Nihon Keigyo Bank launches business succession platform in Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture, and Fukuchiyama City, Kyoto Prefecture, in collaboration with Tajima Shinkin Bank. Providing a free regional business succession platform for both sellers and successors through partnership with financial institutions.

Cocohore Japan Inc. (Representative Director: Katsutoshi Asai, Location: Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture), which operates "Nihon Keigyo Bank" (https://keigyo.jp/), a business succession version of a vacant property bank that solves successor issues for regional industries often difficult to be targets of M&A, will establish two free listing slots each in Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture (https://keigyo.jp/_city/himeji-hyogo/) and Fukuchiyama City, Kyoto Prefecture (https://keigyo.jp/_city/fukuchiyama-kyoto/), with the sponsorship of Tajima Shinkin Bank (President: Hirotaka Morigaki, Location: Toyooka City, Hyogo Prefecture).

On February 3, 2026, Nihon Keigyo Bank achieved expansion to 1,741 municipalities nationwide through the introduction of its "private version." In the private version, even in regions where local governments have not introduced the service, businesses can recruit successors by bearing the listing fees. This time, Tajima Shinkin Bank, which has collaborated with Nihon Keigyo Bank through the operation of Toyooka City Keigyo Bank, among others, has stepped forward as the first sponsoring partner for this private version. As a result, a framework has been created where businesses with offices in Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture, and Fukuchiyama City, Kyoto Prefecture, can post successor recruitment notices on Keigyo Bank free of charge.

Background of the Collaboration

Amidst the nationwide deepening shortage of successors for small and medium-sized enterprises, Nihon Keigyo Bank introduced its "private version" in February 2026, in addition to its existing "local government version," making successor consultations possible in all municipalities nationwide. The private version adopts a system where the seller bears the listing fees.