After you have a baby

When your baby is born

Submit a "Notification of Birth" within 14 days after your baby is born, counting the day your baby was born. If you and your baby will be in Japan for more than 60 days after birth you will have to fill in documents at the Immigration Services Agency of Japan within 30 days after giving birth. Visit the website of the Immigration Services Agency of Japan＜外部リンク＞ for more details.

You most likely also have to fill in some documents at the embassy or consulate of your home country. Contact your embassy or consulate in Japan to check what procedures you will have to complete.

Registration of Birth

Where to submit

File this registration at the municipal office where your child was born, or where the father or mother lives or has their legal domicile.

What to bring

• Registration of Birth with birth certificate (available at your hospital)
• Maternal and Child Health Handbook
• Identification of the person submitting the registration, such as the father’s or mother’s residence card.

Who can file the registration?

The registration must be filed by the father or mother.

Contact:
Citizen Affairs Division

Address:
Asahi 1-23-7
Koriyama 963-8601
Fukushima
Tel: 024-924-2131

Nationality

If one of the baby's parents is a Japanese national, depending on the nationality of the non-Japanese national parent, parents may choose one or the other nationality, or both nationalities.
However, the child must choose one of the nationalities by a certain time.
If both of the baby's parents are foreign nationals, the baby cannot acquire Japanese citizenship even if they are born in Japan.

Other procedures

Enrolling in the National Health Insurance System and Childbirth Lump-Sum Allowance

To enroll your child in the National Health Insurance system, you must complete the registration within 14 days of birth.
If a person enrolled in the National Health Insurance system gives birth, the head of the household receives the Childbirth Lump-Sum Allowance. If you are not using the direct payment system (a method where payment is made directly from Koriyama City to the hospital), file a request at the Koriyama City Hall.

Enroll procedures for the National Health Insurance.

Application procedures for the Childbirth Lump-Sum Allowance.

Child allowance

An allowance of between 5,000 yen and 15,000 yen per month is paid to those who are raising children who have yet to complete junior high school.

Visit the Koriyama City Hall Website for more information.

Contacyt

Benefits Section, Child and Family Support Division
Children's Comprehensive Support Center, 1-2-3 Kuwano, Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture 963-8025
Nico Nico Children's Center

Children’s medical costs subsidy system

Koriyama City subsidizes medical expenses for children up to the age of 18. You must register to receive these benefits.

Visit the Koriyama City Website for more information.

Immunizations and infant medical examinations

Immunizations make children less susceptible to disease. They also have the effect of preventing the spread of disease throughout society.

About one month after a baby’s birth, Koriyama City mails out the “Sukusuku Set” — a set of documents required for immunization and infant health checkups. Make sure to bring these documents with you for immunizations and infant health checkups.

For inquires on immunization information

Healthcare and Infectious Disease Division, Public Health Center
2-15-1 Asahi, Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture 963-8024

For inquiries on infant health checkups