I'm living in a western ward in Tokyo. This morning, I received a letter from the ward office, which notified me that they will continue subsidying 40,000 yen of my older kid's nursery fee every month (he goes to a hininka nursery). In the same document, it mentioned that if we were tax exempted, that amount would be lowered to 25,000.
Now, I'm certainly not complaining, I tend to not look gifted hourses in the mouth. But normally, shouldn't one receive more support when their income is so low to the point of being exempted? I remember the last time I asked someone from the ward office, they went blank, and basically told me they didn't know.
by shimolata