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Loan Program

(1) Prefectural Loan Program
Name of Loan Program Details
Yamaguchi prefecture industrial site location promotion loan


for small or medium- sized business, or with approval by the governor
1 Conditions of applicant
  (1) Type of industry
  •Manufacturing industry
  •Wholesale dealer
  •Road transportation
  •Warehousing
  •Industry support service
  (2) Type of location
  Enterprises (individuals) that have newly constructed or expanded the facilities related to the above type of industry within the prefecture, where residents are living around electric power plant can commute to work
  (3) Other conditions
  •New employees must exceed 5, and more than 20% of those must reside locally.

2 Loan conditions
  (1) The object of loan
  (a) Acquisition of land for facilities (Construction must begin within 1 year from land acquisition.)
  (b) Cost of Construction of new business facilities, etc.
  (c) Acquisition of related facilities or mechanical equipment (more than 50 million yen)
  (2) Interest rate (per annum)
  2.2% (within 5 years) 2.3% (exceeding 5 years)
[guaranteed: 1.9% (within 5 years) 2.0% (exceeding 5 years)]
  (3) Terms of loan
  No longer than 10 years (including grace period of 2 years)
  (4) Repayment method
  Monthly payments, in principle
  (5) Maximum Value
 
New location in industrial parks or with approval by the governor 500 million yen
Others 200 million yen
Loan program for small or medium-sized business 1 Conditions of applicant
  (1) Type of  location
Enterprises that will newly construct, expand or relocate their factories, stores, or office buildings within the prefecture.

2 Loan conditions
  Working funds Equipment investment funds
Interest rate 2.1% per annum (within 5 years) 2.3% per annum (exceeding 5 years)
2.4% per annum (exceeding 10 years)
Guarantee fee 0.85% (all guaranted)
Term of loan
(Grace period)
No longer than 5 years
(No longer than 1 year)
No longer than 15 years
(No longer than 2 years)
Repayment method Monthly payment, in principle
Maximum Value 50 million yen 200 million yen
Local industry revitaliza-tion loan programs for small or medium-sized business
(Large-equipment invest- ment framework)
1 Conditions of applicant
  (1) Type of location
Large-scale and forefront factory construction (more than 300 million yen) which have been approved by the governor as it has good effect on the economy of the prefecture, the enhancement and diversification of industrial structure, and on population growth, especially for youth, in the prefecture.

2 Loan conditions
  Working funds Equipment investment funds
Interest rate 1.9% per annum (within 5 years) 2.0% per annum (exceeding 5 years)
2.2% per annum (exceeding 10 years)
*if no guaranteed;
  2.2% per annum (within 5 years) 2.3% per annum (exceeding 5 years)
  2.5% per annum (exceeding 10 years)
Guarantee fee 0.75% (if guarantee is provided)
Term of loan
(Grace period)
No longer than 5 years
(No longer than 1 year)
No longer than 20 years
(No longer than 2 years)
Repayment method Monthly payment, in principle
Maximum Value 50 million yen 500 million yen
Emergency employment measure loan programs for small or medium-sized business 1 Conditions of applicant
  (1) Type of location
  •Enterprises that have the business plans for employment increase, and that anticipate employing one or more regular workers within 6 months hereafter.
•Enterprises that employ one or more new high-school graduates within Prefecture from April 2003 onward as regular worker substitutes for persons retiring under age limit, without decrease in the entire number of employees, or enterprises that anticipate employing such new high-school graduates within 6 months hereafter.
  (2) Loan conditions
  Working funds Equipment investment funds
Interest rate (per annum)
1.6% (within 5 years) 1.7% (exceeding 5 years) 1.9% (exceeding 10 years)
Guarantee fee 0.65% (all guaranteed)
Term of loan
(Grace period)
No longer than 5 years
(No longer than 1 year)
No longer than 15 years
(No longer than 2 years)
Repayment method Monthly payment, in principle
Maximum Value 20 million yen 200 million yen

Yamaguchi prefecture employee housing fund 1 Conditions of applicant
  (1) Applicable person
  Regular employees of induced firms who are building (including purchasing) new houses or mansions within the prefecture for their own living
  (2) Condition of houses
  Floor space
Apartment house 50 to 280 square meters
Others 80 to 280 square meters
(3) Other conditions
• Receiving a loan (of the type of a hypothec pari passu setting) from Housing Loan Corporation

2 Loan conditions
  Build a new house Purchase a new house (or mansion)
Interest rate 3.14% per annum
[for the period of the first 10 years : 2.88%(2.20% for youth)]
Term of loan(Grace period) No longer than 35 years
(No longer than 5 years for youth)
Repayment method Monthly payment, in principle
Maximum Value 6,200,000 yen 12,200,000 yen
* Additional loan of up to 1,800,000 yen available for energy saving measures
(2) Municipal Loan Program (refer to P.17~20)

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