Nogata City Launches Corporate Scholarship Repayment Support Subsidy Program

To support companies in securing and retaining human resources, Nogata City has launched the "Nogata City Corporate Scholarship Repayment Support Program," which provides subsidies to local SMEs that support their employees with scholarship repayments, covering a portion of the company's financial burden.

This initiative is part of the "2nd Nogata City Industrial Promotion Vision and Action Plan" formulated in March 2023, aiming to "create new value through innovation and challenge."

Subsidy Details

Eligible businesses introduce a scholarship repayment support system for their employees, providing monetary payments directly to employees or making partial or full repayment payments on behalf of employees to the Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) or similar institutions.

The subsidy covers half of the amount paid or repaid on behalf of employees, up to 150,000 yen per business per fiscal year, for a maximum of 36 months.

Eligible Businesses

Businesses must meet all of the following requirements:

① Be an SME with a business office in Nogata City

② Have no delinquent city taxes, etc.

③ Not be an organized crime group, its member, affiliated organization, or related person as defined in Article 2 of the Nogata City Ordinance for the Promotion of Exclusion of Organized Crime Groups (Nogata City Ordinance No. 20, 2008)

④ Be deemed by the mayor to otherwise meet the objectives of this program

Eligible Employees

Employees must meet all of the following requirements:

① Be employed as a regular employee with no fixed term of employment by the eligible business

② Be currently repaying or scheduled to repay a scholarship

③ Have their workplace located within the city

④ Not be an officer or in a position that shares interests with the business owner

⑤ If the eligible business is a sole proprietor (including corporations substantially recognized as the representative's personal business), not be a relative living with that sole proprietor. However, this excludes those whose actual work status and conditions are deemed equivalent to other non-relative employees.

⑥ Not be receiving duplicate scholarship repayment support from other organizations (including Nogata City)

Application Method

Applications can be submitted at the Commerce, Industry and Tourism Division counter (Nogata City Hall, 5th Floor, Counter 54) or by mail.

Download the application form from the URL below.

■https://www.city.nogata.fukuoka.jp/sangyo/_1229/_16775.html

Application Period

From Wednesday, July 1, 2026, to Wednesday, March 31, 2027

*Applications may close before the end of the period if the budget limit is reached.

[Media Contact for this Release]

Nogata City, Commerce, Industry and Tourism Division, Industrial Promotion Section

TEL: 0949-25-2159

E-mail: n-kogyo@city.nogata.lg.jp