Enroll in the National Health Insurance program!
When going to a medical institution for treatment or consultation of your illness or injury, they charge you only 30 percent of the whole medical expenses.
Enrollment・Withdrawal of National Health Insurance program
National Health Insurance program is established on the purpose of every person can receive medical care without having the anxiety about medical expenses one ahould bear and support each other by paying National Health Insurance Tax as a source of revenue.
It supports not only you, but also people around you. It is an obligation to enroll in this National Health Insurance program if you are not a family of an enrollee of 【Employee's Health Insurance program】, nor a recipient of Livelihood Protection.
Even foreign residents who have residence registration in Japan must enroll in either of Health Insurance programs.
Watch a video to learn National Health Insurance program.
Necessarry procedure
Please come to the City Office to enroll in National Health Insurance program when you moved in to Kawaguchi City, or quit a job; hence withdrew from an Employee's Health Insurance program, or a baby(babies) was born.
On the other hand, you will need to withdraw from Kawaguchi City operated National Health Insurance program when you move-out from Kawaguchi City, or enrolled in an Employee's Health Insurance program.
Qualification Certificate, Qualification Notification
For all the enrollees of the National Health Insurance, “Notification of Qualification Information” will be sent to those who have already registered My Number Card linked Health Insurance Card, “Qualification Confirmation” will be sent to those who have not registered it yet. All the documents will be sent by post for the verification of your residing addresses.
Expiration date printed on Qualification Certificate sent to foreign residents is linked to expiration date of each permitted stay in Japan. Foreign residents' expiration date of National Health Insurance card is determined in accordance with the permitted period of stay in Japan. When you have renewed the permitted period of stay in Japan, please bring your "Residence Card" and "Passport" and come to the National Health Insurance Division, City Office, for the renewal procedure of your National Health Insurance card's expiration date.