Companies outside the welfare industry also welcome! Information sessions for the "Employment Support Project Utilizing Assistive Devices" to be held at 5 venues nationwide.

Seed Planning Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and President: Yoshio Umeda), in cooperation with the Japan Association for the Advancement of Assistive Technology, and with a subsidy from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, will implement the "FY2026 Employment Support Project Utilizing Assistive Devices." Accordingly, information sessions introducing the outline of this project and how to apply will be held at five venues nationwide.

This project is a demonstration project that promotes the utilization of assistive devices to facilitate general employment for people with disabilities.

We will publicly recruit evaluation teams composed of [manufacturers], [general companies employing people with disabilities], and [intermediaries]. Through demonstration evaluations, the aim is to accelerate the development and dissemination of support devices and promote employment for people with disabilities. Selected teams will also receive a partial subsidy for the costs incurred in implementing the project.

Information sessions regarding the project's business content and public recruitment will be held at venues in Hokkaido, Miyagi, Tokyo, Osaka, and Fukuoka.

At the information sessions, in addition to an explanation of the "Assistive Device Demonstration and Dissemination Support Model Project" by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Japan Association for the Advancement of Assistive Technology will explain the recruitment overview and points to note when preparing application documents. We will also explain key points and precautions for creating a demonstration evaluation plan. Individual consultation sessions will be held after the information sessions, so please register if you are interested.

1. Hokkaido Venue / May 18, 2026 (Mon) 13:30-15:00 TKP Garden City PREMIUM Sapporo Ekimae Minamiguchi

2. Miyagi Venue / May 19, 2026 (Tue) 13:30-15:00 TKP Garden City PREMIUM Sendai Nishiguchi

3. Tokyo Venue / May 21, 2026 (Thu) 13:30-15:00 Belle Salle Yaesu

4. Osaka Venue / June 2, 2026 (Tue) 13:30-15:00 Herbis HALL

5. Fukuoka Venue / June 4, 2026 (Thu) 13:30-15:00 TKP Garden City Hakata Shinkansenguchi

● Application for Information Sessions

https://www1.techno-aids.or.jp/robot/maker/index.php?fmd=147

*Application deadline: June 3, 2026 (Wed) until 17:00

◆ Background and Purpose of the "Employment Support Project Utilizing Assistive Devices"

In recent years, the needs of people with disabilities have become diversified and complex, and many challenges still exist in selecting and introducing optimal assistive devices tailored to individual characteristics.

Against this backdrop, this project aims to subsidize the development and improvement of devices that contribute to employment support for people with disabilities, and to raise awareness about the importance of utilizing assistive devices in employment settings. Manufacturers of assistive devices, companies employing people with disabilities, and intermediaries involved in employment support are asked to form teams to conduct monitor evaluations on the effects and points for improvement by actually using the assistive devices.

The results of the monitor evaluations will be widely shared, aiming to accelerate the development and dissemination of assistive devices and, in turn, promote employment for people with disabilities.

We are publicly recruiting teams that can cooperate with monitor evaluations as described below, so please consider participating.

*"Intermediary" in this project refers to a person who, based on the characteristics and usage environment of a person with a disability, performs the adaptation and adjustment of assistive devices and plans and implements demonstration evaluations. Specifically, this includes welfare medical professionals such as physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech-language-hearing therapists, rehabilitation engineers, job coaches, and professionals participating in a "support network." (Manufacturers are not permitted to also serve as intermediaries).

◆ "Employment Support Project Utilizing Assistive Devices" Recruitment Overview

● Public Recruitment of Evaluation Teams

In this project, to appropriately and smoothly implement demonstration evaluations of assistive devices in the context of general companies, we will publicly recruit evaluation teams consisting of [manufacturers], [intermediaries], and [general companies employing people with disabilities]. The selected teams will be asked to actually utilize assistive devices and evaluate their effects and points for improvement.

*Teams must be formed at the time of application.

● Subsidy for Costs Related to Assistive Device Demonstration Evaluation

This project is implemented with a subsidy from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, in cooperation with the Japan Association for the Advancement of Assistive Technology. Selected companies and organizations will receive a partial subsidy for the costs incurred in demonstrating assistive devices.

◆ Public Recruitment Information Sessions to be Held in 5 Cities Nationwide

"Public Recruitment Information Sessions" explaining the details of this project and application methods will be held as follows. Participation in these information sessions is not mandatory for applying to this project, but we encourage you to attend if possible. Individual consultation sessions will also be held after the information sessions.