If you use Tokyo-certified daycare or similar, up to ¥80,000 a month is returned every quarter

A subsidy for households living in Meguro City that could not get into licensed daycare and use an unlicensed childcare facility such as a Tokyo-certified daycare (ninshō hoikusho) or a baby hotel with a contract of 160 hours or more a month. The conditions are that you have certification of need for childcare (work, etc.) and the child is not enrolled in licensed daycare. For the 0–2-year-old classes, taxable households have a monthly limit of ¥80,000 for both the first child and second and later children. For tax-exempt households, it is ¥38,000 a month until the September 2026 fee and ¥34,300 a month from the October fee, but ¥80,000 if you are on childcare leave for the eligible child. For the 3–5-year-old classes, the limit is ¥40,000 a month until the September 2026 fee and ¥36,700 a month from the October fee. The reduction from October subtracts the increase in the limit of the national facility use costs (free program), and the city says the combined limit of the free program and the subsidy does not change. People who have already applied do not need to apply again. Grant decisions are made every 3 months, and payment is made afterward by transfer to the designated account.