshima/html) 
Kanagawa Prefecture 
1. Financial Grant to Promote New Locations if Foreign Businesses 
(See https://www.jetro.go.jp/en/i nvest/region/kanagawa/html) 
Mie Prefecture 
1. Subsidy for Growing Industry Location 
2. Subsidy to Mother Factories Location 
3. Location Subsidy for Asia Base  of Foreign-Affiliated Companies 
4. Location Subsidy for Utilizing Regional Resources 
(See https://www.jetro.go.jp/en /invest/region/mie/html) 
Niigata Prefecture 
1. Support for Location of Prefectural Industrial Parks 
2. Business Location Promotion Subsidy for Foreign-Affiliated Companies 
(See https://www.jetro.go.jp/en/i nvest/region/niigata/html) G/SCM/Q2/JPN/74 
 
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  Oita Prefecture 
1. Large-Scale Investment Promotion Subsidy 
(See https://www.jetro.go.jp/en /invest/region/oita/html)  
Okayama Prefecture 
1. Location Promotion Subsidy for Large Factories 
2. New Business Location Promotion Subsidy 3. Subsidy for the Investment in Setting up Mother Plant 
(See https://www.jetro.go.jp/en/i nvest/region/okayama/html) 
Osaka Prefecture 
1. Subsidy for Business Start-Up of Foreign-Capital Enterprise 
2. Subsidy for Promotion of Investment 
3. Kansai Innovation Comprehensive Global Special Zone 
4. Taxation System for Industrial Accumulation Promotion 
(See https://www.jetro.go.jp/en /invest/region/osaka/html) 
Shizuoka Prefecture 
1. Subsidies for New Facility Establishment 
2. Subsidies for Land Acquisition and New Employment 
(See https://www.jetro.go.jp/en/i nvest/region/shizuoka/html) 
Tochigi Prefecture 
1. Tochigi Prefecture Industry Locati on and Accumulation Promotion Subsidy 
2. Tochigi Prefecture Industry Establishmen t and Integration Promotion Support Subsidy 
3. Industry Location Promotion Fund (Tochigi Prefecture Financing System) 
4. Support System for the Act on the Promotion of Establishment of Enterprises 
(See https://www.jetro.go.jp/en/i nvest/region/tochigi/html) 
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