Invest Nagano

Businesses that set up offices that function as headquarters in Nagano Prefecture are eligible to have a portion of their costs subsidized.

Eligibility

Functional headquarters or satellite offices functioning as headquarters

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*An office constitutes a place of work used for any of the following departmental functions: Survey/Planning, Information processing (department specializing in system development for internal company operations), Research and Development, other managerial or operational functions (General Affairs, Accounting, Human Resources, Administration, etc.).

Main Requirements

• Relocation of headquarters functionality from outside Nagano Prefecture to inside the prefecture
• A certain level of employment
• Municipal jurisdiction with a benefits system (such as tax statute to subsidize property taxes upon relocation)

Benefit Details

Maximum grant amount	Costs of acquiring buildings, equipment, etc.	Rent	Employment expenses
300 million yen	12% maximum	50%	800 thousand yen/person (limited to one year)

Application deadline

Applications must be submitted 14 days prior to the day a business begins to expand its headquarters functionality or relocate to Nagano Prefecture (such as the starting date of construction or a lease agreement).

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When businesses establish a new ICT industry office in Nagano Prefecture, they are entitled to have a portion of their costs subsidized.
Nagano provides one of the highest subsidy rates in Japan to value-added businesses entering the prefecture.
*To bring Nagano Prefecture into a Society5.0 era, the prefecture has formulated the Nagano IT Valley Concept with the aim to concentrate IT industries in Nagano.

Eligibility

Information services, Internet-based services
Businesses that have 3 or more years of business experience since their founding
Businesses that employ 5 or more people on a full-time basis

Grant Requisites

No employment requisites
No investment amount requisites
Setting up of an office in Nagano Prefecture
Registering with the Nagano Prefectural SDGs Promotion Business Registry

Benefits

Grant Eligibility	Grant rate/amount		Maximum grant amount
	Added-value model*	Regular
Costs of acquiring buildings, equipment, machinery, etc.	40%	10%	300 million yen
Rent for buildings, equipment, machinery, etc.	60％（5-year amount）	50％（3-year amount）
Employment (full-time employees)	1.1 million yen/person	300 thousand yen/person

*Businesses recognized to offer added value particularly

Application deadline

Applications for business approval must be submitted 30 days prior to starting construction or concluding a lease agreement.

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When businesses expand or set up new manufacturing plants or laboratories in Nagano Prefecture, they are eligible for a portion of their subsidized expenses.
The rate of the grant increases if they receive certification for certain climate change-mitigation actions.
*Nagano is the first prefecture in Japan to have issued a "Climate Emergency Declaration," along with a declaration to "Go Zero Carbon by 2050."

Eligibility

Manufacturing industries, natural science laboratories, warehousing businesses

Primary Grant Requisites

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*In principle, the grant requisites must be fulfilled within 3 years of applying for business approval.

Benefits

• Maximum grant amount
  1 billion yen
• Costs of acquiring buildings, equipment, etc.
  21% maximum

Application deadline

By 30 days prior to the start of construction, etc.

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