National Health Insurance (Kokuho)

• Daily Life
• Moving
• Procedures
• Taxes and Insurance Premiums
• National Health Insurance
• Disaster Preparedness, Crime Prevention and Emergency
• Emergency Medical Care (Illnesses and Injuries)
• Funerals (Deaths and Condolences)
• Funeral Expense Benefit
• Funerals
• Health and Medicine
• Health, Medical Care, Hygiene and Welfare
• National Health Insurance
• Child-Raising and Education
• Pregnancy and Childbirth
• Allowances and Subsidies

National Health Insurance is a medical treatment health insurance plan that charges insurance premiums according to your income and covers medical expenses when you are ill or injured. If you show your National Health Insurance card (those 70 years of age or older must also show their Elderly Subsidy Recipient Card) at the hospital reception counter when receiving treatment for an illness or injury, then you only need to pay a portion of the medical expense. National Health Insurance will cover the remaining portion.
There are also benefits for childbirth and funeral expenses. (Childbirth Lump-Sum Allowance, Funeral Expense Benefit) Note: Application required.

For information about personally borne medical expenses, click here.

For information about the Childbirth Lump-Sum Allowance, click here.

For information about exemption from health insurance premiums during the pre-/post- childbirth periods, click here.

For information about the Funeral Expense Benefit, click here.

For information about insurance benefits, click here.

Insurance Members

Registered residents of Shinjuku City who are self-employed or unemployed (including foreign students), are eligible.
Note: For information about those who are not eligible, click here.

February 5, 2024