Licensed daycare fees are ¥0 for the first child in 0- to 2-year-old classes
Free Daycare Fees for the First Child / Kita City
Free Daycare Fees for the First ChildKita CityTaxed households also eligibleLicensed daycare, etc.
Daycare fees are ¥0 for the first child in 0- to 2-year-old classes too
First child in 0- to 2-year-old classes¥0Licensed daycare fees
- From September 2025, ¥0 for resident-tax-paying households too
- Actual costs such as extended-hours fees and meals are not covered
From September 2025, daycare fees for the first child in 0- to 2-year-old classes became ¥0 even for households paying resident tax. Classes for ages 3-5, second and later children, and tax-exempt households with children aged 0-2 were already free, so licensed daycare fees are now effectively gone. Eligible facilities are licensed daycare, community-based childcare, and nintei kodomo-en (certification types 2 and 3), and you must be registered as a resident of Kita City. However, monthly and one-time extended-hours fees are not covered, and actual costs such as meals and events remain as before. Kita City carries this out following the expansion of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's daycare fee reduction subsidy program.
Nationality and residence status
The official page (checked in October 2026) sets no condition on nationality or residence status that we found. Eligibility follows the official conditions, not the language of this page; many programs require resident registration in the municipality.
Who is eligible
First child of resident-tax-paying households in 0- to 2-year-old classes
Notes
Started September 2025. Carried out in line with the expansion of Tokyo's daycare fee reduction subsidy program.