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I want to know about the exemption of NHK broadcast reception fees

Last Updated January 23, 2024

Welfare and nursing care
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The reasons for exemption for certification at the ward office's Health and Welfare Center are as follows:
(1) If you are eligible for full exemption
・If you are receiving public assistance prescribed in the Public Assistance Act, or if you have received the support benefits prescribed in the Act on Promotion of Smooth Return of Japanese Residents in China and Support for Independence after Returning to Permanent Residence
・Households that include persons with disabilities who have a disability certificate (disability certificate, love certificate or judgment certificate for intellectual disability, mental disability health and welfare certificate), and all members of the household are exempt from municipal tax .
(2) When eligible for half-price exemption
If the following persons with disabilities are the head of the household on the Basic Resident Register and are broadcast subscribers: Visual, Hearing Impairment (regardless of grade in the Handbook for Persons with Disabilities), Other Handbook for the Physically Handicapped 1st, 2nd Grade, Love Notebook (or Determination of severe intellectual disability) A1, A2, Mental Handicapped Health and Welfare Handbook Level 1

How to apply

Please obtain the certification in the certification section of the application form at the ward office Health and Welfare Center and mail it to the NHK Sales Center in charge of your ward office. (The application form and special NHK envelope are in charge of support measures in Health and Welfare Center.)

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[social security recipients, persons with disabilities]
Health and Welfare Center of the ward office

[Recipients of support benefits for Chinese residual Japanese, etc.]
In charge of Health and Social Welfare Bureau's support measures

Contact information

NHK Inquiries

[NHK Yokohama Broadcasting Station Business Management Planning Center] (10:00 am to 5:00 pm (weekdays only))
TEL: 045-212-2661
FAX: 045-212-0218

[NHK Contact Center] (9:00 am to 6:00 pm (Saturdays, Sundays and holidays are also accepted))
TEL: 0570-077-077
FAX: 045-522-3044

Related Websites

Japan Broadcasting Corporation's broadcast reception fee exemption standard

Inquiries to this page

Disability Independence Support Division, Health and Social Welfare Bureau Disability Welfare and Health Department

Telephone: 045-671-3891

Telephone: 045-671-3891

Fax: 045-671-3566

Email address: kf-syojiritsu@city.yokohama.jp

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