Issuance of the Mother and Child Health Handbook (Boshi Kenko Techo)

Inquiries: Ushigome Public Health Center
Tel: 03-3260-6231

Inquiries: Yotsuya Public Health Center
Tel: 03-3351-5161

Inquiries: Higashi-Shinjuku Public Health Center
Tel: 03-3200-1026

Inquiries: Ochiai Public Health Center
Tel: 03-3952-7161

Inquiries: Health Services Section, Health Promotion Division
Tel: 03-5273-3047

If you become pregnant, please submit a notification to a Public Health Center, Health Services Section of Health Promotion Division, or a Branch Office at your earliest convenience.
The Mother and Child Health Handbook (Boshi Kenko Techo), which records the pregnancy and childbirth progress, the child’s development, health checkups, and immunizations, is issued to those who are pregnant.
A Mother and Child Health Bag, which contains a guidebook on pregnancy, childbirth, and child-raising, and a pregnant women’s health examination slip, is given to those who are registered as residents.

○Eligibility
Those who are pregnant (as a rule, for those who have completed resident registration in Shinjuku City)
○Application Procedures
Please file a pregnancy registration form available at the City Office counter.
○Filing Locations
Public Health Centers
Health Services Section, Health Promotion Division
Branch Offices
Notes:
1.Please call the center/section above for more information.
2.There is a Mother and Child Health Handbook foreign-language version in Korean, Chinese, Spanish, Tagalog, English, Portuguese, Thai, Indonesian, and Vietnamese. You can pick a copy up at the Health Promotion Division and Public Health Centers. The Korean, Chinese, and English versions are also available at our Branch Offices. If you want one, please say so at the service counter when you receive your Mother and Child Health Handbook.

Childbirth/Childrearing Support Programs (“Yurikago [Cradle]” Shinjuku)

Section in charge: Public Health Centers and Health Services Section, Health Promotion Division

To support women from the time of pregnancy and through the childrearing years, specialists such as public health nurses offer personal consultation and information on pregnancy and post-delivery to ensure peace of mind. If you submit a pregnancy notification at a local Public Health Center or at the Health Services Section of the Health Promotion Division, you can receive personal consultation services on the spot. If you file your pregnancy notification at a Branch Office, please bring your Mother and Child Health Handbook (Boshi Kenko Techo) to a local Public Health Center or the Health Services Section of the Health Promotion Division. Expectant mothers who go through a personal consultation with a specialist will receive an item (worth ¥10,000) to support pregnancy, childbirth and childrearing at a later date.
You are also eligible for personal consultation services if you move into Shinjuku City while you are pregnant.

Mother’s/Parents’ Classes

Section in charge: Public Health Centers

Classes are held for expectant mothers and fathers concerning pregnancy, childbirth, and child-raising.
○Application
Please make your reservations for the mother’s class by phone directly with the Public Health Center where the class will be held. For the parents’ class, please ask the contracted company.

“Nice to Meet You” Baby Support Class

Section in charge: Public Health Centers

Midwives and public health nurses offer consultation, advice, and information concerning child-raising for expectant mothers and nursing mothers.
Please make your reservations directly by phone with the Public Health Center where the class will be held.

At-Home Childrearing Support Program (Pre-/Post-partum Support)

Section in charge: Comprehensive Children’s Center

The city will dispatch a helper, etc. to your home to assist you with housework or taking care of children before/after childbirth as necessary.

○Eligibility
Shinjuku City residents who meet any of the following conditions:

• An expectant mother
• A person taking care of an infant under 1 year old
• A person taking care of a child between 1 and 2 years of age and a sibling 3 years of age or younger
• A person taking care of multiple-birth children (such as twins or triplets) between birth and 2 years of age

○Fees
¥1,000 or ¥1,500 per hour; there is a fee-reduction program available upon application.
○You must register first to use this program. For more information on how to register and the details of the services, please scan the QR code.

Birth Notification

Section in charge: Family Register Section, Family and Resident Registration Division

The mother or father should complete the designated birth notification procedures within 14 days of the birth, at either the city office of the place of birth or the parent’s present address.
Also, please be sure to complete the following procedures:

• Application for visa status at the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau within 30 days of the birth
• Procedures designated by your home country (such as passport application)

Note: If you or your spouse is a special permanent resident and wishes to file a special permanent resident application for your child who was born in Japan, you will need to come to the Resident Registration Section of the Family and Resident Registration Division within 60 days of the birth. A valid birth certificate is required for this application.

Post-Childbirth Programs

Section in charge: Public Health Centers and Health Services Section, Health Promotion Division

After birth, mothers and their babies can receive support while staying overnight at a support facility such as a medical institution. That includes help for concerns such as worries because you don’t have anyone to help with childrearing when you go home and when you are so tired from childbirth and childrearing that you don’t feel well.

○Eligibility
A registered resident of Shinjuku who has just given birth and her baby up to 4 months of age
○Number of Days of Use
From one night and two days to three nights and four days (up to four days in total).
○Fees
¥6,500 per day (reduction/exemption programs are available)
○Application
You must register in advance. Please apply at 8 months (28 weeks) of pregnancy or later at the service counter of the Public Health Center of your community or by mail.

Home Visit Health Checkups for Babies

Section in charge: Public Health Centers

An instructor (such as a midwife or public health nurse) will visit the home of a family with a baby who is 4 months of age or younger. While the baby’s development (measurement of weight), health, and other conditions are being checked, the mother can consult the instructor concerning her (the mother’s) health and child-raising. In addition, the instructor can provide information on the child-raising support services of Shinjuku City, so please consult the instructor (free of charge). Please mail the Home Visit Health Checkups for Babies Request Form (Birth Reporting Form) attached to your Mother and Child Health Handbook (Boshi Kenko Techo) as soon as your baby is born.

Weaning and Solids Class

Section in charge: Public Health Centers

This class concerning how to handle weaning and the introduction of solid foods (includes cooking practice during the class) is for parents with children around 5–6 months of age. Information will be mailed to those who are eligible.
Please make your reservations directly by phone with the Public Health Center where the class will be held.

Class on Preparing Meals for Babies

Section in charge: Public Health Centers

This class concerning meals and snacks after weaning and the introduction of solid foods is for parents with infants 12–18 months of age.
Please take the class on the date printed on the first dental consultation notification.

Dental Health Consultation

Section in charge: Public Health Centers

Consultations with dentists and dental hygienists are available for children who are 1 and 2 years of age.
Notifications are mailed individually to all eligible residents.

Health Consultation for Infants and Toddlers

Section in charge: Public Health Centers

Public health nurses, nutritionists, and dental hygienists offer consultation concerning the physical and mental health, development, child-raising, nutrition, and teeth of infants and toddlers.

April 1, 2022