transfer in disaster-hit areas, “an employment creation project characterized by lifelong commitment to work, employee involvement, and generational transfer” is established in which companies, that serve as a model for employment in terms of, such as, the skill transfer from elderly people to youth and the employment of females and disabled people and expected to create jobs when they become independent in the future, are commissioned by the local governments to private companies and NPOs.

### 2. Support for the creation of job opportunities for people who became jobless due to the earthquake disaster and the appreciation of the yen (increase the Fund for the “Employment Creation Project on Focused Areas” (applied nationwide)) 200 billion yen

In order to offer employment for people who became unemployed due to the earthquake disaster and the appreciation of the yen and to stabilize their livelihood, implement the “Earthquake Disaster Emergency Employment Response Project” in which jobs are created through direct hiring by prefectures and municipalities or commissioning to private companies and NPOs. (Expansion and extension of an earthquake disaster response project)

#### 3. Employment Support for Those Impacted by the Earthquake Disaster and the Yen's Appreciation 24.2 billion yen

## 【Of which 6 billion yen is allocated in the Special Account】

① Expansion of the Employment Adjustment Subsidy (Review of the system)

• Regarding the “Employment Adjustment Subsidy” that supports efforts of companies to maintain businesses by downsizing them due to the yen’s appreciation, requirements are relaxed, such as shortening the period of confirmation of the production volume to 1 month from the most recent 3 months.

- In order to further promote the employment of disaster victims, the amount of “Subsidy for the Employment Development of Disaster Victims” is increased for employers who hire 10 or more disaster victims.

#### ② Employment support for new graduates (increase the “Fund for Emergency Personnel Training and Employment Support” (applied nationwide), etc.) 23.7 billion yen

## 【Of which 110 million yen is allocated in the Special Account】

• In order to support the employment support of new graduates affected by the earthquake disaster and the rising yen, the payment of subsidies is extended for recent graduates within 3 years of graduation and the number of Job Supporters is increased.

• Opportunities for job interviews are provided in the affected areas on an ongoing basis.

## ③ Employment support for the disabled

87 million yen

## 【Of which 87 million yen is allocated in the Special Account】

• As for disabled people affected by the disaster and covered by the Practical Training-Type Employment Support Project, the “Subsidies for Regular Employment” are expanded in order to respond to cases in which they are hired as regular employees upon completion of the internship period at companies located in disaster-hit areas.

- At the “Employment and Livelihood Support Center for the Disabled” in the affected areas, persons in charge of employment support are additionally assigned in order to provide careful employment support. Additionally, at the “Regional Occupational Center for the Disabled” in the affected areas, the number of Job Coaches who facilitate disabled people to adjust to their workplaces is increased.

## ④ Employment support for the long-term unemployed

83 million yen

## 【Of which 83 million yen is allocated in the Special Account】

Career consultation and employment support seminars, targeting the long-term unemployed and job seekers with a high possibility of being unemployed for a long-term in the affected areas, are carried