Monozukuri Subsidy (Manufacturing, Commerce and Service Productivity Improvement Promotion Subsidy)

Subsidy caps scale with headcount and frame. Per the 23rd-round 公募要領: 6-20 employees JPY 10 million, 21-50 employees JPY 15 million, 51+ employees JPY 25 million for one frame, and JPY 30 million for another; subsidy rate 1/2 for SMEs and 2/3 for small enterprises, small-scale business operators and restructuring businesses; floor JPY 1 million. A wage-increase uplift adds up to JPY 1 million (1-5 staff), JPY 2.5 million (6-20) or JPY 10 million (21-50 and 51+) to each frame's cap. Costs other than machinery/system construction are capped at JPY 5 million ex-tax in total (JPY 10 million for the global frame). Because the figures come from the PDF 公募要領 rather than an HTML page, the exact top-line cap is left null here.

You must co-fund 50%. Work out the cash you need

Small and Medium Enterprise Agency (中小企業庁) / METI, administered by the Monozukuri Subsidy Secretariat

public · national

Deadline: Closed — Recurring numbered cut-offs. 23次締切: 公募開始 令和8年2月6日, 申請開始 令和8年4月3日 17時, 申請締切 令和8年5月8日 17時 - that deadline has passed. New applications have moved to the merged 新事業進出・ものづくり商業サービス補助金, whose first call closes 30 October 2026.

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Major bid — written case, budget, possibly partners.

You fund 50% yourself.