Tokyo Metropolitan Government Launches New Subsidy Program to Support Product Development for Child Accident Prevention under 'Children's Safety Project'

Aiming to realize a 'Children First' society, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government is re-evaluating all metropolitan policies from a child's perspective and comprehensively promoting child policies. As part of the 'Tokyo Children's Safety Project', we are newly launching a subsidy program. The purpose is to promote industry-academia collaborative research and development, product development, and consumer behavioral changes (such as choosing safe and secure products) to create an environment where children's accidents are less likely to occur through the unified efforts of industry, government, academia, and citizens. Therefore, we announce the implementation of a business briefing and matching event upon the commencement of this project. Details 1 Project Overview To support industry-academia collaborative research and development, product development, etc., in the field of child accident prevention, we will provide subsidies for projects advanced collaboratively by universities, companies, and others. 2 Support Target Categories We have established two categories to support R&D and product development through industry-academia collaboration. (1) Research Category Research activities conducted by a group formed through collaboration between universities/public research institutions and companies (single or multiple) to create knowledge that will lead to the creation of child-safe products, expected to be utilized by companies, industries handling child-related products, and government administration. - Planned selections: 2 projects - Subsidy period: 3 years - Maximum subsidy amount: 50 million yen - Subsidy rate: 1/2 to 2/3 (2) Product Development/Improvement Category Product development, etc., advanced by a group formed through collaboration between companies and universities/public research institutions toward the development and improvement of child-safe products. - Planned selections: 3 projects - Subsidy period: 2 years - Maximum subsidy amount: 60 million yen - Subsidy rate: 1/2 3 Schedule (Planned) (1) Public offering period for subsidy program From June 8 (Monday) to August 19 (Wednesday), 2026 *An explanatory video will be distributed on YouTube around early June (for interested parties). (2) Business Briefing / Matching Event June 26, 2026 (Friday) (3) Examination, selection, and determination of successful applicants Late August to September 2026 (4) Start of initiative From September 2026 *The implementation period of this project is scheduled until the end of FY2028 for the Research Category, and the end of FY2027 for the Product Development/Improvement Category. *The examination and selection of projects will be conducted by an examination committee consisting of external experts. *Application guidelines and necessary document formats will be posted on a special website in the future (scheduled to be posted on June 8, 2026). 4 Business Briefing / Matching Event Upon launching this project, we will hold a business briefing and matching event aimed at disseminating business/application details and supporting project formation through matching seeds and needs. (1) Date and Time June 26, 2026 (Friday) 14:00 - 16:00 (2) Location Tokyo Innovation Base (TIB) 1F SQUARE-2 Access: JR Yamanote Line / Keihin-Tohoku Line 'Yurakucho Station' Kyobashi Exit | 1 minute walk (3) Target Audience Universities, research institutes, medium-sized enterprises, SMEs, startups, etc. (4) Event Content (Planned) - Explanation of project overview - Explanation of application guidelines, Q&A - Matching talk, networking 5 Project Details / Event Application For project details and event application, please refer to the special website. This matter is an initiative promoting the '2050 Tokyo Strategy'. Strategy 1 Children: 'Promotion of policies from a child's perspective'