Child Allowance System will Change

There will be a revision to the Child Allowance System during FY2024. Child Allowance from October onwards will be paid in accordance with the new system.

1. Income limits will be removed, and all parents raising children born on or after 4/2, 2006 will be eligible to receive the allowance.
2. Applicable age for children to receive the allowance will be raised to high school age.
3. Allowance for a third child will be changed to ¥30,000 a month.
4. Calculation for a third child will be changed. Allowance for a third child will be added from the second child born after a university-age child, namely a child who is 22 years old, and after.
5. Allowance payment months will increase. Payments will be made six times in April, June, August, October, December, and February.

A notification of the system revision was sent to the heads of all households with children born on or after 4/2, 2006, at the end of July 2024. You may need to submit a notice in accordance with the revision.