Frequently asked questions / FAQ
Child-bearing and Child-rearing
Filing Notifications
- First, visit a medical institution. Once you have found out you are pregnant at a medical institution,please report your pregnancy at the following counter.
There are requirements for the report, so please see the website for more information.
https://www.city.funabashi.lg.jp/kodomo/ninshin/001/p002389.html
When you report your pregnancy at the counter, you will be given a "Mother and Child Health Handbook."Along with the handbook, you will also be given tickets for prenatal checkups, prenatal dental checkups, newborn hearing screening tests, postnatal checkups, and infant checkups.If you have any concerns about pregnancy, childbirth, or child-rearing, you can consult with a public health nurse.If a pregnant woman comes directly to the counter, she can also apply for a childbirth support gift (a payment of 50,000 yen) at the same time. Please bring the pregnant woman's personal seal and bankbook.
＜Application counters＞
・ Mother and Child Health Handbook Issuance Corner (City Hall 1st floor)
・General Inquiry Center in front of Funabashi Station (Face Building 5th floor),
・Central, Eastern, Northern and Western Health Centers
Allowances and Subsidy Programs
- Child allowance cannot be received unless both parents and child are residing in Japan.
After returning to Japan, please first register as a resident at Funabashi City Hall Family Registration and Resident Section.
Please apply for child allowance on the day of resident registration.
Please note that the application must be submitted within 15 days from the day following the resident registration date.
You can apply for child allowance at the following places.
・City Hall 3F Child Care Benefits Section
・Funabashi Station General Service Center, Window 14
・Any branch office or liaison office
Required Documents
・Certification claim form (available at the counter)
・Bank Regular account passbook, cash card, or copies of these (in the name of the claimant)
・Identification document (for the person coming to the counter)
・Personal number confirmation document (for the claimant and spouse)
Other documents may be required depending on the situation.
For more information, please contact the Childcare Benefits Division, Child Support Section
https://www.city.funabashi.lg.jp/kodomo/teate/001/p020586.html
Tel: 047-436-2316
Please note that if the application is false and the child allowance is overpaid, you will be required to return it.
- The following consultation desks offer various types of advice regarding pregnancy, childbirth, and child rearing.
If you have any problems, you do not have to worry alone, You can consult with us.
● Central Health Center Mon-Fri 9 am-5pm Excluding holidays and holidays
1-16-55 Kitahoncho, Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture TEL: 047-423-2111
● Eastern Health Center Mon-Fri 9 am-5pm Excluding holidays and holidays 5-31-1 Yakuendai, Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture (Social Welfare Hall) TEL: 047-466-1383
● Northern Health Center Mon-Fri 9 am-5pm Excluding holidays and holidays 7-24-1 Misaki, Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture (Northern Welfare Hall) TEL: 047-449-7600
● Western Health Center Mon-Fri 9 am-5pm Excluding holidays and holidays 457-1 Hongo-cho, Funabashi-shi, Chiba (inside the Western Fire and Health Center) TEL: 047-302-2626
● Mother and Child Health Handbook Issuance Corner (City Hall 1st floor) Mon-Fri 9 am-5pm Excluding holidays and holidays 2-10-25 Minato-cho, Funabashi-shi, Chiba TEL: 047-436-2111
● Funabashi Station General Counter Center (Face Building 5th floor) 10th counter Maternal and Child Health • Monday to Friday 9:00 am to 8:00 pm • Holidays 9:00 am to 5:00 pm • 2nd and 4th (Saturday) and the next day (Sunday) 9 am-5pm Face Building 5th Floor 1-3-1, Honcho, Funabashi-shi, Chiba TEL: 047-423-3411
● Funabashi City Child-rearing Generation Comprehensive Support Center "Funako"
Mon-Fri 10 am-4pm Excluding holidays and holidays 1-16-55 Kitahoncho, Funabashi City, Chiba TEL 047-411-8250
If you do not understand Japanese or want to speak in your own language, Funabashi Multilingual Information Center(available in 12 languages). You will be connected to a person in charge who will provide interpretation..
Tel: 050-3101-3495 - The subsidy system for children's medical expenses is a system that subsidizes all or part of the out-of-pocket expenses for insurance medical treatment to parents who bear the medical expenses of their children. Children up to senior high school (up to the first March 31 after turning 18 years old) who are registered as residents of Funabashi City and are enrolled in health insurance..
Application for the Child Medical Expense Subsidy System can be submitted at the following locations.
・City Hall 3F Child Support Division, Child Subsidy Section
・Funabashi General Consultation Center Window 14 (Front of Funabashi Station)
・Branch Offices and Liaison Offices
Required Documents
・Funabashi City Child Medical Expense Subsidy Registration Application Form (available at the window)
・Child's health insurance cardI
・Identification documents (for the person who will come to the window)
・Personal number confirmation document (for the applicant and spouse)
・Copy of passport page showing photo and entry record (for all foreign guardians who are not registered as residents in Japan as of January 1st)
*Other documents may be required depending on the situation.
For more information, please contact Funabashi City Childcare Benefits Division, Child Assistance Section
Telephone 047-436-2316
- Pregnancy and childbirth are not illnesses. Therefore, you cannot use health insurance for normal childbirth, and you have to pay a fairly high cost to the hospital etc. by yourself.
However, if you have public insurance, you will be paid a "lump-sum childbirth and childcare allowance" after giving birth, which will greatly reduce your out-of-pocket expenses.
For those who have difficulty preparing childbirth expenses in advance, the "Direct Payment System" is available, in which the National Health Insurance and the Health Insurance Society pay the lump-sum birth allowance directly to the hospital. (If you use this system, the maternity woman cannot receive the money directly.)
If you give birth in Japan, even if you have a small amount of cash on hand, pregnant women will be able to give birth with peace of mind. Please contact your place of employment or each prefectural branch of the National Health Insurance Association. - If you live in Funabashi City and enrolled in the National Health Insurance, you can apply for a lump-sum childbirth and childcare allowance when you gave birth.
The application deadline is two years from the day after the date of birth.
However, you can only apply if the person who gave birth has returned to Japan.
Applications can only be made at the National Health Insurance and Pension Division (1st floor of Funabashi City Hall Main Building).
* Please note that application is not possible at other counters.
Items required for application
① Birth certificate (original)
② Japanese translation of birth certificate
③ Passport of the person who gave birth (original)
④ Documents related to resident registration such as family register and resident's card issued by a local public institution and Japanese translation *Only required if the child does not have a resident registration in Funabashi City, such as if the child lives overseas.
⑤ Seal of head of the family/person who gave birth
⑥ Head of the family`s bank account
⑦ Health insurance card
⑧ Childbirth and childcare lump sum payment application (please fill in at the application window)
⑨ Consent form for making inquiries to local medical institutions (please fill in at the application counter)
⑩ Maternal and Child Health Handbook
For more information, please refer to Funabashi City Hall's website, "When you give birth overseas (Lump-sum maternity and childcare payment)."
https://www.city.funabashi.lg.jp/kenkou/kokuho/003/p069883.html
For Inquiries: National Health Insurance and Pension Division, Tel: 047-436-2395
*If you have health insurance, please contact your employer or the health insurance association to which you are enrolled.
Facilities
- When parents cannot take care of their children during the day due to work, sickness, or other reasons, nursery schools are places where children from the age of 0 to the time they enter elementary school can be entrusted.
About consultation about nursery school, we accept nursery school concierge in nursery school entrance to school section (the third floor of the city hall main government building).
It will be handled during the opening hours of the city hall (9:00 to 17:00 on weekdays).
Inquiries Nursery School Entrance Division (City Hall 3F)
Telephone 047-436-2330 (Japanese only)
If you do not understand Japanese or want to speak in your own language, please consult the Funabashi Multilingual Information Center(12 languages available). I will connect you to the Nursery School Admissions Division and interpret for you.
Telephone: 050-3101-3495
For more details, please see information such as Funabashi City Office homepage authorization nursery schools.
https://www.city.funabashi.lg.jp/kodomo/hoiku/002/p054896.html
- There are two types of facilities that can be use for after-school care for elementary school students.
1. After-school room: This is a place to look after elementary school children who are left alone at home after school because their parents are working, etc.
Please apply at the Regional Childcare Support Division.
Regional Childcare Support Division 047-436-2319
(Reference link) Application for admission to the After-school Room for 2024 [Admission after May]
https://www.city.funabashi.lg.jp/kodomo/support/005/p120956.html
2. Funakko Classroom: We provide a place for children to do independent activities after school and during summer vacation, utilizing facilities at municipal elementary schools.
Board of Education Youth Division, Community School Cooperation Section
Tel: 047-436-2805
(Reference link) Funakko Classroom (After-school children's classroom) Usage guide
https://www.city.funabashi.lg.jp/kodomo/support/006/kodomokyoushitu-main.html - Regarding with the admission to nursery school, after all the necessary documents are submitted by the applicant, the city have monthly meeting to decide who can be admitted at the nursery school. In this meeting, the working hours of the parents and the family situation are scored according to system regulations, those with higher scores, i.e., those who need childcare the most will be the one to be given priority to use the daycare centers.
You can apply for nursery school admission even if your wife is looking for work.However, at the meeting, the score for those looking for work is applied, the score for those looking for work may get a lower score than those who are working. If your score is low, you may not be able to be admitted the nursery school right away.
Even if you are able to be admitted at a nursery school while looking for work, you must submit an employment certificate to the City hall that will proved that you work more than 64 hours a month within 90 days after admission. If you fail to submit the employment certificate (if you cannot find work), you will be ask to leave the nursery school.
Teaching materials
- You can purchase it for 800 yen + tax per copy(as of July 2024)
(Where to buy) Maternal and Child Health Research Association (Published based on the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare Ordinance)
https://www.ecur.co.jp/p/item-list/list/cate_id/1/
(Language) Available in 10 languages (Japanese included)
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