Housework and childcare helpers for ¥500 per hour, from pregnancy to 6 months after birth
- Multiple births: 120 hours per year until under age 3
- Up to 4 hours a day between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Helpers visit families with pregnant or postpartum women who find housework or childcare difficult, and help with meal preparation, laundry, cleaning, shopping, caring for and taking older siblings to and from places, accompanying you to checkups, etc. From April 2026, single-birth families can also ask for help caring for the newborn. The fee is ¥500 per hour. Single births can use 80 hours from receiving the Maternal and Child Health Handbook until under 6 months after birth; multiple births can use 120 hours until the day before the first birthday, and then 120 hours per year until under age 3. Hours are up to 4 hours a day between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. (except the New Year period). From January 2026, it can be used even while the father (partner) is on childcare leave. Apply electronically.