This page introduces systems and services available immediately after childbirth (from birth to less than one month after birth). It covers maternal and child health handbooks, childbirth and child-rearing lump-sum payments (500,000 yen per child), postnatal leave (8 weeks), childbirth allowance, birth registration (within 14 days of birth), child medical expense assistance, high-cost medical expense coverage, and newborn hearing screening. Details of each system are available through relevant insurance providers or municipal offices.