Outline of Activities

1. Holding lectures and study meetings for guidance officers
2. Conducting research related to small and medium enterprises and business associations
3. Preparing guidance papers on small and medium enterprises and small business associations
4. Guidance for establishment of Small Business Cooperatives
5. Dealing with all other matters concerning the promotion of small and medium enterprises
6. Handing liason between associations and government and related supervisory organs
7. Providing financial assistance to researches and study-training by associations
8. Arranging overseas study tours for young owners/successors and outstanding employees of small and medium enterprises
9. Assistance the youth in the associations
10. Carrying out system of association secretariat's' qualification
11. Information service & guidance on computer utilization
12. Providing guidance on government procurement
13. Guidance for overall labor
14. Promotion for small and medium commerce and service industry
15. Disseminating the national and prefectural governments' policies on small and medium business enterprises
16. Convening national convention of small and medium business organizations
17. Contacts with overseas organs related to small and medium enterprises
18. Convening and participating in International Small Business Congress
19. Making proposals, representatives, and request on measures for small and medium enterprises