The Tokyo Financial Award 2025 Is Now Accepting Applications From Participating Companies for Financial Innovation Category!
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government, with the aim of making Tokyo an “Innovation and Financial Hub in Asia for Realizing a Sustainable Society,” is making effective use of “Special Zones for Financial and Asset Management Businesses” established in June 2024 to promote initiatives that will position Tokyo as the leading city for sustainable finance, and as the city where global startups are born.
The Tokyo Financial Award 2025 recognizes initiatives that contribute to the creation of innovation in the financial sector, and that utilize the power of finance to achieve a sustainable society. We are now accepting applicants for this award “Financial Innovation Category” as detailed below.
Applications for the "Sustainability Category" are scheduled to open around the end of May.
1. Outline
This is a business plan contest that recognizes ideas making use of the latest financial technology to offer solutions for the societal issues facing Tokyo residents and society as a whole.
Applications will be judged from the perspective of the innovativeness of the idea, social impact, and feasibility.
Businesses that pass the first screening (written proposal) will be provided with mentoring and additional support to brush up their plan (about 15 applicants). Prize money will be awarded to the top three applicants in the final screening (presentation). (1st place: 10 million yen; 2nd place: 5 million yen; 3rd place: 3 million yen)
Information about the Screening Committee will be updated on the Tokyo Financial Awards website from time to time.
Application deadline: Thursday July 31, 2025.
2. Business Themes for Application
*Underlined items indicate themes newly open for application this fiscal year.
Category | Business themes |
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Themes shared across all financial services |
*A communication technology that allows terminals to share data directly with each other without using a server, etc. |
Payments |
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Asset management |
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Insurance |
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Financing |
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DX/infrastructure |
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3. Schedule (Tentative)
4. How To Apply
Apply through the Tokyo Financial Award website, selecting the desired category.
https://www.finaward.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/en/
Inquiries (Assistance in Japanese only)
Global Financial City Promotion Section, General Affairs Division,
Bureau of Industrial and Labor Affairs
Tel: 03-5320-6274
E-mail: S0290108(at)section.metro.tokyo.jp
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