From pregnancy through the child-rearing years, Tokyo backs municipal consultation, postpartum care, housework and childcare supporters, and support for families with multiples
In this program, TMG subsidizes municipalities to support a system in which municipal public health nurses and others give consultation from pregnancy through the child-rearing years and connect families to the support they need. The municipalities carry it out, and which support is available and how much it costs differ by municipality. Check the page of the municipality where you live.
Examples of support subsidized by TMG are as follows.- Consultation such as the pregnancy interview, home visits after the birth, and questionnaires around ages 1 and 2 (carried out by every municipality)- Physical and mental care for mother and child and childcare support within 1 year after the birth (postpartum care)- Dispatch of housework and childcare supporters to pregnant women and households with children under 3- For families with twins, triplets or other multiples: subsidies for taxi fares to checkups and vaccinations, dispatch of supporters, exchanges with experienced families, and subsidies for additional prenatal checkups