Japan Finance Corporation (JFC)

JFC is a policy-based financial institution that aims to complement financial activities carried out by private financial institutions. It provides support in six strategic fields of growth, etc.: (i) support for start-ups and new businesses, (ii) support for business revitalization, (iii) support for business succession, (iv) support for social business (NPOs, etc.), (v) support for overseas expansion, and (vi) support for new expansion by agricultural, forestry, and fisheries businesses.

It also conducts business successions matching support program that identifies the needs of micro/small business operators who do not have a successor and want to transfer their business to a third party, searches for potential entrepreneurs or business owners who want to acquire a business and have matching wishes, and introduces them to each other.

JFC also provides loans to support micro/small businesses and business start-ups; Provides safety net financing for rehabilitation and reconstruction of micro/small businesses that have suffered damage during disasters and changes in a business environment.

Support overseas business expansion through collaborating with Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Societies of Commerce and Industry, Environmental Health Trade Associations, and regional financial institutions to support the financial improvement of micro/small businesses and help maintain or improve the sanitation level of environmental health-related businesses.