Tokyo small businesses that have changed hands have a month to ask for public money to back what the new leader wants to do differently. The second round of the sales-channel course of the Tokyo succession-driven growth support programme takes applications from 9am on 13 October to 4pm on 12 November 2026.
Who qualifies
The grant is for the successor: the applicant must be the person who took over representative authority from the previous head of the business. The programme's stated aim is to support new business development prompted by that handover and, through wider trading, to promote small and medium-sized enterprises.
Eligible applicants are small and medium-sized firms operating in Tokyo, sole proprietors included, that meet the application requirements.
What the grant covers
Covered costs are expenses approved in review, for a plan the applicant drafts to pursue new business development. The support period runs for up to one year from the date the grant is formally decided.
That decision date is planned for around early February 2027, about three months after applications close.
Gaps and contact
The jGrants listing gives no maximum grant amount, subsidy rate or review criteria. The application form can be downloaded from the Tokyo Metropolitan SME Promotion Corporation's programme page.
Questions go to the programme's secretariat at the corporation on 03-4446-4650.