Tokyo and the city together pay ¥5,100–9,500 a month toward private kindergarten fees and similar

Parents of children at private kindergartens (old system), new-system kindergartens, or certified centers for early childhood education and care with Type 1 certification

Submit the application form handed out in late June. All subsidies are paid afterward (reimbursement). The April–September portion is paid around late November, and the October–March portion around late May.

The monthly amount is ¥9,500 for households on public assistance and tax-exempt single-parent households etc.; for tax-exempt households and single-parent households etc. with an income-based tax amount of ¥77,100 or less, ¥6,500 for the first child and ¥9,500 for the second and later children; for an income-based tax amount of ¥77,100 or less, ¥5,100 for the first and second children and ¥9,500 for the third and later children; ¥8,900 for the third and later children at ¥211,200 or less; ¥8,300 for the third and later children at ¥256,300 or less; and ¥5,100 for all other households.The costs you actually paid are the cap of the subsidy.Single-parent households etc. include households receiving the Child Rearing Allowance (for single parents) and households with a person with a disability living at home.For taxable households in the class for children who have just turned 3 (man 3-sai class) with a certification of the need for childcare, a separate subsidy also gives ¥450 per day toward extended-care (azukari hoiku) fees (the first child has also been covered since September 2025).For children attending facilities similar to kindergartens, the amount granted combines the amount equivalent to national free childcare and the amount equivalent to the Tokyo and city subsidies.