In order to support child-rearing households, Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo, plans to make school lunches free at ward elementary and junior high schools from April this year.
According to Shinagawa Ward, in order to support child-rearing households, the burden on guardians, which is 240 to 320 yen per meal depending on the grade, will be borne by the ward free of charge.
The policy is to make it free of charge from April this year for about 23,000 people in all 46 municipal elementary and junior high schools and compulsory education schools.
Ward Mayor Kyoko Morisawa, who took office after an unusual re-election last year, advocated making school lunches free in the election. I want to actively support my family and my family."
The ward has decided to incorporate the additional 1.1 billion yen needed to realize the free of charge into the new fiscal year's budget and submit it to the ward assembly next month.