About the Welfare System

Long-Term Care Insurance - **Who needs to join**: Residents aged 40 and over. - **Premiums**: Deducted from your pension according to your income. - **Using care services**: Apply at your city, town, or village office. Child Welfare - **Child Allowance**: A monthly allowance paid per child. - **Child Rearing Allowance**: Paid to single-parent households and similar families. - **Special Child Rearing Allowance**: Paid to households caring for children with disabilities. - **Welfare Allowance for Children with Disabilities**: Paid to households with children who have severe disabilities. --- Source: Immigration Services Agency of Japan "Life and Work Guidebook" 第8版 https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/support/portal/guidebook_all.html This article was reorganized by ＳＩＡデジタルテクノロジー株式会社 based on the above source. ※This language version is a machine translation from the Japanese version (ＳＩＡデジタルテクノロジー株式会社).