About this site
Machishirabe lists, for each of Japan's 1,741 municipalities, the programs that differ from place to place and the basic figures, one page per municipality.
The data comes from national surveys and statistics: the Children and Families Agency's survey of child medical subsidies (municipal form) and the Statistics Bureau's e-Stat "Statistical Observations of Municipalities". Nothing is estimated or filled in by guesswork.
Program conditions are transcribed as published. This site does not judge whether you qualify or how much you would save. Always confirm the current conditions on the municipality's official website.
Sources
- Children and Families Agency, Survey on Municipal Child Medical Expense Subsidies (municipal form, attachment 3) (as of April 1, 2025, published December 24, 2025)
- Same survey, FY2024 (as of April 1, 2024)
- e-Stat, Statistical Observations of Municipalities 2026 (Statistics Bureau of Japan) (published June 19, 2026)
- MLIT, Inventory of Urban Parks (end of FY2024, as of March 31, 2025)
- Children and Families Agency, Summary of Nursery Care Status (April 1, 2026)
- Children and Families Agency, Status of After-School Clubs (May 1, 2026, preliminary)
- Municipality codes and readings: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, "Local Government Codes"
Who runs this site
Machishirabe is run by one person, a web director employed at a company, as a personal project. It is not affiliated with any government, municipality or real-estate company, and does not give advice on eligibility.
Reporting errors
If you find a wrong number or condition, send the page URL and a source for the correct value to the contact address (coming soon). It will be checked and corrected.
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How the figures are made
The 1,741 rows of the Children and Families Agency's attachment 3 (PDF) were converted to a table and compared row by row with the FY2024 edition to mark changes. In the FY2025 file the Nara list repeats Ando Town at position 29 and has no row for Yoshino Town, so Yoshino shows FY2024 values. Key figures come from e-Stat's Statistical Observations of Municipalities 2026, with rates calculated per population or per population under 15.
Update history
- September 24, 2026: Launch. FY2025 survey (as of April 1, 2025) and e-Stat 2026 edition.
- October 19, 2026: Uji City(Kyoto) — From September 2026, Uji City extends the subsidy from the end of junior high school to the end of the fiscal year in which the child turns 18 (high school age). There is no income limit. You pay 200 yen per medical institution per month, and the rest is covered. This is newer than the national survey shown above (as of April 1, 2025).
- October 19, 2026: Izumo City(Shimane) — From October 2026, Izumo City makes outpatient and inpatient care free from birth through junior high school; until then, children from elementary school age paid 10%. High-school-age children still pay 10%, capped per institution per month at 1,000 yen for outpatient and 2,000 yen for inpatient care. This is newer than the national survey shown above (as of April 1, 2025).
- October 19, 2026: Ginowan City(Okinawa) — From October 2025, Ginowan City extends the subsidy from the end of junior high school to the end of the fiscal year in which the child turns 18 (high school age). For both outpatient and inpatient care, showing the eligibility card means nothing is paid at the counter. This is newer than the national survey shown above (as of April 1, 2025).
- September 25, 2026: Yokohama City(Kanagawa) — From June 2026, Yokohama City extends the subsidy from the end of junior high school to the end of the fiscal year in which the child turns 18. The income limit and co-payment were already abolished in August 2023. This is newer than the national survey shown above (as of April 1, 2025).
- September 24, 2026: Kawasaki City(Kanagawa) — From September 2026, Kawasaki City extends the subsidy through the end of the fiscal year in which the child turns 18 and abolishes the 500-yen outpatient co-payment that applied from the 4th grade of elementary school. There is no income limit. This is newer than the national survey shown above (as of April 1, 2025).
Updates
The national survey is annual. Municipalities that expand coverage before the next survey are checked against their official websites and added to the table.
Last checked: September 24, 2026
Citing this site
The tables on this site are compiled from published materials of the Children and Families Agency and e-Stat. Tables and figures may be reused under CC BY 4.0 (free to use with attribution).
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