Yokohama City to strengthen childcare support efforts in the new fiscal year, including smartphone apps. Mayor Takeharu Yamanaka held a press conference on the 29th and announced the budget proposal.
The city plans to submit an initial budget proposal to the city council meeting starting on the 30th. In addition, as a measure against the so-called "elementary school wall" that makes it difficult to balance work and childcare, two elementary schools will be taking care of children for free from 7 a.m. until the start of school.