Takamatsu City Traditional Craftsmanship Successor Development Support Incentive

(1) Overview: The Takamatsu City Traditional Craftsmanship Successor Development Support Incentive, established under the Takamatsu City Traditional Craftsmanship Promotion Ordinance (2014 Takamatsu City Ordinance No. 24), provides incentive grants within budgetary limits to operators and production-area cooperatives engaged in successor development. It aims to secure and develop human resources for the city's traditional craftsmanship (excluding bonsai) and to support the inheritance of techniques. (2) Eligible Recipients: Recipients are either (a) operators based in Takamatsu (legal entities headquartered or individuals residing in the city) who are Kagawa-prefecture-certified traditional craft manufacturers, certified Traditional Craftsmen (Dento Kogeishi) or entities employing them, or recommended by production-area cooperatives; or (b) production-area cooperatives engaged in Kagawa Lacquerware or Aji Stoneware. Tax delinquents, organized crime affiliates, adult entertainment businesses, political/religious organizations, unincorporated voluntary bodies, and entities under designation-suspension measures are excluded. (3) Eligible Expenses: There are three program types. The 'Direct Skill Inheritance' type covers material costs for instruction provided to non-relative trainees over three months and 25+ hours/month. The 'Cooperative Skill Inheritance' type covers honoraria actually paid by cooperatives to member instructors. The 'Direct Employment' type covers wages paid to trainees under 40 years old by operators with five or fewer employees (only where monthly wage payment exceeds 100,000 yen). Consumption tax is excluded. (4) Grant Amount, Schedule, Application Points: The grant ceiling is 50,000 yen/month (Direct Skill Inheritance and Cooperative types) or 100,000 yen/month (Direct Employment type) multiplied by the number of instruction months, capped at a total of 36 months from start (i.e., up to 3.6 million yen for Direct Employment). The procedure is: pre-registration application → grant application (Form 1 with instruction plan, oath letter, resume, tax non-delinquency certificate, etc.) → decision notice → commencement notice → completion → performance report (within 20 days after completion or by March 31, whichever is earlier) → payment order. Provisional payment in March is available.