The Tokyo Metropolitan Government will start a business in the new fiscal year to provide childcare products worth 100,000 yen to support families who hesitate to give birth due to financial instability associated with the spread of the new coronavirus infection.
According to the city, the number of "pregnancy notifications" received in Tokyo for more than half a year until October last year was about 60,000, which is about 10% less than the same period of the previous year, and the city is financially uneasy due to the spread of infection. I think there are families who hesitate to give birth.
For this reason, the city has decided to start a business in the new fiscal year to provide 100,000 yen worth of childcare products per person to families with children, in order to reduce the financial burden and strengthen childcare support.
This year, for childbirth after April, you will be asked to select the desired item from multiple menus including diapers, milk, and child-rearing support services.
Governor Koike said, "The cost of childbirth in Tokyo is about 100,000 yen higher than the national average. I would like to provide financial support and send a message to those who wish to have a baby that society as a whole is supporting it." I will.