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Nagasaki City

Nagasaki Prefecture

In Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture, the child medical expense subsidy covers both outpatient and inpatient care through the end of the fiscal year in which the child turns 18 (end of high-school age). Income limit: none. Co-payment: yes. (As of April 1, 2025, Children and Families Agency survey.)

In Nagasaki Prefecture, 21 of 21 municipalities cover outpatient care through age 18, and Nagasaki City is one of them.

Nagasaki City does not meet no co-payment of the three conditions (coverage through age 18, no income limit, no co-payment). In Nagasaki Prefecture, 1 of 21 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 18(April 1, 2025)
Covered until (Inpatient)
Age 18(April 1, 2025)
Income limit
No(April 1, 2025)
Co-payment
Yes(April 1, 2025)
Coverage through age 18
Yes(April 1, 2025)
Population
390,551(Resident register, 2024)
Share under 15
11.4%(2020 census)

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Child medical expense subsidy

Child medical expense subsidy
ItemOutpatientInpatient
Covered untilAge 18
through the end of the fiscal year in which the child turns 18 (end of high-school age)
Age 18
through the end of the fiscal year in which the child turns 18 (end of high-school age)
Income limitNoNo
Co-paymentYesYes

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
390,551Rank 1 of 21 in the prefecture2024
Share under 15
11.4%Rank 15 of 21 in the prefecture2020 census
Share 65 and over
32.4%2020 census
Share of foreign residents
0.6%2020 census
Net migration (move-ins minus move-outs)2024. A positive number means more people moved in than moved out
-1,794Rank 8 of 21 in the prefecture2024
Births per 1,000 residents
5.5Rank 11 of 21 in the prefecture2023
Nursery schools
802023
Nursery schools per 1,000 children under 15
1.71Rank 14 of 21 in the prefecture2023
Kindergartens
282024
Elementary schools
722024
Doctors per 10,000 residents
52.8Rank 1 of 21 in the prefecture2022
Clinics per 10,000 residents
12.82023
General hospitals
342023
Owner-occupied homes
59.2%2023
Floor area per dwelling
85.0 m²2023
Fiscal strength indexAbove 1 means local tax revenue covers standard spending
0.58Rank 4 of 21 in the prefecture2022
Restaurants
1,8652021

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).

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