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Subsidies for children's medical costs

Update frequency: Annual

Outpatient

Eligible agesUp to age 18 (until the end of that fiscal year)
Income limit
No
Partial co-payment
No

Number of local governments by eligible age (prefecture 42 / nationwide 1,741)

  • Up to age 153 / 145
  • Up to age 1839 / 1,576
  • Other ages0 / 20

Inpatient

Eligible agesUp to age 18 (until the end of that fiscal year)
Income limit
No
Partial co-payment
No

Number of local governments by eligible age (prefecture 42 / nationwide 1,741)

  • Up to age 151 / 116
  • Up to age 1840 / 1,600
  • Up to age 221 / 7
  • Other ages0 / 18

All 42 municipalities in the prefecture show "No" for both the income limit and partial co-payment.

Of the 1,741 municipalities nationwide, the numbers that show "Yes": income limit — outpatient 49, inpatient 48; partial co-payment — outpatient 422, inpatient 331.

Each figure is "number in the prefecture / number nationwide". These are counts of local governments; they do not show which is better or worse.

Standard long-term care insurance premium

Update frequency: Every 3 years
9th period | Standard monthly premium¥4,700
Change from 8th period±0%

8th period ¥4,700 per month

Higashishirakawa Village¥4,700
National average ¥6,225Average for Gifu Prefecture ¥5,854 (simple average)

Rate of certification as needing long-term care 18.95%[national average 18.53%; average for Gifu Prefecture 17.29% (simple average)]

"*" and "(simple average)" mean a simple arithmetic mean of the insurer data we extracted; it is not weighted by population or by the number of insured persons.

Furusato Nozei hometown donations

Update frequency: Annual

Donations received

FY2025, estimated final accounts

¥224.61 million

Number of donations 21,369

Per resident ¥111,695

116 of 1741 municipalities nationwide

Average of similar local governments (I-1): ¥43,662

Donations received (exact value): ¥224,618,500. Per resident: ¥111,695.

Tax deductions (municipal inhabitant tax portion)

FY2026 taxation, including estimates

¥1.52 million

Number of people receiving deductions 70

Per resident ¥756

1565 of 1741 municipalities nationwide

Average of similar local governments (I-1): ¥1,357

Tax deductions (municipal inhabitant tax portion) (exact value): ¥1,520,533. Per resident: ¥756.

The two figures cover different periods and different people, so we do not show the difference between them.
Per resident = amount ÷ population in the Basic Resident Registration (1 January 2025).

Forest environment transfer tax

Update frequency: Annual

Amount received

¥43.76 million

Amount received (exact value): ¥43,761,000.

Amount used

¥41.64 million

Amount used (exact value): ¥41,648,000.

Amount set aside in a fund

¥2.11 million

Amount set aside in a fund (exact value): ¥2,113,000.

Main uses (largest amount first)

  • 林業活性化担い手育成事業¥7.08 million
  • 林道リフレッシュ事業補助金¥5.00 million
  • 日照支障木除去委託料¥4.94 million

FY2024. Figures are shown exactly as each local government published them. The amount received and the amount used may not match.