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Last detection: 28 September 2026
What changes: For the first 180 days of childcare leave, 67% of the wage before the leave began will be paid. Previously, it was 50% for the entire period. From the 181st day onwards, 50% of the wage before the leave began will be paid as before.
What changes: From August 1, 2025, the payment limit for childcare leave benefits will change. The upper limit will change from 294,344 yen to 302,223 yen, and the lower limit will change from 57,111 yen to 58,640 yen.
What changes: From April 1, 2025 (Reiwa 7), the system for child nursing care leave will be revised. Details of the revision are not specified, but before the revision, it applied to children under 3 years old.
What changes: From April 1, 2025 (Reiwa 7), the scope of workers eligible for restrictions on overtime work (exemption from overtime) will be expanded. After the revision, workers raising children up to the beginning of elementary school age will be able to request this.
What changes: From April 1, 2025 (Reiwa 7), employers will have an obligation to make efforts to provide measures such as telework for workers raising children under 3 years old. This is added as an alternative measure when it is difficult to implement a short-time work system.
What changes: From April 1, 2025 (Reiwa 7), the obligation to disclose the acquisition status of childcare leave etc. will be expanded to include companies with 300 to 1,000 employees, in addition to companies with over 1,000 employees.
What changes: From October 1, 2025 (Reiwa 7), employers will be obligated to take measures to realize flexible working styles for workers raising children from 3 years old up to the beginning of elementary school age. Employers must choose and implement at least two measures from options such as changes in start times, telework (within 10 days), and short-time work systems.
What changes: From January 1, 2027, eligibility requirements will be introduced for certain social security benefits based on residency requirements (e.g., child allowance, housing allowance). Previously, benefits could be provided even without a history of domestic residency or employment.
What changes: From April 1, 2025, insured individuals under the employment insurance system will be eligible to receive the 'Childcare Short-Time Work Benefit' if they reduce their regular working hours to care for a child under the age of two and meet certain conditions, such as a decrease in wages. The benefit amount is generally equivalent to 10% of the wages paid each month during the short-time work period
What changes: From April 1, 2025, the 'Post-Childbirth Leave Support Benefit' will be established. This is an additional benefit provided to those receiving the 'Childbirth and Childcare Leave Benefit' or 'Childcare Leave Benefit' if they meet certain requirements.
What changes: According to the revised version effective August 1, 2026, individuals who take Paternity Leave (Childbirth and Childcare Leave) within 8 weeks after childbirth, for a total of up to 4 weeks (28 days), can receive the 'Childbirth and Childcare Leave Benefit' if they meet certain requirements.
What changes: The upper and lower limits for the Childcare Leave Benefit (for a 30-day period) are stated as 310,143 yen (231,450 yen) for the upper limit and 53,194 yen (41,190 yen) for the lower limit, valid until July 31, 2024. These amounts are subject to revision every August 1st.
What changes: It is stated that the payment limit, etc., for the Childcare Leave Benefit is changed every August 1st. This guide is current as of October 1, 2025, and its contents may change due to amendments to the Employment Insurance Act, etc.
What changes: The amounts related to the payment limit for the Childcare Short-Time Work Benefit (Notes 1-3) are valid until July 31, 2026, and it is clearly stated that these amounts are revised every August 1st.
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