Iizuka City FY2026 Foreign Worker Acceptance Environment Improvement Subsidy

1) Overview: The Iizuka City Foreign Worker Acceptance Environment Improvement Subsidy, established under City Notice No. 90 of FY2026 (March 27, 2026), supports city businesses that improve work and living environments and promote multicultural coexistence for foreign workers holding Technical Intern Training, Specified Skilled Worker, or Engineer/Humanities/International Services residence statuses. 2) Eligible applicants: Businesses with an office/workplace in the city that currently employ foreign workers at a city site or plan to hire new ones during the FY; must employ foreign workers residing in the city as of Feb 28; no organized-crime ties; no municipal tax arrears; cooperate with the city's foreign worker case-study policy; issue the Foreign Worker Activation Support Declaration; not previously received this subsidy (exceptions: co-sponsored events, Japanese-language projects). 3) Eligible expenses and content: Three project types — (1) Employment environment, (2) Living environment, (3) Community coexistence. Eligible expenses: honorariums, travel, rental (venue/equipment/vehicles), commission (e.g., native-language translation), supplies/materials/printing, equipment (improving trainees' environment), training fees, and other mayor-approved expenses. Excluded: company-car fuel/phone, general items (PC/printer/tablet), honorariums to the applicant/company staff, and pre/post-entry training. 4) Subsidy rate/cap/schedule: Up to 2/3 of eligible expenses, capped at 150,000 yen per business (rounded to thousand). Projects must start after the grant decision, complete in the same FY, with completion date after Feb 28. Similar subsidies from other public bodies are deducted. Applicants submit Form 1 (application), Form 4 (change), Form 8 (report), Form 11 (payment request) and the Reception Case Study. Records kept for 5 years.