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[–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

My first two kids were born in Japan, and they were actually pretty cheap. The local city gives you some money (a few thousand) when your child is born, and day care was good and super cheap, like $10 per day because it was subsidized.

It really wasn't very expensive.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    That an average situation? perhaps you were financially better off than the rest

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    I was better off, but this was an average government subsidized day care, a neighborhood Hoikuen (保育園). Everything else was just normal stuff. In fact, we didn't qualify for the few thousand from the city office because we were ex-pats. Medical is free for Japanese. So where are the costs?

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