Here, other types of welfare will be explained: child welfare, the long-term care insurance system, welfare for persons with disabilities and social security. We will introduce mainly national systems, but depending on the region, kinds of service peculiar to that region are often carried out, so for more specific information, please enquire at your municipal administrative office or welfare office.

The following benefits are provided for the upbringing of children. There are many cases where benefits systems peculiar to a municipality are available, so for details please enquire at your municipal administrative office’s relevant department, such as the child welfare department.

This is a national system whereby an allowance is provided to carers who are bringing up children until the child completes elementary school (the first 31 March following the child’s 12th birthday) (please refer to H Childbirth/childcare, 3-4 Child allowance). However, there are restrictions depending on income. Apart from the national system, there are also cases where child allowance peculiar to a particular municipality is provided; please confirm at your municipal administrative office.

This is a national system whereby an allowance is provided to a mother or carer who, due to divorce or death, is maintaining a household without the father. This will be paid until the first 31 March following the child’s 18th birthday; in the case of a child with a severe degree of disability, this will be the 20th birthday. The child support allowance is also paid to households where the father is severely disabled. There are restrictions depending on income.

This is a national system whereby an allowance is provided to the father, mother or carer bringing up a child under the age of 20 with a certain degree of mental or physical disability. There are restrictions depending on income, and the allowance is limited to cases where the child is placed in an institution such as an institution for children with birth defects or an institution for children with intellectual disabilities.

This is a national system whereby an allowance is provided to persons living at home under the age of 20 who require constant care in their everyday lives due to severe disability. This allowance is for some of the persons who are Class 1 in the Identification Booklet for the Physically Disabled, or Part A of the Medical Treatment Booklet. There are restrictions depending on income.

This assists with the individual financial burden paid by persons (children) with severe mental and physical disabilities that are within the scope of the Health Insurance Law. This is for persons who are Class 1, 2 or 3 in the identification booklet for the physically handicapped, or who possess part A or some B of the Medical Treatment Booklet (limited to persons who are Class 3 of the identification booklet for the physically handicapped).

There are various types (refer to H Childbirth/childcare, 3 Cost of childbirth and benefits and 5 Childcare).