Fukuoka City Business
Establishment Support Program

Revised on October 1, 2022

digital content, medicine,
Offices for Research & Development (IT,environment,etc.)
Offices of Foreign & Foreign-affiliated Companies

1. Eligibility
Business Fields

Business Contents

Knowledge creation industry(Software and digital content development, etc.)

Software development related to ICT, automobiles and robotics, creation ofdigital content and design, nanotechnology-based R&D, semiconductor design
such as system LSI design, machine design, etc.

Medicine, healthcare andwelfare industry

R&D related to medical and welfare devices and pharmaceuticals,and health functional foods etc.

Environment andenergy-related industry

Energy-related R&D in solar cells, hydrogen energy, etc., R&D related totechnologies for recycling and purifying soil and water, biotechnology-based
R&D【First Expansion into Japan】The first business project conducted in Japan【Second Expansion into Japan】
R&D or services related other business fields and financial business

Foreign & foreignaffiliated companies (*1)(*2)

* In both cases B2C businesses are excluded except financial business.

Amount(*2)

Rent

Subsidy for

2. Main Requirementsand Subsidy Details (Leased type)

Total floor
area
Regularemployees

3 or more(*3)

Employment

Subsidy for(per person)

Fukuoka Cityresidents (*5)
Non- Fukuoka
City residents

2 times

JPY 15 million (JPY 4,000/month per m2)(Standard)

JPY 500,000(*6)(Large)JPY 1 million

Regular employees

JPY 150,000
JPY 50,000

Employed when business starts(Standard) JPY 50 million (Large) JPY 100 million＋

1/2 of eligible costs

AmountMaximum amount＋(Witin 5 years of starting business:Employed 3years at most) (*7)

Foreign or foreign-affiliated companies entering Japan

Eligible costs (*8)

JPY 50 million (JPY 8,000/month per m2)

JPY 100,000

Maximum amountincorporation
expenses

10 or more

1 timeEligible employees(1 time per person)

Subsidy for

200 m2 or over

1/4 of annual rent

Permanent staff (*4)

AmountTotal floor
area
Regularemployees

1/4 of annual rent

Number of payments
Maximum amount

60 m2 or over

Large

Classification(*1)

Standard(*1) Foreign companies (companies incorporated under foreign law or companies whose principle offices are located outside Japan) and foreign-affiliated companies(companies in Japan in which more than 50% of the total outstanding shares or equity investment is owned by a foreign company or a foreign national).
(*2) Banks, insurance companies, auditing firms, and security companies licensed under the law are entitled.

market research, interpretation, acquisition of all permits, necessary expenses
for registration or hiring staff to setup a business base

*Excluding taxes and public dues

If sister city agreements or Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) have beensigned with Fukuoka City, we will also cover the travel expenses(*9) for firms(*10)
expanding operations into Fukuoka

JPY 3 million(*1) Requirements must be met when the company begins operations. (*2)Rent expenses to be subsidized include the annual lease fee for research and development facilities (common
service expense excluded; consumption tax included). (*3) To receive employment subsidy, employment status of employees must be confirmed upon commencement of business operations andemployees’ continuous employment for at least 1 year must be confirmed. (*4) Permanent staff and regular employees whose employment status is confirmed through submitted documents, such as
employment contracts, etc. are eligible. (*5) Eligible employees are those who have been confirmed as registered residents in Fukuoka City through submitted documents, such as certificate ofresidence, etc. (*6) JPY 1 million for an employee exclusively engaged in research of nanotechnology, healthcare, and biotechnology.(*7) The spin-off of a regional office or other similar cases that may
not be regarded as new business establishment are not eligible. In the cases where a company has been established within 5 years and whose Head Office location is registered in Fukuoka City,
subsidies will be provided to new employees who have been employed in each year (employees must be continuously employed for at least 1 year) after starting business operations (max. 3 years) (1person, 1 time). (*8) Costs within one year prior to the date of commencement of business. (*9) Two roundtrip airfares for up to two persons. (*10) In the cases where an MOU is concluded witheconomic organizations, eligible companies must be a member of such organizations.

Trial Calculations

Two Cases (assuming office rent: JPY 8,000/m2)

Case 1: Standard• An IT company in Tokyo sets up a system development base
• Office area: 65㎡• Number of employees: 3

Case 2: Large• A foreign-affiliated financial company establishes a second basefollowing the establishment of offices in Tokyo.

• Office area: 300㎡
• Number of employees: 30• Permanent (Fukuoka City residents): 15• Contract (Fukuoka City residents): 14• Part-time (Non-Fukuoka City residents): 1• Permanent (Fukuoka City residents): 1• Permanent (Non-Fukuoka City residents): 1• Contract(Fukuoka City residents): 1+10 dispatched staff

Subsidy for

rent

Subsidy for

JPY780,000
JPY

employment 750,000
(*1)

Total

Subsidy

Breakdown

Subsidy

Subsidy for

Annual office rent of JPY 3.12 million(65 m2 × JPY 4,000 × 12 months) × 1/4

JPY

rent

14.4

(*2)

• Permanent (Fukuoka City resident):
1 × JPY 500,000 = JPY 500,000• Permanent (Non- Fukuoka City resident:
1 × JPY 100,000 = JPY 100,000• Contract (Fukuoka City resident):
1 × JPY 150,000 = JPY 150,000

employment

1.53 million

Total

JPY

Subsidy for(*1)

JPY

Breakdown

Annual office rent of JPY 28.8 million(300 ㎡ × JPY 8,000 × 12 months) × 1/4 × 2 times
million (Large)

17.15• Permanent (Fukuoka City residents):
15 × JPY 1 million = JPY 15 million• Contract (Fukuoka City residents):
14 × JPY 150,000 = JPY 2.1 million
million • Part-time (Non-Fukuoka City residents):
1 × JPY 50,000 = JPY 50,000* Excluding temporary employees (Subsidies are only provided for direct hiring)JPY

31.55 million(*1)Subsidy for employment will be provided after confirming at least 1 year of continuous employment of employees from the date of business commencement.
(*2) JPY7.2million ×2 times

3. Other Important Notes【Application period】
Applications for certification must be received up to the day before signing the rental contract【Period to start operation】Within 1 year of the date of application *Within 3 years for ownership typeyears for ownership type * If the company downsides or withdraws its business【Required period to continue】
5 years for office rent subsidy * 10
operations during the requierd period, the total or part of subsidy must be returned.
Please read the “Fukuoka City Enterprise Location Promotion Ordinance” and other relevant provisions when applying for businessestablishment support program. Please submit applications after agreeing to comply with the stipulated provisions.

1 year later

Payment③Application for
employment subsidy

and the address oncertificate of residence

RequestOn-site inspection

Reference date

Payment

RequestStart ofoperation

Office contracts, etc.

① Application forcertification

Prior consultations

On-site inspection

Confirmation ofemployment status→

Important!

→→→

Procedures

Within 3 months→

must be met when acompany starts
operation.

→

Important!
Subsidy requirements② Application for rent subsidy

Within 3 months

Within 1 year

Important!
Theapplicationmust
besubmitted by the day before
signing office contract.

Eligible employees must be continuously employed for at

Important! least 1 year from the day when the company begins
operations.

* If the company downsides or withdraws its business operations during the required period, the total or part of subsidy must be returned.

Contact■ Business Attraction Section, Business Startup &Investment Promotion Department, Economy,
Tourism & Culture Bureau● TEL: 092-711-4849● FAX: 092-733-5748● E-mail: invest@city.fukuoka.lg.jp■ Fukuoka City Tokyo Representative Office● TEL: 03-3261-9712● FAX: 03-5276-7895● E-mail: tokyooffice.GAPB@city.fukuoka.lg.jp● 12F, Japan Center for Cities Building● 14F,1-8-1 Tenjin, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka City, 810-8620

2-4-1 Hirakawa-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-0093

Fukuoka City Business Establishment Support Program

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