Japan's birth subsidy policy

How much subsidy can I get for raising children in Japan?

Japan is a country with few children. In order to encourage childbearing, the government has racked its brains and introduced various child welfare policies. Today, let's take a look at it for everyone.

Parenting policy

Japan belongs to a country with a relatively sound social welfare system. In order to alleviate the trend of declining birthrate, the Japanese government has successively introduced a series of welfare policies to encourage childbearing and support parenting since the 1990s:

1. One-time maternity allowance

Japanese mothers who have been diagnosed as pregnant for more than 4 months can get a subsidy of 420,000 yen regardless of whether their children are born safely or not. It seems to have increased to around 500,000 yen in 2022. There are a series of subsidies from the beginning of pregnancy to child-rearing, and you can participate in the birth check-up free of charge with the birth check-up voucher during pregnancy.

In addition, as long as you have a long-term Japanese visa and live legally in Japan, you can also get subsidies from the Japanese government if you choose to return to China to have children. If you also pay maternity insurance in China, you can also get domestic subsidies. Anyway, in Japan, it is from pregnancy to delivery. Under normal circumstances, subsidies are almost enough.

2. Maternity allowance

In Japan, maternity leave can be taken for 98 days. During maternity leave, pregnant women's employers need to pay two-thirds of their wages every month.

But if the company doesn't pay the money or it is less than 8,000 yen per day, the government will provide subsidies (8,000 yen per day).

After the end of maternity leave, Japan still has parental leave, starting from the first day after the end of maternity leave and continuing until the child 1 year (the longest is 1 year and a half).

The salary earned during parental leave is calculated at 67%(2/3) of the average salary in the six months before the first180th day of parental leave, and then at 50%.

3. Tax credit policy

For Japanese women, the cost of birth check-up and delivery, from medicine to hospitalization, can be directly used to deduct the collection of personal income tax.

For example, you should have paid 500 yuan this month, but your wife spent 6,000 yuan to give birth to a child, so you don't need to pay any personal income tax for a whole year, because the hospitalization fee has been paid to you 12 months in advance.

4. Long-term childcare allowance

In addition, children can also receive a subsidy called "children's allowance" from birth to 15 years old. Moreover, it is not limited to nationality. As long as parents hold medium-and long-term visas and their children and dependents live in Japan at the same time, they can get them!

Different age groups, the amount of subsidies is different:

_ 0~3 years old: per person 15000 yen;

_3 years old ~ primary school graduation: the first or second child 10000 yen, the third or more child 15000 yen;

_ Primary school graduation ~ 15 years old: 10000 yen, and the more children at home, the more allowances.

Children from single-parent families also receive subsidies. Before the child 18 years old, one child, two children and three children have different degrees of subsidies, ranging from 40,000 to 60,000 yen.

Medical allowance

Living in Japan, as long as parents join health insurance, all children under the age of three can get free medical care and medicines, while children between the ages of three and 15 have to pay for every visit. Japan is different, but it is similar. Kobe is 400 yen at a time, about 20 RMB. Some may be cheaper or free.

In any case, for some parents in Japan, fortunately, in the initial process of raising children, there was a time when they didn't have to bear high medical expenses.

Educational welfare

Japan's education is recognized worldwide for its high quality, strong teachers and rich educational resources, which can be described as full of welfare in education, regardless of cost.

Japan's international education model makes it one of the fairest education systems in the world.

1. teacher rotation system

Because teachers are civil servants in Japan and must obey the deployment of the state, teachers all over the country are forced to implement the rotation system. Teachers change schools every 3-7 years, and principals change schools across regions every 5 years. This compulsory administrative system benefits students all over the country, especially the improvement of weak schools in remote areas.

2. There is no household registration restriction for going to school.

In Japan, there is no household registration limit for going to school. You can go to school as long as you live near the school. The "living" here is just living, and you don't need to buy a house or assets. Whether you rent for a short time or live with your grandparents, you can go to a nearby school.

3. National teaching unification

Japan's educational administration belongs to the central and local management systems, and the local decentralization system is implemented under the guidance of the central government.

The Ministry of Education is the central administrative department of education in Japan, which can adjust the education funds in various places, formulate the major policies of the whole education, decide the teaching content and promulgate the teaching syllabus. The teaching activities of every school are based on this, so that the basic education of the whole country can basically maintain a relatively neat level.

4. Rich educational resources

Japan is a country that attaches importance to education and has rich educational resources. Many schools rank in the top 100 in the world rankings such as QS and The Times, such as Tokyo University, Kyoto University and Osaka University, all of which are world-class institutions.

Japanese education pays attention to developing students' ability and cultivating students' quality, and combines education with practice and social economy.

With the increasing number of children, in order to encourage childbearing and reduce the burden on parents, the Japanese government raised the consumption tax from 8% to 10%, and all the increased taxes were used for education investment, thus realizing "free education" in an all-round way.

_ Children: 3-5 years old nursery and kindergarten education is free;

_ Youth: Children of eligible foreigners living in Japan can attend public primary and secondary schools free of charge (except tuition and miscellaneous fees);

_ Adult: For low-income families studying in universities, colleges and universities, the Japanese government has reduced their tuition fees and admission fees, and issued non-refundable subsidized scholarships; Among them, national universities can reduce tuition fees by up to 540,000 yen, and private universities can reduce tuition fees by up to 700,000 yen.

It should be noted that the above-mentioned "free education in nurseries and kindergartens" means that the government will give subsidies according to the age of children and the types of school facilities (public, private, government-approved and non-approved, etc.). (There is an upper limit).

This educational benefit is not only for Japanese families, but also for foreign families with long-term residence qualifications. Therefore, emigrating to Japan is also a great advantage for children's education.

In addition, in Japan, there are special support programs for foreign children's language learning.

For example, Japan's Ministry of Education published a Guide to Receiving Foreign Children and Students, which mentioned that there would be teachers in Japan who would deal with foreign students and be mainly responsible for their Japanese teaching. They were called "Japanese teachers".

It is beneficial for children who follow their parents to Japan to quickly integrate into the local environment.