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If both parents take 14 or more days of childcare leave, employment insurance brings take-home pay to about 100%

Postnatal Paternity Leave Benefit and Post-Birth Leave Support Benefit (employment insurance) / Employment insurance (Hello Work)

Postnatal Paternity Leave Benefit and Post-Birth Leave Support Benefit (employment insurance)Employment insuranceWithin 8 weeks after birth

With 14 or more days of childcare leave by both parents, a benefit rate of 80%

Benefit rate (up to 28 days)80%

Postnatal Paternity Leave Benefit67%

Extra amount+13%

The extra amount (Post-Birth Leave Support Benefit) requires 14 or more days of childcare leave by both parents
With the social insurance premium waiver, take-home pay is equivalent to 100%

Single parents and others are covered even without the spouse's childcare leaveKosodate Tokyo

These benefits are added to the employment insurance childcare leave benefits only in the period right after the birth. Combining the two benefits, for up to 28 days your take-home pay is equivalent to 100% of what it was before leave.

The first is the "Postnatal Paternity Leave Benefit." For childcare leave taken within 8 weeks after the child is born (postnatal paternity leave), 67% of the daily wage before leave is paid for up to 28 days.

The second is the "Post-Birth Leave Support Benefit," which started in April 2025. If both you and your spouse take 14 or more days of childcare leave within 8 weeks after the child is born, a further 13% is added for up to 28 days. 67% plus 13% makes 80%, and because social insurance premiums are waived during childcare leave, your take-home pay is equivalent to 100%.

It covers employment insurance insured persons who had 12 or more months with 11 or more days (or 80 or more hours) that were the basis for wage payments in the 2 years before starting leave. For single parents, or when the spouse is a full-time homemaker, self-employed, on postnatal leave or similar, you can receive the Post-Birth Leave Support Benefit even if your spouse does not take childcare leave. As a rule you apply to Hello Work through your employer.

SIMULATOR

How much can you receive?

Estimates the Postnatal Paternity Leave Benefit + the Post-birth Leave Support Benefit from your monthly pay and the number of leave days.

Monthly pay (average of the 6 months before your leave starts) Bonuses are excluded

yen

The daily wage at the start of leave is calculated as monthly pay × 6 ÷ 180 (upper limit ¥16,540, lower limit ¥3,203; the amounts valid until July 31, 2027).

Days of childcare leave taken within 8 weeks after birth Up to 28 days

Will your spouse also take 14 or more days of childcare leave? Condition for the +13% top-up

Total for 28 days after birth

298,659 yen

is paid by employment insurance (including the social insurance premium waiver, this is effectively equal to 100% of your take-home pay).

─ Breakdown ─

Daily wage at the start of leave Monthly pay × 6 ÷ 180

13,333 yen

Postnatal Paternity Leave Benefit (67%) Daily wage × 28 days × 67%

250,127 yen

Post-birth Leave Support Benefit (+13%) Daily wage × 28 days × 13%

48,532 yen

250,127 + 48,532 = 298,659 yen

The amount above is an estimate (it applies the daily wage upper limit of ¥16,540 and lower limit of ¥3,203). Because social insurance premiums are waived, your actual take-home amount is larger than shown. From day 29, it switches to the regular Childcare Leave Benefit (67%). For details, contact the Childcare Leave Benefit call center (0570-200-406) or the HR staff at your workplace.

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.

Notes

The upper limit of the daily wage before leave is ¥16,540 (amount until July 31, 2027).The payment cap for 28 days of leave is ¥310,290 for the Postnatal Paternity Leave Benefit and ¥60,205 for the Post-Birth Leave Support Benefit.Your spouse does not need to take childcare leave if, as of the day after the child's birth, any of the following applies: you have no spouse (including when the spouse is missing), the spouse has no legal parent-child relationship with the child, you live apart because of violence from the spouse, the spouse is not working, the spouse is self-employed or otherwise not working as an employee, the spouse is on postnatal leave, or the spouse otherwise cannot take childcare leave.If your spouse is a public employee, you are covered if they take 14 or more days of public employee childcare leave.If your spouse does not need to take childcare leave, you submit documents showing this (tax exemption certificate, copy of the tax return, certified copy of the family register, etc.).

Official sources

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