Trap-Hunting License Acquisition and Box-Trap Purchase Support Program

This program, operated by the City of Anjo (Aichi Prefecture) under its Food, Agriculture and Exchange Promotion Subsidy framework, supports farmers and Farmland Utilization Improvement Associations in Anjo who acquire new trap-hunting (wana) licenses or purchase box traps to mitigate wildlife damage to crops. It is administered by the Agricultural Affairs Division of the Industry Department (tel. 0566-71-2233) and applications are submitted via branches of JA Aichi Chuo. There are two eligible applicant types. (1) For trap-hunting license acquisition: farmers who own/operate cultivated fields within Anjo City. (2) For box-trap purchases: Farmland Utilization Improvement Associations whose members already hold trap-hunting licenses. In both cases the license must be newly acquired or the box trap must be purchased within the fiscal year of the subsidy application; renewals or continuations of an existing license are not covered, and the project must not also be subsidized by national, prefectural or other municipal programs. Eligible expenses for license acquisition include exam fees, course fees (with materials), and medical-certificate fees. For box traps, only purchase costs of non-self-made box traps are eligible. Required submissions include the program-specific implementation detail form (Form No.3 (6)), copies of expense receipts, a copy of the hunting license, photos of purchased box traps (for trap purchases), and a municipal-tax consent-to-disclosure form (Form No.2). The subsidy rate is one-half of eligible expenses, capped at JPY 15,000 per management body for license acquisition and JPY 50,000 per management body for box-trap purchases. The submission deadline is the end of December of Reiwa 8 (31 December 2026), and applications are accepted at JA Aichi Chuo branches. Receipts dated outside the application fiscal year are ineligible — careful receipt management determines success. While modest in scale, the program meaningfully halves the upfront cost burden for Anjo-area farmers and improvement associations seeking to strengthen wildlife-capture capacity.