Akishima City
In Akishima City, Tokyo, 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: none. (As of April 1, 2025, Children and Families Agency survey.)
In Tokyo, 62 of 62 municipalities cover outpatient care through age 18, and Akishima City is one of them.
Akishima City is one of 44 municipalities in Tokyo that meet all three conditions: coverage through age 18 for both outpatient and inpatient care, no income limit, and no co-payment.
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
- No(April 1, 2025)
- Coverage through age 18
- Yes(April 1, 2025)
- Population
- 115,632(Resident register, 2024)
- Share under 15
- 12.1%(2020 census)
Child medical expense subsidy
| Item | Outpatient | Inpatient |
|---|---|---|
| Covered until | Age 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 limit | No | No |
| Co-paymentchanged | No | No |
Changed since last year
- Co-payment
- Yes / No → No / No
Changes from last year (as of April 1, 2024) to this year (as of April 1, 2025).
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
- 115,632Rank 39 of 62 in Tokyo2024
- Share under 15
- 12.1%Rank 17 of 62 in Tokyo2020 census
- Share 65 and over
- 26.3%2020 census
- Share of foreign residents
- 2.3%2020 census
- Net migration (move-ins minus move-outs)2024. A positive number means more people moved in than moved out
- +1,479Rank 5 of 62 in Tokyo2024
- Births per 1,000 residents
- 6.0Rank 29 of 62 in Tokyo2023
- Nursery schools
- 202023
- Nursery schools per 1,000 children under 15
- 1.45Rank 56 of 62 in Tokyo2023
- Kindergartens
- 72024
- Elementary schools
- 142024
- Doctors per 10,000 residents
- 18.3Rank 37 of 62 in Tokyo2022
- Clinics per 10,000 residents
- 5.42023
- General hospitals
- 82023
- Owner-occupied homes
- 54.5%2023
- Floor area per dwelling
- 74.3 m²2023
- Fiscal strength indexAbove 1 means local tax revenue covers standard spending
- 0.97Rank 11 of 39 in Tokyo2022
- Restaurants
- 3772021
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)
- Kokubunji City129,500
- Ome City129,105
- Koganei City125,174
- Higashikurume City116,325
- Inagi City93,916
- Higashiyamato City84,996
- Komae City82,048
- Akiruno City79,244
Page updated: . You may quote this table. Please credit Machishirabe and the original survey.