Practitioner with 13.75 Billion Yen in Cumulative Grants and 93% Success Rate Launches Specialized Magazine for Food Manufacturer Management
Akanezasu Co., Ltd. is launching "Food Industry Review," a specialized magazine for food manufacturer executives. It will share the subsidy utilization know-how of its representative, Mr. Hojo, focusing particularly on subsidies from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to help solve management challenges.
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Akanezasu Co., Ltd. (Head office: Osaka, Osaka Prefecture; Representative Director: Ryutaro Hojo) will launch "Food Industry Review," a specialized magazine for food manufacturer executives, on May 1, 2026.
"Food Industry Review" is a management specialized magazine that deeply explores critical issues faced by food manufacturer executives in each issue. It will feature themes directly linked to management decisions, such as subsidies, factory design, HACCP operation, M&A, overseas expansion, and DX, on an annual basis. Among management decisions, the area with the largest information gap, despite influencing business performance by tens of millions to hundreds of millions of yen, is the utilization of subsidies. Therefore, the inaugural issue will focus on this theme, which has the maximum management impact and the greatest information asymmetry.
The inaugural issue will feature "MAFF Large-Scale Subsidy Guide," providing a thorough explanation of the subsidy system for food manufacturing, application know-how, and case studies of successful adoptions, across 127 A4-sized pages.
This is the industry's first (※) management specialized magazine focused solely on the food manufacturing industry. Representative Hojo is a manager who, as the representative of the long-established Japanese confectionery maker "Akanemaru," repaid and reconstructed the company from 2.2 billion yen in debt over 15 years. In subsidy consulting, he boasts a cumulative adoption amount exceeding 13.75 billion yen and an adoption rate of 93%. This magazine will generously share his expertise.
※As of January 2026, based on company research.
■Background of "Food Industry Review" Launch
Currently, the food manufacturing industry faces multifaceted challenges that shake its management.
- Profit pressure due to soaring raw material prices and a depreciating yen
- Labor shortage and successor issues
- Response to mandatory HACCP
- Trend of domestic return based on food security
Solving these challenges requires capital investment. However, self-funding alone has limitations. This is where the utilization of subsidies comes into focus, but there are unexpected pitfalls.
These are the subsidies from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). Subsidies like the Business Reconstruction Subsidy and the Manufacturing Subsidy impose a high hurdle for companies: the "wage increase requirement." For food manufacturers whose profits are pressured by soaring raw material prices, subsidies predicated on wage increases are a burden.
On the other hand, a suitable option for the actual conditions of the food manufacturing industry is the subsidies from the "Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)." These do not have a wage increase requirement, and some even offer large-scale subsidies up to 6 billion yen. The system design is easy for food manufacturers to utilize.
However, MAFF subsidies have another hurdle. That is, the application know-how is not systematized, making the difficulty high.
METI subsidies involve many certified support organizations (tax accountants, small and medium enterprise consultants, etc.), and application know-how is widely shared. However, for MAFF subsidies, experts are extremely scarce, and the majority of executives "don't know how to apply."
Therefore, the inaugural issue of "Food Industry Review" specializes in these "MAFF subsidies." This is the area our company is most proficient in, and we have systematically compiled the know-how backed by a cumulative adoption amount exceeding 13.75 billion yen and an adoption rate of 93%.
■Main Contents of the Inaugural Issue
[Feature] MAFF Large-Scale Subsidy Guide
- "Five Misconceptions" about Subsidy Applications
- Explains common misconceptions that executives tend to fall into, such as "I thought my company was ineligible" or "I gave up because I thought my application wouldn't pass."
- System and Comparison of Subsidy Programs
- Compares major subsidies available to food manufacturers, such as HACCP hardware projects, comprehensive grants for strong agriculture creation, and new business entry subsidies, at a glance. It clearly shows "which subsidy is right for your company."
- Factors for Success from Adoption Case Studies
- Analyzes examples of companies that actually received subsidies. Introduces specific success cases, such as a delicatessen manufacturer with 500 million yen in annual sales securing a 300 million yen subsidy.
- On-site Q&A and Negotiation Know-how for Subsidies
- Specially discloses practical know-how cultivated on site, such as "what evaluators look for" and "what to do if an application is rejected."
- Time Required for MAFF Subsidy Applications
- Clearly explains, with a process chart, how much time is actually required from planning to adoption.
- Who Succeeds
- Analyzes patterns observed from the company's top-share support record, revealing the differences between executives whose applications are adopted and those whose are not.
Our company, with a cumulative adoption amount exceeding 13.75 billion yen and an adoption rate of 93%, generously shares the know-how cultivated on site.
■Positioning and Price of This Magazine
This magazine is not a general publication but a practical specialized magazine for food manufacturer executives. Subsidies are a system where, if one application is adopted, support for investments of tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of yen, can be obtained. The primary information provided in this magazine has value that can influence management decisions.
"Food Industry Review" is a management specialized magazine that deeply explores critical issues faced by food manufacturer executives in each issue. It will feature themes directly linked to management decisions, such as subsidies, factory design, HACCP operation, M&A, overseas expansion, and DX, on an annual basis. Among management decisions, the area with the largest information gap, despite influencing business performance by tens of millions to hundreds of millions of yen, is the utilization of subsidies. Therefore, the inaugural issue will focus on this theme, which has the maximum management impact and the greatest information asymmetry.
The inaugural issue will feature "MAFF Large-Scale Subsidy Guide," providing a thorough explanation of the subsidy system for food manufacturing, application know-how, and case studies of successful adoptions, across 127 A4-sized pages.
This is the industry's first (※) management specialized magazine focused solely on the food manufacturing industry. Representative Hojo is a manager who, as the representative of the long-established Japanese confectionery maker "Akanemaru," repaid and reconstructed the company from 2.2 billion yen in debt over 15 years. In subsidy consulting, he boasts a cumulative adoption amount exceeding 13.75 billion yen and an adoption rate of 93%. This magazine will generously share his expertise.
※As of January 2026, based on company research.
■Background of "Food Industry Review" Launch
Currently, the food manufacturing industry faces multifaceted challenges that shake its management.
- Profit pressure due to soaring raw material prices and a depreciating yen
- Labor shortage and successor issues
- Response to mandatory HACCP
- Trend of domestic return based on food security
Solving these challenges requires capital investment. However, self-funding alone has limitations. This is where the utilization of subsidies comes into focus, but there are unexpected pitfalls.
These are the subsidies from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). Subsidies like the Business Reconstruction Subsidy and the Manufacturing Subsidy impose a high hurdle for companies: the "wage increase requirement." For food manufacturers whose profits are pressured by soaring raw material prices, subsidies predicated on wage increases are a burden.
On the other hand, a suitable option for the actual conditions of the food manufacturing industry is the subsidies from the "Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)." These do not have a wage increase requirement, and some even offer large-scale subsidies up to 6 billion yen. The system design is easy for food manufacturers to utilize.
However, MAFF subsidies have another hurdle. That is, the application know-how is not systematized, making the difficulty high.
METI subsidies involve many certified support organizations (tax accountants, small and medium enterprise consultants, etc.), and application know-how is widely shared. However, for MAFF subsidies, experts are extremely scarce, and the majority of executives "don't know how to apply."
Therefore, the inaugural issue of "Food Industry Review" specializes in these "MAFF subsidies." This is the area our company is most proficient in, and we have systematically compiled the know-how backed by a cumulative adoption amount exceeding 13.75 billion yen and an adoption rate of 93%.
■Main Contents of the Inaugural Issue
[Feature] MAFF Large-Scale Subsidy Guide
- "Five Misconceptions" about Subsidy Applications
- Explains common misconceptions that executives tend to fall into, such as "I thought my company was ineligible" or "I gave up because I thought my application wouldn't pass."
- System and Comparison of Subsidy Programs
- Compares major subsidies available to food manufacturers, such as HACCP hardware projects, comprehensive grants for strong agriculture creation, and new business entry subsidies, at a glance. It clearly shows "which subsidy is right for your company."
- Factors for Success from Adoption Case Studies
- Analyzes examples of companies that actually received subsidies. Introduces specific success cases, such as a delicatessen manufacturer with 500 million yen in annual sales securing a 300 million yen subsidy.
- On-site Q&A and Negotiation Know-how for Subsidies
- Specially discloses practical know-how cultivated on site, such as "what evaluators look for" and "what to do if an application is rejected."
- Time Required for MAFF Subsidy Applications
- Clearly explains, with a process chart, how much time is actually required from planning to adoption.
- Who Succeeds
- Analyzes patterns observed from the company's top-share support record, revealing the differences between executives whose applications are adopted and those whose are not.
Our company, with a cumulative adoption amount exceeding 13.75 billion yen and an adoption rate of 93%, generously shares the know-how cultivated on site.
■Positioning and Price of This Magazine
This magazine is not a general publication but a practical specialized magazine for food manufacturer executives. Subsidies are a system where, if one application is adopted, support for investments of tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of yen, can be obtained. The primary information provided in this magazine has value that can influence management decisions.