Shinagawa Ward's support measures for small and medium-sized enterprises provide assistance from a multifaceted perspective. The main pillars include promoting digitalization and DX (dispatching experts, grants for equipment investment, training courses for DX personnel, seminars, etc.), supporting new business and product development and market expansion (hands-on support for new businesses, grants for new product and technology development, business matching events, etc.), securing and developing human resources (consultation, various subsidies, seminars), business succession (dispatching experts, grants for equipment investment, successor training programs, loan mediation, etc.), and startup support (facilities, advisors, acceleration programs, etc.). Additionally, grants related to industry-academia collaboration are also available, supporting the growth and stable management of small and medium-sized enterprises within the ward.