Childcare and money in Edogawa City, in plain language.
Childcare support comes in several layers: Edogawa City, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, health insurance and employment insurance. This unofficial guide, written from a parent's point of view, puts them in one list so you can see how much your family can receive in total when raising children in Edogawa City.
Fertility treatment & egg freezing
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If you have IVF, Tokyo gives up to ¥150,000 per cycle
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If a couple has fertility tests, Tokyo gives up to ¥50,000
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If you have tests for recurrent pregnancy loss, Tokyo gives up to ¥50,000 (up to ¥60,000 for advanced medical care)
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If you freeze your eggs in preparation for aging, Tokyo gives up to ¥200,000 + ¥20,000 a year for storage
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If you have IVF using frozen eggs, Tokyo gives up to ¥250,000 per cycle
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Tokyo covers up to ¥30,000 of test costs to prepare for a future pregnancy, for both women and men
Pregnancy
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Pregnancy Support Payment: ¥100,000 in total from the national government for pregnancy and birth
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If you take time off for morning sickness or threatened preterm labor during pregnancy, health insurance pays 2/3 of your monthly pay
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If you have an interview during pregnancy, your municipality gives you childcare goods worth ¥10,000
Birth & postpartum
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¥500,000 per baby from your health insurance when you give birth
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During maternity leave before and after birth, health insurance pays 2/3 of your monthly pay
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For self-employed and freelance people, National Pension premiums are waived around childbirth
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For National Health Insurance members, the income-based and per-capita portions of premiums are waived for 4 months around childbirth
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When you give birth, Tokyo gives you points worth ¥100,000
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If you have an epidural (pain-relief) delivery, Tokyo gives up to ¥100,000
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From pregnancy through the child-rearing years, Tokyo backs municipal consultation, postpartum care, housework and childcare supporters, and support for families with multiples
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3 types (home visit, overnight, day service); out-of-pocket cost from ¥2,000 per time
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Postpartum checkup costs covered up to ¥5,000 per time, 2 times
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The checkup at 1 month old covered up to ¥6,000 per time
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Housework and childcare support at ¥500/hour for families with children under 3 or pregnant people
Raising children
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Child Allowance from the national government every month until high school age, ¥10,000–¥15,000 (¥30,000 for the third and later children)
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During childcare leave, employment insurance pays 67% of your monthly pay
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If both parents take 14 or more days of childcare leave, employment insurance brings take-home pay to about 100%
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If your pay goes down because you work shorter hours, employment insurance pays 10% of your wages
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018 Support gives ¥5,000 every month from Tokyo until age 18
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Until your child starts elementary school, Tokyo and your municipality cover the out-of-pocket medical costs
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For elementary and junior high school students, outpatient visits cost up to ¥200 each, and hospital stays cost only meals
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High school-age children are also covered by the medical expense subsidy. Outpatient visits up to ¥200 each
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Tuition at private high schools in Tokyo is free up to ¥501,000 a year, national and Tokyo support combined
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If your child attends a private junior high school, Tokyo gives ¥120,000 a year toward tuition
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¥13,000/month for households raising a 0-year-old (up to 12 months)
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Medical costs fully covered through the equivalent of high school grade 3
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School lunch fully free at city-run elementary and junior high schools (from September 2023)
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An amount equal to school lunch fees for students at private and international schools
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School lunch fees for children at special needs schools covered at the city-run school equivalent
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Catalog gift worth ¥60,000 to ¥80,000 at the 1st birthday
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Children's gift certificates worth ¥24,000, given 3 times to families with multiple births
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Support equal to 50% of salary for residents who continue childcare leave after the child turns 2
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Support visitors deliver diapers, etc. free every month to homes with a 0-year-old
Daycare & preschool
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Licensed daycare fees are now ¥0 for the first child aged 0–2 as well
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Municipalities give monthly subsidies to parents of children at private kindergartens, and Tokyo supports the cost
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Municipalities subsidize fees at Tokyo-certified daycare and unlicensed childcare facilities, and Tokyo supports the cost
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A Tokyo program that takes care of preschool children not attending daycare or kindergarten, with wider age and time limits
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Up to ¥80,000/month toward unlicensed childcare fees
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Tokyo-certified daycare fees covered up to ¥80,000/month
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Children from 6 months to age 2 can attend free for up to 24 hours a month
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Temporary childcare free up to 5 times a month
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Family Support fees free up to 14 hours a year
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Daycare fees at licensed daycare, etc. free from the first child
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Private kindergarten tuition free up to ¥33,000/month; enrollment fee covered up to ¥100,000
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Babysitter fees for preschool children fully covered up to 50 hours a year
Single-parent support
About this site
This site explains, in plain language, the childcare-related subsidies, benefits and allowances you can use when raising children in Edogawa City.
The amounts and conditions are written after reading each program's official page and guidelines directly. However, this is an unofficial guide made by an individual, and it gives estimates only. For an official decision, contact the office in charge of each program (municipality, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, health insurance, employment insurance, etc.).
Other municipalities
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