If you freeze your eggs in preparation for aging, Tokyo gives up to ¥200,000 + ¥20,000 a year for storage
- The ¥20,000 for storage is paid until FY2028
- Freezing for the purpose of fertility treatment is not covered
This program has the Tokyo Metropolitan Government subsidize up to ¥200,000 of the cost at the time of freezing for people who freeze their eggs to prepare for a future pregnancy and birth. In addition, from the following fiscal year, if you answer a survey about egg storage, a flat ¥20,000 is paid once a year (until FY2028 (April 2028–March 2029)).
The requirements are: (1) aged 18 or older and under 40 on the day of egg retrieval,(2) continuously registered as a resident of Tokyo from the date you apply to attend the information session until freezing is completed and the application date,(3) egg retrieval and egg freezing for the purpose of fertility treatment after already being diagnosed with infertility are not covered, and(4) you attended an information session for eligible people held by TMG and received a decision approving your cooperation with the research program. Other conditions are that you start medical procedures at a registered medical institution after the session and within 1 year of the day you attended it, and that you keep answering TMG's surveys after freezing(the surveys continue until FY2028).
The subsidy at the time of freezing is only once per person. As a rule, you apply online (LoGo Form). If you later actually use the frozen eggs for IVF, the separate program "Tokyo Metropolitan Government Subsidy for Assisted Reproductive Technology Using Frozen Eggs" (up to ¥250,000 per cycle) applies.