50-100% of sick-child babysitter fees covered

When a child living in the city, from 6 months old to grade 6 of elementary school, cannot go to daycare or school because of illness or injury, part of the fee is covered if you use sick-child care sent by a babysitter company, etc. Services under contracts with member companies of the National Childcare Services Association, etc. are covered; contracts with individual sitters are not. The requirement is that parents or people living with the child cannot provide care because of work, weddings or funerals, illness in the family, etc. The subsidy rate is 100% for households on public assistance and households exempt from resident tax, and 50% for other households. The yearly limit is ¥80,000 per child. From use in FY2026 (April 2026–March 2027), it was doubled from the previous ¥40,000. The child must have seen a doctor for that illness or injury within 7 days before or after using the service.