Kashiwazaki City, Niigata Prefecture
Various preferential support for expansion locations
１Tax

Fixed asset tax

Kashiwazakicity・Tax reduction for 3 years. (100% reduction for the 1st year,75% reduction for 2nd and 3rd years.)
・An incentive is available for the tax amount after reduction,
as described later.

Real estate acquisition

Niigata Pref.

tax

Tax exemption 1: Regional Economy Driving Ordinance[Target projects must satisfy both of following conditions]・Approved as a Regional Economy Traction Business Plan(by prefectural governor)
・Confirmed its progressiveness by the competent minister[Investment amount]・Acquisition cost of land, buildings, etc. exceeding 100
million yen. etc.
Tax exemption 2: Industrial Location Ordinance[Industry sector]
・Manufacturing industry, information service industry,
information and communication industry, road freighttransportation industry, warehousing industry, packagingindustry, wholesale industry, plant factory, land-based
aquaculture industry, etc.
[Investment amount]・Acquisition cost of buildings, etc. exceeding 100 million yen.
・New permanent employment more than 3 persons.

Business tax (incomeNiigata Pref.

Tax reduction:1/2 for 3 yearspercentage)[Target projects must satisfy both of following conditions]

Corporate prefectural tax

・Approved as a Regional Economy Traction Business Plan(excess tax)※① and ② can be used
together(by prefectural governor)
・Confirmed its progressiveness by the competent minister[Investment amount]・Acquisition cost of land, buildings, etc. exceeding 100
million yen. etc.
Tax reduction:1/2 for 3 or 6 years
Tax rate 1/2 for 3 years (3 to 9 new permanent employees)
Tax rate 1/2 for 6 years (10 or more new permanentemployees)[Industry sector]
・Manufacturing industry, information service industry,information and communication industry, road freighttransportation industry, warehousing industry, packagingindustry, wholesale industry, plant factory, land-based
aquaculture industry, etc.
[Investment amount]・Acquisition cost of buildings, etc. exceeding 100 million yen.
・New permanent employment more than 3 persons.

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Subsidies etc.

Business location

Kashiwazaki

promotion subsidy

city（Subsidy for land・Start operating newly-built-factories in 3 years fromacquisition of the city or state-owned land・More than one new employee who lives in the city

acquisition costs）
Subsidies up to
100 million yen: landsʼ acquisition cost
30 million yen: facilitiesʼ cost
20 million yen: new employment cost
Capital investment

Kashiwazaki

incentives

city

・Subsidy up to 2% cost of the manufacturing machinery andequipment.
・Total amount of acquisition fee or lease fee must exceed 10
million yen.

Incentives for relocation

Kashiwazakiof new establishments tocity

・Incentive equivalent to the amount of fixed asset tax after
its tax reduction is applied.

industrial parks
New and expansion

Kashiwazaki

Newly expanded company which satisfy following conditions

incentives for speciallycity

and is specially recognized by the Mayor.

recognized promoted

・Over 2-billion-yen investment within 5 years for establish

companies

new factory (land, building, machinery, and so on).
・More than 50 new permanent employees.

Business location support

Kashiwazaki

20% to 50% of water charges and sewer usage charges (up tosubsidy

city

5 years, 20 million yen/year)（Water and sewerage

・Manufacturing industry

fee subsidy）

・One or more new permanent employees who have anaddress in the city
・The average monthly water usage is more than 2,000m3.

Subsidy of electricity

Niigata Pref.

Electricity contracted kW (as of 1st Oct.) * 9,456 yen

Niigata Pref.

・Subsidy of electricity charges for newly built factories whichcharges 1
Subsidy of electricity
charges 2

have 3 or more newly hired employees.
・Duration: 8 years per factory (can be extended upon factory
expansion up to 2 times)

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Financing

Factory location

Kashiwazaki

promotion funds

city・Financing for land, factory, equipment for companies
relocating or establishing a new factory in an industrial parkin the city.
・The factory must start within 3 years from the date ofconclusion of a purchase/lease contract.
・Interest rate (fixed) 1.9%/year, loan period within 10 years(grace period within 2 years), upper limit of 300 million yen

Corporate location
promotion loan

Niigata Pref.

・Financing for land, factory, equipment for companies that
acquire land and build a factory in a designated area andhave 3 or more new permanent employees
・Interest rate 0.7-1.3%/year, loan period 5-15 years,
maximum amount 500 million yen, special approval 1 billion
yen[Contact information]
Kashiwazaki city Business and industrial promotion section
Address: 2-1 Nissekicho, Kashiwazaki City
TEL: 0257-21-2326 FAX: 0257-22-5903
MAIL: monozukuri@city.kashiwazaki.lg.jp

Kashiwazaki Technology Development Promotion Association１Counselor system

We dispatch specialized advisors tailored to each company's individual issues and support them inresolving their individual issues. In addition to human resource development coordinators and partner
technical guidance advisors, we dispatch qualified external advisors to provide consultation in a wide
range of fields, including intellectual property consultation, market development, product planning, andorganizational management.
Human resource

A human resource development coordinator is a person who develops juniordevelopment coordinatorengineers through various training programs along with companiesʼ
demands.

Partner technology advisor

We provide guidance and support for companies' proactive efforts to improve
production technology and develop new technologies and products. We
provide a wide range of support, including coordination with relatedorganizations such as the Niigata Prefectural Institute of Industrial Scienceand Technology and Niigata Industrial Creation Organization.

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Manufacturing challenge support project

We will support businesses that work on the development and improvement of products, construction
methods, technology, equipment, etc. by providing subsidies of two-thirds of the costs required for thebusiness (up to 2.5 million yen).

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Human resource development support project (Manufacturing Meister College)

long-term training

This is a long-term course aimed at acquiring knowledge and skills for metalprocessing. Consisting of classroom instruction and practical instruction by
university professors and experienced technicians, we aim to improve theskills of young technicians and help them acquire the knowledge and skills
equivalent to a level 2 technician.

short-term training

This is a short-term course lasting from 3 to 5 days. We will conduct training
to improve the skills of young technicians, such as various basic courses onmechanical metals, as well as instructor training for mid-career technicians.

New employee practical

This training is conducted for new employees of manufacturing companies intraining

the city. This curriculum teaches students the knowledge they need as new
employees at a manufacturing company, from etiquette classes to the basics
of metal processing, and is held for about three days every April.

Custom training

This training is conducted in accordance with orders from manufacturing
companies in the city. Since this is a one-company specialized training
program where we create a specialized curriculum while listening to theneeds of the ordering company, we are able to provide intensive training toaddress the challenges of each company.

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Industry-academia collaboration promotion projectIn addition to regularly exchanging information with the Regional Industry-Academia Exchange Centerof Niigata University of Technology, we also work to deepen mutual understanding between universities
and companies and promote employment.
Manufacturing

We will conduct in-depth training on research projects based on specificdevelopment school

themes to foster companies' desire for development, strengthen
relationships with universities, and create opportunities for collaboration
toward joint research.

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Young human resources development projectExchange projects with

We will promote exchanges centered on young business people fromother regions

industrial clusters across the country, strengthen regional collaboration, andimprove the skills of participants.

Other human resource

We will work with the Kashiwazaki Youth Industrial Club to develop young

development projects

managers and executives. We will also support Kashiwazaki Technical HighSchool's internship project.

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Order development support business

Trade fair exhibition

We will provide subsidies to companies that actively seek new businesssupport project.

partners and increase orders by exhibiting at trade fairs.

Manufacturing production

We will exhibit at trade fairs outside the prefecture in order to widelyarea PR businesspublicize that the Kashiwazaki area is a cluster of manufacturing industries
with high technological capabilities, and to help companies receive orders
and develop sales channels. At the exhibition, we will also exhibit productsamples that highlight the company's technology, so we will support those
who feel that exhibiting at a trade show on their own would be too difficult.

Public relations andWe will disseminate information about the Kashiwazaki area as adissemination ofmanufacturing industry cluster through the “Manufacturing Guide,” aKashiwazaki

website dedicated to manufacturing companies in the Kashiwazaki area.

manufacturing industry[Contact information]
Kashiwazaki promotive association of technology and development(secretariat：Kashiwazaki city Business and industrial promotion section)
Address: 2-1 Nissekicho, Kashiwazaki City
TEL: 0257-21-2326 FAX: 0257-22-5903
MAIL: monozukuri@city.kashiwazaki.lg.jp