Licensed daycare fees free for the first child aged 0-2 (from September 2025)

From September 1, 2025, daycare fees for the first child aged 0 to 2 became free. This is not a measure started by Adachi City on its own; it is based on support the Tokyo Metropolitan Government provides across Tokyo, and the city, as the counter, sets daycare fees at ¥0. There is no income limit, and it is free even for taxed households. Until August 2025, fees ranged from ¥5,100 to ¥75,500 depending on city resident tax, etc. Eligible facilities are licensed daycare, nintei kodomo-en (long hours), city-run unlicensed childcare facilities, small-scale childcare, home-based childcare, workplace childcare, and in-home childcare. Tokyo-certified daycare is not covered by this free program; it is reduced under a separate program, the Tokyo-certified Daycare Fee Reduction. Daycare fees are free for all first, second, and third and later children, both for ages 0-2 and 3-5, but extended-hours fees are separate. The monthly extended-hours fee at city-run facilities is ¥1,000 for brackets A and B and ¥4,000 for brackets C and D. Occasional extensions cost ¥500 per day at city-run facilities and with home daycare providers (hoiku mama).