Kamijima Town Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Operators Price Surge Countermeasure Support Subsidy

This subsidy is established under the Kamijima Town Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Operators Price Surge Countermeasure Support Subsidy Grant Outline (Notification No. 9, March 2, Reiwa 8) to support town-based agricultural, forestry and fishery operators in carrying out machinery introduction and facility development for sustainable and stable management amid prolonged price surges, with grants made within budgetary limits. The outline takes effect April 1, Reiwa 8 (2026), supplementing the Kamijima Town Subsidy Grant Regulations (Town Regulation No. 46 of 2004). Eligible recipients are individuals or corporations engaged in agriculture, forestry or fisheries who filed blue or white tax returns for agricultural/forestry/fishery products (including processed goods) in the grant year, hold a town address, and conduct business mainly within the town. Farmers carrying out facility development must do so on farmland they own or lease within the town (including farmland leased under the Farmland Act or the Agricultural Management Foundation Strengthening Promotion Act and leased national farmland). Applicants must be able to operate enthusiastically for at least 5 years after completion, have no delinquent town taxes, and not fall under Articles 2(2)-2(6) of the Anti-Organized Crime Act. Eligible expenses are the costs (excluding consumption tax and local consumption tax) of introducing machinery and developing facilities for quality improvement, production capacity improvement, energy saving, labor saving and labor force securing toward sustainable and stable management. Excluded are highly general-purpose items usable outside agriculture/forestry/fisheries or by non-operators (examples: light trucks, PCs, printers). Fractions under 1,000 yen are truncated. The subsidy rate is up to two-thirds. The maximum amount is 2,000,000 yen for corporations and 500,000 yen for individuals (750,000 yen for certified farmers and certified new farmers). For joint projects by multiple eligible operators, the ceiling is 500,000 yen multiplied by the number of operators, capped at 2,000,000 yen. Applications use Form 1 with supporting documents submitted to the Mayor by a separately designated deadline; after the grant decision, project execution, then submission of Form 6 (results report) within 10 days of completion or by December 25 of the fiscal year (whichever is earlier), followed by Form 8 (settlement payment request). Acquired property worth 500,000 yen or more must be managed in the property management ledger (Form 10) and is subject to disposal restrictions during the statutory useful life; accounting records must be kept for 5 years.