Child Allowance in 5 Tokyo Wards: Apply Within 15 Days, Payment on the 10th in Setagaya and the 12th in Nerima

This page is general information from official ward and national pages about the child allowance. It is not legal advice. For your own case, ask the child allowance counter of the ward where you live.

The child allowance (jido teate) in Setagaya, Nerima, Ota, Edogawa and Adachi is the same in amount and application deadline in all five wards, but the payment date and where you can apply differ by ward. Payments are made in even-numbered months: on the 10th in Setagaya, on the 12th in Nerima (the weekday before if it falls on a weekend or holiday) and around the 12th in Edogawa. Ota says the December 2026 payment will be made by Wednesday, December 9.

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1. Payment dates and where to apply in the 5 wards

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Nerima says the time the money arrives differs by bank. Ota says it can take 2–3 days to reach your account depending on the bank.

2. Amount and eligibility: up to high school age in all 5 wards, no income limit

The system changed from the October 2024 payment. It now covers children up to high school age (until March 31 after the child turns 18), and the income limit was removed. The monthly amount per child is ¥15,000 for the first and second child under 3, ¥10,000 from age 3 to high school age, and ¥30,000 for the third child and after at any age. Payments are made 6 times a year, in even months, and each payment covers the 2 months up to the previous month. Children and Families Agency: child allowance guide (Japanese)

The recipient is the parent who is the main earner of the household (in principle, the one with the higher income). Public servants apply to their workplace, not the ward. When a child turns 3, the amount changes from ¥15,000 to ¥10,000 from the month after the birth month (Adachi’s guidance).

When counting the third child, children who have graduated from high school, up to March 31 after turning 22, are included. For example, if you are raising children aged 21, 16 and 12, the 12-year-old counts as the third child and gets ¥30,000 a month (Setagaya’s example). Only children whose living or school costs the parents bear are counted.

Tokyo’s 018 Support (¥5,000 a month for children 18 and under) is a separate metropolitan program with a separate application. See our page 018 Support and children’s medical costs (Japanese).

3. Apply within 15 days; count the days for births or moves at the end of the month

The allowance is generally paid from the month after the month you apply. It is not paid retroactively. If you apply within 15 days of the day after the birth date or the planned move-out date, you are treated as having applied in the month of the birth or move-in, even if the application falls in the next month (the 15-day rule).

In Edogawa’s example, for a baby born on April 30, applying by May 15 means payment from May, and applying on May 16 means payment from June. Setagaya and Adachi say you count the next day as day 1, and if day 15 falls on a weekend, holiday or the year-end and New Year break, day 15 becomes the next day the office is open.

Even if documents are missing, if you submit only the certification request form first, that day is your application date. Edogawa and Ota say they reject the application if the missing documents are not submitted after about 3 months. For post, the application date is the day it reaches the ward, so if the deadline is close, use the counter or the online application.

When a second or later child is born, submit an amount revision request within 15 days of the day after the birth date. For online applications after moving in, Setagaya says it takes up to 2 days for the electronic signature certificate information to be reflected, so apply from the 2nd day after you finish the move-in procedure at the residents’ counter. For the order of move-in procedures, see Moving in to Tokyo’s 23 wards (Japanese).

4. The confirmation form for families with a high school graduate, and who needs the status report

Families raising 3 or more children, counting children up to high school age plus children who have graduated from high school up to the end of the fiscal year they turn 22, and who bear the living costs of the older child, submit a “confirmation form on custody and living-cost support.” Without it, the older child is not counted in the number of children.

In 2026, Adachi sent the form on March 2 to households with 3 or more children up to the end of the fiscal year they turn 22 and a child graduating from high school, junior college or vocational school in March, and set April 16 as the deadline. If you submit after the deadline, the child counts as the third child only from the month after you submit. The form is not needed if the child becomes independent and supports themselves after graduating.

The annual June status report (genkyo todoke) has, under the national system, in principle not been required since the June 2022 payment. But people who live apart while discussing a divorce, people who live somewhere other than their registered address because of domestic violence and similar cases still submit it. Nerima also includes cases where a child aged 19 to 22 who is counted in the number is not a student. Edogawa includes people whose child or older child has a residence record outside the ward, and people who registered an older child’s occupation as “unemployed” or “other.” If you are covered, the ward sends you the form, and you submit it by the end of June (Nerima).

5. Things to know when applying in Tokyo’s 23 wards

• Even within a ward, where you can apply is set. Edogawa has only one counter, in the main building, and Nerima does not accept applications at its resident offices. If you cannot easily get to the main building, you can use post or online applications.
• If you move to another ward, eligibility in the previous ward ends on the planned move-out date, and the previous ward pays up to that month (Nerima and Adachi guidance). Apply again in the new ward within 15 days of the day after the planned move-out date.
• The bank account must be in the recipient’s own name, not a spouse’s or child’s. The public benefit account registered in Mynaportal can also be used.

For the Tokyo and ward payments you can receive when having a baby, see Childbirth benefits in Tokyo (Japanese).

6. Setagaya: paid on the 10th, and you can also apply at the district offices

In Setagaya you can apply at the counter of the Child and Family Division (child medical care and allowance staff) of the Children and Youth Department, and also at the child and family support divisions of the 5 district offices: Setagaya, Kitazawa, Tamagawa, Kinuta and Karasuyama. Post goes to the Child and Family Division, 4-22-33 Setagaya, Setagaya City.

The FY2026 scheduled payment dates are Friday, October 9, Thursday, December 10 and Wednesday, February 10, 2027. Submit copies of the front and back of the My Number card for the applicant and the spouse. Setagaya: child allowance page (Japanese; inquiries 03-5432-2309)

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7. Nerima: paid on the 12th, and counters in the main building and 3 welfare offices

Nerima pays on the 12th of even months, or the weekday before if it falls on a weekend or holiday. December 12, 2026 is a Saturday, so by the calendar it works out to Friday the 11th. A new application or an increase for a birth or move may not be in time for the set payment month, and in that case payment is around the 12th of the month after the procedure.

Counters are open on weekdays 8:30–17:15, at the child allowance section of the Child-Rearing Support Division on the 10th floor of the main building, and the welfare offices on the 2nd floor of Hikarigaoka Ward Center, the 4th floor of the Shakujii building and the 4th floor of Oizumi-gakuen Yumeria 1. Online applications use the My Number card and the Mynaportal app. Nerima: child allowance page (Japanese; inquiries 03-5984-5824)

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8. Ota: deadlines come earlier at the end of the year

Ota’s counter is the Child-Rearing Support Division, Child-Rearing Support staff, at counter 24 on the 3rd floor of the ward office, open weekdays 8:30–17:00 (it changes to 9:00–16:30 from April 1, 2027). At the 17 branch offices other than Kamata-higashi, you can submit only applications connected with moving in or births. Online applications moved to Mynaportal on October 27, 2026 and require a login with the Mynaportal app on a smartphone.

From December 29, 2026 to January 3, 2027, counters do not take applications, and only online applications are possible. To receive the allowance from January, the application deadline is December 28 (December 31 for online) if the birth date or planned move-out date is December 1–13, January 4 if it is December 14–20, and the 15th day counted from the next day (the next business day if the office is closed) if it is December 21–31. For post, the day is counted by the date it reaches the Child-Rearing Support Division. Ota: child allowance page (Japanese; inquiries 03-5744-1275)

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9. Edogawa: one counter in the main building, with a guide to crowded times

Edogawa accepts applications only at the Child and Family Division counter, east wing 2nd floor, counter 4 of the main building, not at the branch offices. You can pick up the certification request form at the branch office counters as well. The ward lists the less crowded times as 8:30–10:00, Tuesday to Thursday (excluding the end of the month and around long weekends), and rainy days. The busy times are 11:00–13:00, 16:00–17:15, Mondays and days after holidays, the end of the month, March to May, and August.

For post, the ward recommends using a method that leaves a record, such as registered mail. People who have registered a public benefit account can also use the application exclusively for public benefit accounts on Mynaportal. The certification notice arrives 1–2 months after you apply (2–3 months for applications in May and June). Edogawa: child allowance page (Japanese; main number 03-3652-1151)

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10. Adachi: post is recommended, and applications are accepted on holiday opening days

Adachi recommends post to reduce counter crowding. Weekday counters are open 8:30–17:00 at the child allowance section of the Parent and Child Support Division on the 3rd floor of the central building of the ward office, and at 6 welfare divisions: Chubu 1, Chubu 2, Senju, Tobu, Seibu and Hokubu. On the ward office’s holiday opening days, a temporary counter on the 1st floor of the north building accepts applications 9:00–16:00. If you file a move-in or birth notice at a ward resident office, you can submit the certification request form on the spot (the Senju resident office is open until 19:00, and until 17:00 at the end of the month).

Payment dates are announced in the Adachi newsletter and on the ward website as soon as they are set, and the October 2026 payment was from Friday, October 2. The certification request form also serves as the application for children’s medical cost subsidies (Maru-nyu, Maru-ko and Maru-sei). For online applications, see Adachi: online applications for child allowance and pregnancy notification (Japanese). Adachi: child allowance guide (Japanese; inquiries 03-3880-6492)

To find out what applies to your household, ask the child allowance counter of the ward where you live.

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Sources

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• www.cfa.go.jp
• www.city.setagaya.lg.jp
• www.city.nerima.tokyo.jp
• www.city.ota.tokyo.jp
• www.city.edogawa.tokyo.jp
• www.city.adachi.tokyo.jp
• www.city.adachi.tokyo.jp
• www.city.adachi.tokyo.jp
• www.city.adachi.tokyo.jp
• Japanese version of this page (日本語版)

Checked with official pages on November 10, 2026 (Japan time).