Subsidy for prenatal checkups outside Tokyo

Toshima City's prenatal checkup vouchers can only be used at contracted medical institutions in Tokyo. If you have checkups at a medical institution outside Tokyo, for example when giving birth in your hometown, and pay out of pocket (not covered by insurance), you first pay the full amount yourself, then later apply to the city with your receipts and unused checkup vouchers to be reimbursed within the subsidy limits. Checkups on or after the date the Maternal and Child Health Handbook was issued are eligible; checkups overseas, and costs such as teaching materials and maternity classes, are not covered.

For checkups on or after April 1, 2026, the subsidy limits are ¥11,670 for the first prenatal checkup and ¥5,460 per checkup for the 2nd to 14th. Prenatal ultrasound is ¥5,300 per time for the 1st to 4th, cervical cancer screening for pregnant women is ¥3,400, and newborn hearing screening is ¥3,000.

Postpartum checkups and 1-month infant checkups are covered from checkups taken out of pocket at medical institutions outside Tokyo (within Japan only) on or after October 1, 2026. The limits are ¥5,000 for both the 1st and 2nd postpartum checkups and ¥6,000 per 1-month infant checkup.

The application deadline is within 1 year of the birth date (until the day before the baby's 1st birthday), or within 1 year of the end of pregnancy. The counters are the Health Promotion Division (2-1-1 Minami-Ikebukuro, Toshima City Public Health Center, 2nd floor) and the Nagasaki Health Consultation Center.