After birth, please obtain a written notification (which has a baby's birth certificate on the right half), fill in necessary items on the left half, and submit it no later than 14 days after birth including the day of the baby's birth. During the hours when the service counter is closed, please bring only the written notification and your seal. Please refer to the related website for the example on how to fill out the birth notification.

*1 Please note that there are certain limitations on the characters that you can use for your child's name.

*2 The notification of Individual Number that inform your newborn child’s My Number, it will be sent to your registered residence address as a mail that does not need to be forwarded of registered letter. So please make sure that you receive it.

1　Documents to be submitted: Birth Notification

2　Notifying Period: Within 14 days after birth (counting including the day of the baby's birth)

3　Where to submit: Ward Residents Division of Ward Office or Citizens' Center of the Ward Branch Office of the domicile, registered domicile, the baby's birthplace, or a temporal place of residence

4　Notifier　: Father or mother of the child

5　How to submit: Directly at the service counter

6　Office hours: Monday - Friday 8:30am - 5:00pm 2nd and 4th Saturdays 8:30am - 0:30pm (Citizens' Centers of ward branch offices are closed on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays.)　

(Except for the above hours, it can be accepted at a guard room of ward office.)

7　Holidays: Saturdays (excluding the 2nd and 4th Saturdays), Sundays, National holidays, and Dec 29th to Jan 3rd. (Citizens' Centers of ward branch offices are closed on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays also.)

(During holidays, guard room of ward office accepts your written notification. For the certificate of The Mother and Child Health Handbook, Child allowance, Child Medical Care Card, Lump-Sum Childbirth Allowance, and any other procedures, please go to Ward Residents Division of the Ward Office or Citizens' Center of Ward Branch Office of your domicile during the business hours mentioned in 6.) (For the certificate of the Mother and Child Health Handbook, please go to the Ward Residents Division of ward office where you notified.)

8　Required items: Seal (rubber stamps are not valid) and Mother and Child Health Handbook. For the procedures to receive the Lump-Sum Childbirth Allowance and Child Allowance while enrolling the National Health Insurance, please refer to the next "Related website".

*You can submit the Birth Notification without Mother and Child Health Handbook. The reason for bringing Mother and Child Health Handbook is to prove on the handbook column that the ward office accepts Birth Notification. If you would like to receive the proof at a later date, please go to the Ward Residents Division of the Ward Office where you submitted the Birth Notification during the business hours mentioned in 6.

9　If you have any troubles with stateless situation due to no birth notification submitted, please consult with Kawasaki branch office of Yokohama District Legal Affairs Bureau.

Ward Residents Section of Kawasaki ward office　Tel：044-201-3145

Citizens' Center of Daishi Branch Office　 Tel：044-271-0140

Citizens' Center of Tajima Branch Office　 Tel：044-322-1971

Ward Residents Section of Saiwai ward office　 Tel：044-556-6617

Ward Residents Section of Nakahara ward office　 Tel：044-744-3185

Ward Residents Section of Takatsu ward office　 Tel：044-861-3165

Ward Residents Section of Miyamae ward office　 Tel：044-856-3147

Ward Residents Section of Tama ward office　 Tel：044-935-3156

Ward Residents Section of Asao ward office　 Tel：044-965-5123