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Yamazoe Village

Nara Prefecture

In Yamazoe Village, Nara Prefecture, the child medical expense subsidy covers both outpatient and inpatient care through the end of the fiscal year in which the child turns 20. Income limit: none. Co-payment: yes. (As of April 1, 2025, Children and Families Agency survey.)

In Nara Prefecture, 39 of 39 municipalities cover outpatient care through age 18, and Yamazoe Village is one of them.

Yamazoe Village does not meet no co-payment of the three conditions (coverage through age 18, no income limit, no co-payment). In Nara Prefecture, 17 of 39 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 20(April 1, 2025)
Covered until (Inpatient)
Age 20(April 1, 2025)
Income limit
No(April 1, 2025)
Co-payment
Yes(April 1, 2025)
Coverage through age 18
Yes(April 1, 2025)
Population
3,055(Resident register, 2024)
Share under 15
7.9%(2020 census)

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Child medical expense subsidy

Child medical expense subsidy
ItemOutpatientInpatient
Covered untilAge 20
through the end of the fiscal year in which the child turns 20
Age 20
through the end of the fiscal year in which the child turns 20
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
3,055Rank 29 of 39 in the prefecture2024
Share under 15
7.9%Rank 26 of 39 in the prefecture2020 census
Share 65 and over
48.3%2020 census
Share of foreign residents
1.1%2020 census
Net migration (move-ins minus move-outs)2024. A positive number means more people moved in than moved out
-2Rank 13 of 39 in the prefecture2024
Births per 1,000 residents
1.0Rank 35 of 39 in the prefecture2023
Nursery schools
02023
Nursery schools per 1,000 children under 15
0.00Rank 24 of 39 in the prefecture2023
Kindergartens
02024
Elementary schools
12024
Doctors per 10,000 residents
13.1Rank 22 of 39 in the prefecture2022
Clinics per 10,000 residents
16.42023
General hospitals
02023
Owner-occupied homes
—2023
Floor area per dwelling
—2023
Fiscal strength indexAbove 1 means local tax revenue covers standard spending
0.26Rank 27 of 39 in the prefecture2022
Restaurants
52021

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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