The new subsidy scheme will cover 50% of the more than 1 billion yen ($7.51 million) cost of operating an International Business Machines Corp-made shared quantum computer in Kawasaki, Japan for companies such as Toyota, Sony and Mizuho Financial Group, TV Tokyo said.

($1 = 133.1900 yen)

(Reporting by Kantaro Komiya; Editing by Bernadette Baum)