Package of Emergency Economic
Measures (2nd package)
May 27, 2020
※ This is an overview of MEXT’s support, including non-budgetary
items, centering on the government’s second supplementarybudget proposal approved by the Cabinet on May 27.

（※Underlined measures are included in the FY 2020 2nd supplementary budget and reserve funds.)

Support to students facing financial difficulties

MEXT is supporting with a wide and varied menu of financial support students finding it difficult to continue their studies due
to a decrease in income from part-time jobs and a sudden change in their family's household finances resulting from the
COVID-19 pandemic so that they can continue to attend school and not be forced to abandon their studies. In addition,
persons having difficulty repaying loan-type scholarships will have their debt repayment burden eased.
Support to students facing financial hardships
MEXT has newly established a Student Support Emergency Payment program to enable students facing financial hardships due to a loss or decrease of parttime job income to continue their studies. (https://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/koutou/hutankeigen/mext_00686.html)
The decision on the amount of support to supplement payments under the New Learning Support System for Higher Education and loan-type scholarships
provided by Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) for students whose family finances have sharply changed due to the impact of COVID-10 will bemade based on an estimation of the family's projected income.

JASSO will provide repayment assistance, including the postponement of repayment and reduction of the monthly installment, to those facing difficulties
repaying scholarship loans.
MEXT will request that economic organizations and companies provide sufficient information to students in the process of seeking employment and not tocancel informal agreements to hire graduating students, and will ask universities and other institutions to provide support to students.
MEXT will provide support through tuition exemptions or reductions to students of families whose household finances have greatly changed and throughHigh School Supplemental Scholarship Fund. Particularly for students of private high schools bearing a heavy tuition burden, MEXT will enhance support
for tuition exemption or reductions.

Emergency support for students at universities, colleges of technology, and professional training colleges
MEXT will provide emergency support to all universities, colleges of technology, and professional training colleges that independently reduce or exempt
tuition payments so that students in need whose family finances have been disrupted by the impact of COVID-19 will not have to abandon their studies due tofinancial reasons. At that time, MEXT will raise the subsidy rate for subsidies for current expenditures to private universities by two-thirds.
MEXT will request all universities to give flexible handling and other careful consideration to students in financial difficulty making first-year payments ofenrollment and other fees and tuition payments by providing a grace period for these initial payments, etc., and to respond flexibly and carefully to students
who cannot make tuition payments by payment deadlines due to unavoidable circumstances so that they will not be put at a disadvantage.

Travel support to Japanese students temporarily returning to Japan from study abroad
MEXT will support overseas study by providing travel support funds to Japanese students temporarily returning to Japan in accordance with a government
request to return to Japan due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

１Ensuring children’s learning（※ Underlined measures are included in the FY 2020 2nd supplementary budget.)Based on the reality that society as a whole will have to live with COVID-19 for a long period, MEXT is providing necessary
human and material support so that schools will be able to ensure that children's healthy learning is compatible withcountermeasures against COVID-19 and that they can provide the maximum level of learning that only schools can provide.

【Primary and secondary education】Emergency bolstering of education system（Preparation of personnel, material systems）
Large-scale placement of additional teachers, instructors, etc. (preparation of personnel system), financial support to all elementary schools and juniorand senior high schools for school reopening (preparation of material system).

Staggered classes (dividing into 2, etc.)
Additional
teachers

Personnel

Instructors

Other measures

Depending on the COVID-19 situation in the region, makesmaller groups of final-year students, and ensure enoughclass time is being allocated for them.

Employ retired teachers, cram school
instructors, university students, NPO education
staff, community residents

Securing HR

Depending on the COVID-19 situation in the region, assign additional instructors to assist classroom
teachers and ensure detailed instruction.

2-3 per school

1-2 per school

Schoolsupportstaff

Depending on the COVID-19 situation in the region, assign 1 staff member to schools with no schoolsupport staff in order to support the preparation of lessons, contact with parents, admin tasks
related to health management, etc. (assignment to all elementary and junior high schools in
conjunction with initial budget [excluding small schools with 5 classes or less]).

SC, SSW,etc.※

Depending on the situation and necessity in each school, additional assignment of school counselors(SC) and school social workers (SSW)to provide mental care to students. (utilization of existing
budget).

Material

Financial support for expenses forpromptly and flexibly
implementing necessary measuresfor ensuring learning, countering
COVID-19, decided by school
principal

AntiCOVID-19
Ensuring
learning

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Disinfectants
Non-contact thermometers
Ventilation equipment
Heat illness prevention for lunch cooks
Etc.
Learning materials
Use of equipment in empty classrooms
Telephone receivers (increase) Etc.

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MEXT “School/children Supporter
Bank”
Making education flexible
Easing of qualification requirements
for instructors, use of
temporary/special licenses※ Depending on the regional COVID-19 situation, for schools withchildren who need medical care, consultation on system foraccepting a school doctor, etc., suitable placement of nurse(utilization of existing budget).

Support estimates*
Small

MediumLarge

HSSpecialneeds

1 millionyen

1.5 million
yen

2 millionyen

3 millionyen

Elementary, junior HS※ Currently only estimates; not decided yet.

※ For local initiatives or local cost-bearing of partial national subsidy projects, possibility of utilization of government's special regional revitalization grants for combatting COVID-19.

https://www.kantei.go.jp/jp/singi/tiiki/rinjikoufukin/index.html

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（※ Underlined measures are included in the FY 2020 2nd supplementary budget.)Primary and secondary education—Preparing environment for home study using computer terminals
By accelerating the integrated preparation of hardware, software, and human resources under the GIGA School Concept, which will realize
the preparation of ICT environments even in homes and the "1 computer terminal per 1 student" goal, MEXT will promptly prepare an
environment ensuring that all children can learn through the use of ICT even during emergency periods of temporary school closures due tonatural disasters, pandemics, etc.
In regards to the provision of terminals, LTE communications devices (mobile routers), equipment for distance learning, etc. through the
GIGA School Concept, MEXT will:
・ Take measures to enable local governments to start retrofitting preparations without waiting for decisions on
supplementary budget payments
・ Work with equipment suppliers after ascertaining nationwide demand,
・Directly advise through experts local governments for moving forward with prompt procurement.
In addition. In August, while utilizing the special regional revitalization grants, MEXT will realize its target of preparing an environment
enabling all children to learn at home through online instruction utilizing ICT in the priority regions (13 prefectures) designated as "special alert
prefectures.“
MEXT will provide special additional payments to low-income households to cover communications expenses in order to support homelearning through subsidies for students requiring public assistance in compulsory education, scholarships for special needs education, andHigh School Supplemental Scholarship Fund.
MEXT's "Children's Learning Support Website" provides convenient information on educational videos and othermaterials.
The Open University of Japan broadcasts programs nationwide for elementary and junior and senior high school students that are useful forhome study through its BS broadcasts.

Primary and secondary education—Anti-COVID-19 measures at schools
MEXT has compiled and is providing an infection control manuals and guidelines for schools under the "new lifestyle" for combatting COVID-19.
https://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/coronavirus/mext_00029.html
MEXT is providing support to kindergartens for expenses incurred for preventing the spread of COVID-19, such as purchases of masks, disinfectants,
etc.
MEXT is supporting school establishers for the purchase and distribution of health and hygiene supplies like disinfectants, non-contact thermometers,
and cloth masks to elementary and junior and senior high schools, special needs schools, upper secondary specialized training schools, etc.
MEXT is supporting efforts by school establishers to reduce the risk of infection on special needs schools' school buses (reducing the number ofchildren riding a bus at one time, etc.)３

（※ Underlined measures are included in the FY 2020 2nd supplementary budget.)【Primary and secondary education】 Educational activities for ensuring learning
The following are ideas for necessary revision of curricula formulated at the beginning of academic year.
－Recover learning at school by setting special attendance days and/or staggered attendance schedules, redesigning the timetable, reviewing the length of longvacations, having school on Saturdays , as well as prioritizing school events and shortening their preparation time, etc.
－Special measures can be taken when it is still difficult to complete the curricula scheduled even if the measures above are taken:(1)Moving some learning content from this year to 1 or 2 years into the future(2)Prioritizing of learning activities at school lessons
MEXT will prepare learning materials for the review of learning content (6th grade of elementary school, 3rd year of junior high school).
In regards to the range of questions and question contents and methodology for high school entrance exams, MEXT will request prefectural boards of education andother implementers of the examinations to take special consideration and devise appropriate measures as needed for the entrance examinations in fiscal 2021 basedon the learning situation in the region.

Support at higher education level（Accelerated preparation of environment for distance learning）
In continuation with the 1st supplementary budget, MEXT will support the preparation of the necessary environment for
all universities, colleges of technology, and professional training colleges to conduct distance learning classes. This support
will advance the building of environment enabling all of the above-mentioned institutions that have their own
implementation needs to provide distance education to their students.
To lighten the communications costs for students, MEXT will support the provision of rental mobile routers, utilizing theabove-mentioned supplementary budget, and the provision of special support measures such as easing of volume capacity
limits for cellular phones provided by all telecommunications companies.
For the preparation and implementation of distance learning at universities, etc., MEXT will collect and disseminate
information on specific successful cases, for example, by collaborating with the "Cyber Symposium for Sharing Information
on Distance Learning at Universities from April," held by the National Institute of Informatics (NII).
https://www.nii.ac.jp/event/other/decs/（Ensuring the quality of learning in distance learning）
In addition to clarifying the conditions for ensuring the quality of distance learning, MEXT will disseminate examples of
specific initiatives for the flexible handling of actual training, such as alternative training through distance classes, thepostponement of the training period, and the staggering of classes after instruction in anti-coronavirus measures.

Project for upgrading educational environment of overseas Japanese schools
To ensure the learning of students at Japanese schools overseas, MEXT will support providing one computer for each student and teacher as well as projects fortesting and validating the educational systems using ICT.

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（※ Underlined measures are included in the FY 2020 2nd supplementary budget.)Support to university hospitals, research labs

In addition to supporting the strengthening of university hospital functions in preparation for a second and third wave of
COVID-19, MEXT will provide support so that university hospitals do not suffer from a shortage of funds due to decreased
revenues from dealing with COVID-19.
MEXT will also further strengthen research bases developing countermeasures against the novel coronavirus and provide
support to research labs and other sites impacted by the self-constraints on their research activities.

Support to university hospitals
In preparation for the second and third wave of COVID-19, MEXT will work to provide necessary medical equipment and ensure the safety and security ofhealth care professionals so that they can devote themselves to medical treatment in order to enable university hospitals to fully carry out their functions(through support by emergency comprehensive support grants for COVID-19 [MHLW]).
In order to prevent university hospitals from suffering a shortage of funds due to decreased revenues, MEXT will provide advance payments of the management
expenses grants to national universities, establish an interest subsidy system for short-term loans to national universities with hospitals, and provide interestfree financing (interest subsidies) to private universities. In addition, based on their income and expenditures, MEXT will consider support measures so that
university hospitals will not be impeded in their provision of medical care and conducting of research and education activities.

Support to research labs, etc.
（Responses in the competitive research funding system with the spread of COVID-19）
In regards to the competitive research funding system, MEXT will promote the flexible handling depending on the situation concerning the various funding
procedures, including the extension of submission deadlines for applications, reports, etc. MEXT will centrally compile relevant information, including responses
by the funding agencies, and post the information on its website.
https://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/shinkou/torikumi/mext_00638.html
Deadlines for the submission of documents (grant applications, performance reports, etc.) required for the procedures for the KAKENHI grants and deadlines forthe repayment of carry-forward funds to the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science have been extended.
The deadlines for the submission of applications documents for the Promotion of Joint International Research Fund (Fostering Joint International Research [B])and the Grant-in Aid for Research Activity Start-up have been extended.
FAQs about KAKENHI procedures for the time being have been compiled and are posted on the JSPS website. https://www.jsps.go.jp/j-grantsinaid/data/faq.pdf

５Support to research labs, etc.

（※ Underlined measures are included in the FY 2020 2nd supplementary budget.)（Support for resuming and continuing of R&D activities）
MEXT will support the improvement of research facilities to enable automation or remote use so that
doctoral students and other researchers can promptly resume and continue their research activities.
Specifically, MEXT will support the introduction of equipment for the automation or remote use ofshared research equipment in high demand by researchers, maintaining and enhancing research
activities while protecting students and staff from the threat of COVID-19.

Remote observation

Even as researchers are constrained from going to their laboratories, etc., MEXT will endeavor tosteadily maintain and provide bioresources that are important for Japan to develop strategically bysupporting the maintenance of environments for bioresources through remote monitoring andautomation.
Through its Nanotechnology Platform, MEXT supports "technical surrogacy," whereby technical staff
acting as surrogates for researchers who cannot go to the implementing research laboratories conduct
trial procedures and measurements.

(Source) Nanotechnology Platform website

MEXT is supporting the continuation and resumption of research activities by disseminating its"Guideline for Conducting Research Activities While Preventing the Spread of COVID-19," which is acompilation of caution points, examples of ideas and so on for conducting research activities while
endeavoring to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

（Utilization of universities’ PCR equipment）
MEXT will provide support to universities cooperating for testing in order to expand the testing
system for COVID-19 by utilizing the PCR equipment universities have.

Guidelines for conducting research activities while
preventing the spread of COVID-19（R&D addressing the novel coronavirus）
MEXT will promote research by moving up the schedule for the trial use of the supercomputer
Fugaku and putting up for temporary offering the computational resources of universities and NIER
supercomputers.
MEXT will announce and disseminate information regarding the utilization of facilities, provision ofdata, etc. to researchers and others at RIKEN and elsewhere for the development of effective
treatment drugs.

（Other initiatives）
MEXT will promote the publicizing of materials for children on the research activities at universities andresearch institutes and disseminate information on research trends addressing the novel coronavirus.

６Support for sports, cultural activities（※ Underlined measures are included in the FY 2020 2nd supplementary budget.)To make sure sports and cultural activities have a clear path to the future, MEXT is supplementing its current support for suchactivities, providing support to athletes, artists, and others, and supporting the holding of sporting and cultural events.

Support to sports-affiliated persons◆：Efforts by whole govt. ○：Efforts by MEXT, Japan Sports Agency○ Support for holding of regional events as alternatives to national school sports club tournaments, whichwere cancelled for junior and senior high schools.

Society again realizes
the value of sports○ Support for advertising/PR expenses to secure stable, continuing fan base for sports events○ Expenses support for holding exchange events, sports events for revitalization of local community/region◆ Holding of fixed-period, public-private campaigns to encourage consumption targeting sports events

STEP.

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Support for resurgence ofinterest in,enthusiasm for sports

and entertainment programs (providing discounts, point coupons to consumers who purchase tickets
for sports/entertainment events)○ Publicizing/implementation of plans for creation of exercise/sports opportunities to alleviate
problem of children’s lack of exercise due to cancellation of sports events, closing of schools◆ Support by reducing or waiving fees for using public sports facilities through the extraordinary grants forregional revitalization.

○ Financial support for personnel costs (guidance, temperature taking, etc.) to prevent spread of COVID-19 at sports
events, venue costs, etc.
○ Expenses support for measures (thermometers, disinfectants, etc.) to prevent spread of coronavirus at sports events

STEP.

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○ Refurbishment of public sports facilities with installation of ventilating fans, air conditioning, etc.

Support for reopening in safe,○ Improvement of air conditioning system to prevent infection and strengthening of counseling system for the top
secure environments
athletes in order to use the Japan High Performance Sport Center safely○ Creation of new support projects for initiatives for continuing sports-related organizations' activities.
○ Presentation to sports organizations of government’s overall support package to sports bodies, individuals.
◆Increase of emergency loans, loan guarantees by Japan Finance Corp., etc.
◆Large expansion of special measures for Employment Adjustment Subsidies◆Emergency special small-scale loans, etc

STEP.

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Support for maintenance of ◆ Establishment of new system of subsidies for SMEs, individual proprietors and households facing distressed business
operations and livelihoods
employment,
continuation of operations ○ Tax revision allowing refund amount for cancelled tickets to be deducted as contribution７

Support to artists, others involved in cultural activities（※ Underlined measures are included in the FY 2020 2nd supplementary budget.)▶Initiatives in cooperation with other ministries, agencies

Actions through provision of loans, subsidies (by entire govt.)

Please check the ACA website for information on liaison▶Expansion of loans, loan guarantees through Japan FinanceCorp., etc.

contacts and public offerings▶Expansion of special measures for Employment
Adjustment Subsidies▶Expansion of small-scale loans▶Support to SMEs, individual proprietors facing
distressed business operations (sustained benefits,
rent support, etc.)▶ New benefits for households facing
hardships (Benefits for Daily Life Support[tentative title]).

<Artistic, Cultural
Activities<Liaison contact> <Public offerings> <Tax information> Restoration Fund>※Information will be provided to artists, etc.
regarding what specific support systems they canutilize, based on their individual needs.
※Govt. will cooperate to base support on special
characteristics of needs of artists and a wide range ofculture-related businesses.

Support for activities continuation, skill improvement
Support to active efforts for activities continuation of performers, including free-lancers, technical staff, andothers forced to curtail their performances due to the spread of COVID-19.
Measures related to cancellation fees borne by cultural facilities
Support for reopening cultural facilities
MEXT will request that local governments
Support for introduction of time-stagger system forappropriately manage cultural facilities introducing
people visiting cultural facilities as a measure to
the designated administrator system that have lostease congestion and prevent spread of COVID- 19.
revenues due to cancellations caused by themeasures to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Revision of tax system to allow ticket buyers to waive theright for a ticket refund and declare the refund amount atax deduction for a contribution
If persons who have purchased admission fees tocancelled cultural or artistic events waive the rightfor a refund, the refund amount can be considered a
deduction for a contribution.

Enhancing profitability of cultural/artsorganizations (Improvement of appreciation
environment using advanced technology)

MEXT will make models of better appreciation environment
and enhancing profitability by means of support
cultural/artistic organizations’ activities such as production anddistribution of videos, making educational contents, and soon.(Additional earmarking from 1st supplementary budget.)▶ Providing discounts, point coupons to consumers who purchase tickets
for sports/entertainment events held over fixed period (incollaboration with METI).
▶Partial subsidies (in collaboration with METI) to event organizers who
have had to postpone or cancel performances for the holding from nowof live performances, including audience-less performances, and the
production and overseas distribution of recorded videos of such
performances.

Art Caravans

Art caravans hold performances and exhibitions throughout
the country by artists, including free-lancers, and cultural/artsorganizations, including students and amateurs.

Creating opportunities for children to appreciate andexperience art and culture
MEXT will support cultural appreciation classes forced to besuspended with the closure of schools and activities forchildren to experience cultural activities.

Fostering opportunities for the supporting of cultural activities nationwide, beginning with the Artistic and Cultural Activities
Restoration Fund established by the Japan Arts Council
Actively promoting performance opportunities for school cultural clubs, including the Internet-based holdingof the National Culture Festival for Upper Secondary Schools

Self-restraint period

Come-back period

Reopening period
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Contact numbers for each support measure

MEXT telephone number (main): 03-5253-4111

Support to students in hardship situations
Support to students facing financial difficulties(Overall, other than below) Student Support and Exchange Division, Higher Education Bureau (Ext: 3050）(Support to high school students whose family finances suddenly change)[National, public high schools] the Project Team for Financial Support in Elementary and Secondary Education, Elementary andSecondary Education Bureau (Ext: 3578)[Private high schools] Private Education Institution Aid Division, Higher Education Bureau (Ext: 2547)

Emergency support for students at universities,
colleges of technology, and professional training
colleges(National universities) National University Corporation Support Division, Higher Education Bureau (Ext: 3760）(Private universities) Private Education Institution Aid Division, Private Education Institution Department, Higher Education Bureau(Ext: 2545)(Public universities) University Promotion Division, Higher Education Bureau (Ext: 3370)(Colleges of technology) Technical Education Division, Higher Education Bureau (Ext: 2501)(Professional training colleges) Lifelong Learning Promotion Division, Education Policy Bureau（Ext: 3280）

Travel support to Japanese students temporarily
returning to Japan from study abroad

Office for Student Exchange, Student Support and Exchange Division, Higher Education Bureau (Ext: 3360)

Ensuring learning for children【Emergency bolstering of education systems】(Additional assignment of teachers) Financial Affairs Division, Elementary and Secondary Education Bureau (Ext: 2038)(Additional placement of instructors, etc.) Financial Affairs Division, Elementary and Secondary Education Bureau (Ext: 3704)
Financial support for school re-openings [COVID-19 countermeasures]) Health Education and Shokuiku Division, Elementary andSecondary Education Bureau (Ext: 2976)
Financial support for school re-openings [ensuring learning]) School Curriculum Division, Elementary and Secondary Education
Bureau (Ext: 2364)【Preparing environment for home study using computer terminals】

Support at primary, secondary education level(Overall, other than below) Media, Information and Foreign Language Education Division, Elementary and Secondary Education
Bureau (Ext: 2085) (Assistance to cover communications costs to support home study in low-income households) the Project Teamfor Financial Support in Elementary and Secondary Education, Elementary and Secondary Education Bureau (Ext: 3578)(“Children‘s Learning Support Website” ) Lifelong Learning Promotion Division, Education Policy Bureau (Ext: 2972)【Anti-COVID-19 measures at schools】(Overall, other than below) Health Education and Shokuiku Division, Elementary and Secondary Education Bureau (Ext: 2976)(Kindergartens) Early Childhood Education Division, Elementary and Secondary Education Bureau (Ext: 2373)(Special needs schools’ school busses) Special Needs Education Division, Elementary and Secondary Education Bureau (Ext: 2430)【Education activities for ensuring learning】(Overall, other than below) Special Curriculum Division, Elementary and Secondary Education Bureau (Ext: 2365)(High school entrance exams) Student Affairs Division, Elementary and Secondary Education Bureau (Ext: 3291)

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MEXT telephone number (main): 03-5253-4111

Ensuring children’s learning
Support at higher education level
Project for upgrading educational environmentof overseas Japanese schools(Preparation of environment for distance learning) Technical Education Division, Higher Education Bureau (Ext: 2501)(Ensuring quality of distance learning classes) University Promotion Division, Higher Education Bureau (Ext: 3338)
Educational Reform and International Affairs Division, Education Policy Bureau (Ext: 2442)

Support to university hospitals, research laboratories, etc.
Support to university hospitals

Medical Education Division, Higher Education Bureau (Ext: 2578)

Support to research labs, etc.

(Responses in the competitive research funding system with the spread of COVID-19)[Competitive research funding system] Office of Research Funding Administration, Promotion Policy Division, Research
Promotion Bureau (Ext: 4014)[Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research] Scientific Research Aid Division, Research Promotion Division (Ext: 4309)(Support for resumption, continuation of research activities)[Distance operation, automation of research facilities] Research and Development Infrastructure Division, Science andTechnology Policy Bureau (Ext: 4340)[Bioresources] Life Sciences Division, Research Promotion Bureau (Ext: 4006)[Nanotechnology Platform]Materials Science and Nanotechnology Development Division, Research Promotion Bureau (Ext:4178)(Utilization of universities’ PCR equipment) Scientific Research Institutes Division, Research Promotion Bureau (Ext: 4170)(Research and development related to novel coronavirus)[Use of supercomputers] Office for the Promotion of Computing Science, Information Division, Research Promotion Bureau(Ext: 4275)[RIKEN] Basic Research Promotion Division, Research Promotion Bureau (Ext: 4246)(Initiatives other than the above) Policy Division, Science and Technology Policy Bureau (Ext: 3907)

Support for sports, cultural activities
Step. 1 Support for maintenance of employment, continuation of operations

Support to sports-related persons(New projects supporting efforts for continuation of activities of sports-related organizations)Sports Organizations Support and Private-Sector Cooperation Division, Japan Sports Agency (Ext: 2045)(Overall govt. support measures for organizations, individuals) Contact numbers of admin offices that will introduce measures ofeach respective ministry/agency are posted on those ministries’ websites.
https://www.mext.go.jp/content/20200401-mxt_kouhou02-000004520_02.pdf(Regarding tax revision for waiving ticket refund and deducting refund amount as contribution)[Tickets for sporting events] Sports Organizations Support and Private-Sector Cooperation Division , Japan Sports Agency (ext.2686)[Event participation fee] Sports for Health Division, Japan Sports Agency (ext.2688)※Contact numbers for METI, MIC liaison offices regarding “creation of new benefits system” posted on JSA website.
https://www.mext.go.jp/sports/b_menu/sports/mcatetop01/list/detail/jsa_00008.html

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Support for sports and cultural activities
Step. 2 Support for reopening in safe, secure environments

Support to sports-related persons(Financial support for personnel costs (guidance, temperature taking, etc.) to prevent spread of COVID-19 at sports
events, venue costs, etc. )Sports Organizations Support and Private-Sector Cooperation Division, Japan Sports Agency (Ext: 3943)(Support for expenses to prevent spread of COVID-19 at sports events)[Organizers of nationwide leagues, events] Sports Organizations Support and Private-Sector Cooperation Division, Japan Sports
Agency (ext.3943)[Regional sports commissions] Community Development Division, Japan Sports Agency (ext.3931)[Para-sports associations] Sports for Health Division, Japan Sports Agency (ext.3490)(Refurbishing of public sports facilities) Community Development Division, Japan Sports Agency (Ext: 3934)(Measures for preventing COVID-19 at the Japan High Performance Sport Center) Competitive Sports Division, Japan Sports Agency(Ext: 2678)

Step. 3 Support for resurgence of interest in, enthusiasm for sports(Support for holding of regional events as alternatives to national school sports club tournaments, which were cancelled for juniorand senior high schools) Office for Physical Education, Policy Division, Japan Sports Agency (Ext: 3777)(Support for costs of publicizing sports events)※Same as Step 2 “Support for expenses to prevent spread of COVID-19 at sports events”(Support for expenses to hold regional revitalization/exchange events) Community Development Division, Japan Sports Agency(ext.3931)(Creation of sports events for children) Sports for Health Division, Japan Sports Agency (ext.3939)※ Contact number for “waiving of fees for using public sports facilities through the extraordinary grants for regional revitalization”
scheduled to be posted on JSA website.

Support to artists, others involved in culturalactivities(Support for activities continuation, skills improvement, etc.) Arts and Culture Division, Agency for Cultural Affairs (Ext: 2828 or
2831)(Overall, other than below) Policy Planning and Coordination Division, Agency for Cultural Affairs (Ext: 4463)(Responses to cancellation fees borne by cultural facilities introducing the designated administrator system)
Planning Coordination Division, Agency for Cultural Affairs (Ext: 4833)(Support for reopening of cultural facilities) Planning Coordination Division, Agency for Cultural Affairs (Ext: 3056)(Improvement of viewing environment using advanced technology)[Museums] Planning Coordination Division, Agency for Cultural Affairs (Ext: 3056)[Arts and cultural organizations] Arts and Culture Division, Agency for Cultural Affairs (Ext: 2084)(Art Caravans) Arts and Culture Division, Agency for Cultural Affairs (Ext: 2084)(Creating opportunities for children to appreciate and experience art and culture) Arts and Culture Division, Agency for Cultural
Affairs (Ext: 2835)(Revision of tax system to allow donation deductions for waiving right to ticket refunds) Cultural Economy and International Affairs
Division, Agency for Cultural Affairs (Ext: 4764)

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