Children and Families Agency Official to Speak! Online Seminar on Life Design and Marriage Support to Attract Youth to Regional Areas on July 28 (Tue)

Cultive Inc. (Headquarters: Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa; CEO: Kiyoshi Ikeda), which operates the regional issue-solving platform 'river (Riba)' utilizing corporate hometown tax donations, will host an online seminar titled 'Life Design and Marriage Support to Attract Youth to Regional Areas' on Tuesday, July 28, 2026. This event is part of the 'Regional Revitalization Policy Utilization Series Seminars' aimed at explaining how various government agencies' systems can be utilized.

During this seminar, an official from the Children and Families Agency—the governing body of the policy—will explain the 'Regional Anti-Natal Decline Countermeasures Strengthening Initiative' (Regional Anti-Natal Decline Countermeasures Priority Promotion Subsidy). This initiative supports local governments in implementing measures related to marriage and child-rearing, as well as providing financial assistance—such as rent and moving cost subsidies—to newlywed households to alleviate the economic burden associated with marriage.

For details and registration, please visit the link below.

Seminar Overview

The purpose is to promote anti-natal decline measures in regional areas by enabling local governments to implement seamless support policies for marriage, pregnancy, childbirth, and child-rearing using subsidy funds.

Under the Children and Families Agency's 'Regional Anti-Natal Decline Countermeasures Priority Promotion Subsidy,' financial support is provided for local public entities' initiatives related to 'marriage promotion' and 'creating a warm society and atmosphere for marriage, pregnancy, childbirth, and child-rearing.' Additionally, the subsidy supports 'programs providing consultation and support for marriage, pregnancy, and co-parenting'—including rent and moving cost subsidies for newlywed households—to economically support new married life.

The subsidy supports local public entities' initiatives related to marriage and child-rearing (including marriage promotion and creating a warm social environment) and measures to reduce the economic burden of marriage by providing rent and moving cost subsidies to newlywed households.

By utilizing this system, local governments can promote themselves as supportive communities for marriage and child-rearing. Combined with regional revitalization efforts to create attractive towns for youth, this is expected to draw more young people to regional areas.

Reference: Regional Anti-Natal Decline Countermeasures Priority Promotion Subsidy

https://www.cfa.go.jp/policies/shoushika/koufukin

Event Details

Date and Time

July 28, 2026 (Tuesday) 10:00–10:30

Format

Online (via Zoom)

Speaker

Mr. Ren Shimada Office for Anti-Natal Decline Measures, Cabinet Secretariat Children and Families Agency

Participation Fee

Free

Target Audience

Local government officers responsible for marriage and child-rearing support

Young people hoping to get married

Organizer

Cultive Inc. (Held as a subcommittee of the Regional Revitalization SDGs Public-Private Partnership Platform)

Speaker Information and Greeting

Ren Shimada

Children and Families Agency

Office for Anti-Natal Decline Measures, Cabinet Secretariat

I am Shimada from the Children and Families Agency, responsible for anti-natal decline policies. As Director of the Office for Anti-Natal Decline Measures, I work on planning and developing policies to realize a society where people's desire to have children can be fulfilled—such as support for marriage, child-rearing, and work-life balance—while collaborating with relevant ministries and local governments and promoting initiatives. I value carefully listening to voices from the field and translating them into effective measures. Thank you for your participation today.

Other Regional Revitalization Policies

The 'river' platform, which addresses regional challenges using corporate hometown tax donations, actively disseminates information about various government subsidies from different ministries to support broader regional problem-solving—not limited to corporate hometown tax. Some of these national policies can be used in conjunction with corporate hometown tax, so please consider combining them.

List of Regional Revitalization Policy Utilization Series Seminars: https://cpriver.jp/series-seminar_2026/

Regional Issue-Solving Platform 'river (Riba)' Using Corporate Hometown Tax Donations

Service Website: https://cpriver.jp/

'river' is a platform developed by Cultive Inc. that gathers wisdom for regional revitalization centered on corporate hometown tax donations.

Through corporate hometown tax donations, we connect regions and businesses, aiming to build a society where as many people as possible can live happily and sustainably through regional revitalization.

Online Corporate Hometown Tax Donation Portal Site 'Kifuru Online'

Service Website URL: https://kifuru.jp/

'Kifuru Online' is an online portal site for corporate hometown tax donations.

You can search for donation projects nationwide and make donations online.

Company Overview

Our core business pillars are 'region,' 'education,' and 'culture,' centered on our self-developed services such as the corporate hometown tax support initiatives 'river (Riba)' and 'Kifuru Online,' as well as support for local governments and corporations.

Cultive Inc.

https://www.cultive.co.jp/ Representative Director: Kiyoshi Ikeda

Established: October 2014

Headquarters: Sky Building 19F, 2-19-12 Takashima, Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 220-0011

Business Activities:

Support for solving regional issues

Support for management strategy

Support for information dissemination

Support for project planning and operation

Web and system development

Support for human resource development