Important Notice for foreign residents who enrolled in the National Health Insurance

Program, Nursing Insurance Program, and Late-elderly persons Insurance Program

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【Household which can apply】 1 Household where person earning main income for living died or suffered from serious

illness by new coronavirus infectious disease

２ Household where persons earning *main business income is expected to reduce under

the influences of new coronavirus infectious disease(* business income, real estate income,

forest income, and salary income)and corresponds to next requirements (1)-(3) National Health Insurance and Late-elderly persons Insurance premium reduction needs conditions

mentioned under all (1)(2)(3)

Nursing Insurance premium reduction needs conditions mentioned under (1)and (3)

【 Period for the premium to be reduced 】

Premium originated under April 2019-March2020 and April 2020-March 2021

: Premium to enter payment deadlines from February 1,2020 to March 31,2021

( Some premium to be paid under conditions will not be reduced. Please contact the person

in charge of National Health Insurance premium reduction at Shinjuku Ward Office)

(1)One of the business

incomes will decrease

to 3/10 or under

compared to previous

years one.

(2)Total income in year

2019 was 10 million

yen or less.

(3)Total previous year

income except the certain

type of business income

mentioned at(1)

expected to decrease

must be under 4 million

yen.

100% of premium

reduction

Some portion or 100% of premium reduction

Those who have lost their job due to being laid-off, bankruptcy, or termination of employment

contract may be considered for reduced premiums. To be qualified for this discount, you need to

submit your certificate of eligibility for unemployment insurance benefit. Please inquire for

details.

Flowchart for checking the reduction and exemption（Please check if you are eligible for

premium reduction or exemption.）

※This is a simple example. Please inquire for details.

Starts

Starts: Person earning main income for

living in your house hold died or

suffered from serious illness by new

coronavirus infectious disease.

(1)In 2020, due to the influence of new coronavirus

infectious disease, person earning main living income in

your house hold will reduce income of this year more than

30% compare to previous year’s income. (The amount that

should be covered by insurance money or damages is

excluded.) Applicable four types of income are

followings,◆ Business income ◆ Real estate

income ◆ Forest income ◆ Salary income

(2) Income of the person earning main g

income for living in your household was

10 million yen or less in year 2019

(3) Total income in 2019 except (1) must be 4 million yen

Premium to be reduced（some portion or 100%）

Premium not

to be

reduced

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

NHI

NI

LI

NHI

NI

LI

NHI

NI

LI

NHI

LI

NHI LI

NHI LI

NHI LI

NI

NI NHI

NI

LI

【Documents required for application (checklist)】

Documents (1) and (2). For (2), please submit a copy of the documents ☑ for any of the applicable items.

*Please contact us if you cannot prepare the documents required.

(1)

both

required

□ Application（Please call to the person in charge of NHI premium reduction by phone or

download from the Shinjuku Ward office website.）

□ Applicant's identification card (the following documents issued by government agencies, etc.)

・One card is enough to accept ( driver's license, passport, etc. with face photo)

・2 documents required (Insurance card for each insurance, insurance premium statement for

each insurance, resident card, national pension book, etc.)

(2)

either

required

□ Documents (death certificate) that can be confirmed the person earning main income for living

has died due to new coronavirus infection

□ Documents (a doctor's certificate, etc.) that can be confirmed the person earning main income for

living have been seriously injured due to a new coronavirus infection

□ Documents that can confirm the person earning main income for living decreased his income due

to the influence of new coronavirus infectious disease, the document A and B, and if applicable, also

C. *The following confirmation documents are reference the examples.

A. Documents for confirming income status in 2020(salary statement, bankbook, sales book, etc.)

B. Documents for confirming income in 2019

・Re Business income (corresponding part such as the final tax return B of the previous year

and a copy of the blue financial statement)

・Re Real estate income (corresponding part such as the final tax return B of the previous

year and a copy of the blue financial statement)

・Re Forest income (corresponding part such as the final tax return C of the previous year

and a copy of the blue financial statement)

・Re Salary income (final income tax return A from the previous year, withholding tax sheet,

resident tax return copy, etc.)

C. Documents that can confirm that the person earning main income for living closed his business

or he unemployed

(Notification of closure of business, certificate of all closed items, turnover slip, company turnover

certificate, etc.)

※Income declaration or income tax return is required to correctly determine the reduction or

exemption of insurance premiums. If someone in your household have not filed a tax return, please

file a final tax return or resident tax return.

If the person only have salary income or pension income, he or she may not need to declare it.

We will accept the reduction or exemption application for National

Health Insurance premium, Nursing Insurance premium, and Late-

elderly persons Insurance premium at once.

Please send your application by mail.

To request the application form, please call to the person in charge

below or, You can download it from our website.

We have set up a contact window for people who need to write or

read when filling out the application form or who have difficulty in

asking questions over the phone.

To alleviate the congestion, please contact the person in charge

below in advance when you come.

Person in charge of National Health

Insurance premium reduction at Shinjuku Ward Office

Please do not hesitate to contact:

Call ０３－５２７３－４１８９（Weekdays 9：00～17：00）

Fax ０３－５２７３－４０８４

※When inquiries are concentrated, it may be difficult to connect the phone.

Address 〒160-8484 7th floor at 1st branch Government building

１－５－１ Kabuki-cho Shinjuku-ku

Website URL http://www.city.shinjuku.lg.jp/hoken/hoken01_002033_00001.html

※For more details, please visit our website.

※We will start accepting late-elderly persons insurance premiums application from mid-July.

Please contact us for details.

Shinjuku Ward Office will not directly contact you regarding premium reduction or

exemption by phone, email, visit, etc. Please be careful about fraud.

Am I eligible for a reduction or

exemption?

What kind of application is

needed？