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Medical Services / Health / Child Care

Pregnancy

Those who become pregnant should obtain a pregnancy notification (ninshin todokede-sho) at a hospital and submit it to the health center in their residential area, which will issue a maternal and child health handbook (boshi kenko techo) and explain the options for prenatal checkups and classes for mothers. The handbook is for recording health checkups during pregnancy and the history of the baby’s growth, and should be kept in a safe place. Handbooks in foreign languages are also available.

The health center also provides consultation services on pregnancy, childbirth and childcare.

Health centers: →Health centers

Childbirth

Birth notification/alien registration
(shussho todoke/gaikokujin toroku)

The ward office must be notified of births, and newborn babies must be registered as foreign residents.

Reporting to the health center

nform your local health center of the birth by mailing the postcard contained in the maternal and child health handbook.

An instructor from the health center visits homes to offer consultation on childcare and explanations of child checkups and childcare classes conducted at the center.

Child checkups/inoculation (kenko shindan/yobo sesshu)

Children can receive free regular medical examinations and vaccinations to protect their health (against polio, BCG, etc.) at the health center.

Childcare classes

The center also conducts classes teaching how to manage children’s health, how to play with children, and children’s nutrition, as well as holding parties to encourage interaction among parents raising children.

Lump-sum birth allowance
(shussan ikuji ichijikin)

Those covered under the National Health Insurance Program are eligible to receive a lump-sum birth allowance of \420,000 per child. （\390,000 if given birth at a medical facility not registerd for the Japan Obstetric Compensation System for Cerebral Plasy (sanka iryouhoshou seido)）. This can be applied for at the relevant ward officeor the designated medical facility in the relevant ward. For further questions, please consult your ward office .

Those belonging to the health insurance program offered by their employer should confirm their benefits at the workplace.

Child Allowance
(kodomo teate)

Financial support would be given to families raising children until their child graduates from junior high school. Please fill out the requests forms within 15 days after the child is born. There would be \13,000 of monthly support given for each child. Requests could be made at the residing ward office.

*The child allowance system is subject to change, so please contact your residing ward office for details.

Child Health Care Information

General Information on Immunizations（ PDF 83KB）
Vaccination Schedule（ PDF 88KB）
Vaccines that require multiple vaccinations（ PDF 85KB）
Seasonal Influenza（ PDF 93KB）
Tamiflu and Relenza（ PDF 98KB）
The Hib Vaccine and Hib Infection（ PDF 59KB）
Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine and Streptococcus Pneumoniae Infection（ PDF 66KB）
Croup（ PDF 106KB）
Rotavirus-the winter sickness and diarrhea bug（ PDF 101KB）
RS virus infections（ PDF 95KB）
Streptococcal Infection (Sore throat withwithout Scarlet Fever)（ PDF 96KB）
For all women undergoing screening for cervical or uterine cancer（ PDF 79KB）
The Cervical Cancer Vaccine（ PDF 93KB）

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Information on living in Sapporo for foreign residents