Third Funding Notice for Medical Facility Improvements, FY2026 Carryover (Round 2)
Overview
On October 9, 2026, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare announced the third notice of grant amounts for the second recruitment round under the Medical Facility Improvement Grant, covering funds carried over from FY2025. The notice covers 23 cases across 10 prefectures, totaling 76,817 thousand yen. Eligible projects include block wall repairs, strengthening readiness for emerging infectious diseases, facility improvements in priority physician distribution support areas, and support for clinic succession and opening.
Key points
- The published materials cover the third notice of grant amounts for the second recruitment round.
- The notice covers 23 cases in 10 prefectures, totaling 76,817 thousand yen.
- Eligible projects comprise four initiatives related to facility repairs, infectious disease response, and physician distribution measures.
Overview
The document is titled “Third Notice of Grant Amounts for the FY2026 Medical Facility Improvement Grant (Funds Carried Over from FY2025, Second Recruitment Round).” It was published on Friday, October 9, 2026.
The notice concerns grants funded by amounts carried over from the FY2025 supplementary budget and lists the number of cases and grant amount for each prefecture. Amounts are in thousand yen.
Details
Eligible projects are medical facility block wall repairs; projects to strengthen readiness for emerging infectious diseases; facility improvements to improve physicians’ working and living environments in priority physician distribution support areas; and support for clinic succession and opening in those areas.
The prefectures with notices and their case counts and amounts are: Aomori, 2 cases and 7,546 thousand yen; Miyagi, 1 case and 937 thousand yen; Gunma, 3 cases and 55,926 thousand yen; Tokyo, 2 cases and 4,821 thousand yen; Kanagawa, 1 case and 333 thousand yen; Nagano, 5 cases and 2,056 thousand yen; Hyogo, 6 cases and 4,308 thousand yen; Hiroshima, 1 case and 375 thousand yen; Yamaguchi, 1 case and 222 thousand yen; and Saga, 1 case and 257 thousand yen. All other prefectures had zero cases and zero grant amount.
Gunma had the largest notified amount, 55,926 thousand yen, across 3 cases.