Kasuya Town
In Kasuya Town, Fukuoka Prefecture, the child medical expense subsidy covers both outpatient and inpatient care through the end of the fiscal year in which the child turns 15 (end of junior high school). Income limit: none. Co-payment: outpatient yes, inpatient no. (As of April 1, 2025, Children and Families Agency survey.)
Kasuya Town does not meet coverage through age 18 and no co-payment of the three conditions (coverage through age 18, no income limit, no co-payment). In Fukuoka Prefecture, 12 of 60 municipalities meet all three.
Municipalities call this program by different names (小児医療費助成, こども医療費助成, 乳幼児医療費助成, 子育て支援医療). This site uses the national survey's term, "child medical expense subsidy".
- Covered until (Outpatient)
- Age 15(April 1, 2025)
- Covered until (Inpatient)
- Age 15(April 1, 2025)
- Income limit
- No(April 1, 2025)
- Co-payment
- outpatient yes, inpatient no(April 1, 2025)
- Coverage through age 18
- No (both to Age 15)(April 1, 2025)
- Population
- 48,723(Resident register, 2024)
- Share under 15
- 17.9%(2020 census)
Child medical expense subsidy
| Item | Outpatient | Inpatient |
|---|---|---|
| Covered until | Age 15 through the end of the fiscal year in which the child turns 15 (end of junior high school) | Age 15 through the end of the fiscal year in which the child turns 15 (end of junior high school) |
| Income limit | No | No |
| Co-payment | Yes | No |
No change since April 1, 2024
Source: Children and Families Agency, Survey on Municipal Child Medical Expense Subsidies (municipal form, attachment 3) (As of April 1, 2025). Last checked September 24, 2026
The national survey records conditions as of April 1 and is published in December. Some municipalities have expanded coverage since then. Confirm the current conditions on the municipality's official website.
Key figures
- PopulationResident register, 2024
- 48,723Rank 22 of 60 in the prefecture2024
- Share under 15
- 17.9%Rank 2 of 60 in the prefecture2020 census
- Share 65 and over
- 17.7%2020 census
- Share of foreign residents
- 1.3%2020 census
- Net migration (move-ins minus move-outs)2024. A positive number means more people moved in than moved out
- -138Rank 37 of 60 in the prefecture2024
- Births per 1,000 residents
- 10.3Rank 1 of 60 in the prefecture2023
- Nursery schools
- 102023
- Nursery schools per 1,000 children under 15
- 1.16Rank 42 of 60 in the prefecture2023
- Kindergartens
- 42024
- Elementary schools
- 42024
- Doctors per 10,000 residents
- 21.1Rank 20 of 60 in the prefecture2022
- Clinics per 10,000 residents
- 5.72023
- General hospitals
- 32023
- Owner-occupied homes
- 39.7%2023
- Floor area per dwelling
- 77.4 m²2023
- Fiscal strength indexAbove 1 means local tax revenue covers standard spending
- 0.86Rank 4 of 60 in the prefecture2022
- Restaurants
- 1052021
Source: e-Stat, Statistical Observations of Municipalities 2026 (Statistics Bureau of Japan)
"—" means e-Stat has no value for this item (the Housing and Land Survey does not cover towns and villages).
Compare with municipalities in the same prefecture (by population)
- Nogata City54,838
- Asakura City50,024
- Nakagawa City49,435
- Chikugo City49,134
- Shime Town46,379
- Tagawa City44,839
- Nakama City39,014
- Kanda Town37,553
Page updated: . You may quote this table. Please credit Machishirabe and the original survey.