Fitness center subsidies

As part of efforts to help improve the health of insured persons and dependents, the Health Insurance Society provides subsidies members can apply to their selected fitness center.
We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity to maintain and improve your health through exercise.

Eligible person	Insured persons and dependent spouses
Eligible facilities	Facilities operated mainly as fitness centers and containing training gyms, dance studios, swimming pools, and similar facilities (for example, Konami Sports and Renaissance facilities) * Some training gyms equipped with training machines (such as Anytime Fitness and ChocoZAP) are also eligible. * The Society will make final decisions concerning facility eligibility.
Ineligible facilities/situations	●Memberships for use of a specific facility at a fitness center, such as a swimming pool or tennis court, or memberships that include bathing membership fees or beauty services ●Facilities intended mainly for hot yoga, beauty, or treatment purposes ●Facilities combined with a hot spring or osteopathic or other treatment clinic where it is not possible to differentiate such use from use for exercise ●Use of various classes (swimming schools, tennis schools, golf schools, exercise classes, martial arts classes, or classes of yoga, bouldering, or boxing where instructors provide guidance to improve specific sports skills or for beauty purposes) ●Usage fees other than membership fees, such as rental and option fees
Amount of costs subsidized	Up to the following amounts (including consumption tax) per person: ●Cost of membership: 10,000 yen/year (no more than once/year) ●Cost of use: 12,000 yen/year
Examination period	April 1 - March 31 of each year
Application period	Mid-April through mid-May of the fiscal year after the fiscal year of use * Plans call for applications to be accepted April 14 – May 16, 2025 for use during FY2024.
How to apply	Detailed information on how to apply will be provided through the Health Insurance Society website, Better Health (Society news), etc.
What you need to apply	A receipt is needed to apply. (You cannot apply using other documents such as a credit card statement.) * If you have lost your receipt, have it reissued.
Notes on applying	●A receipt is needed to receive the subsidy. ●Receipts will not be accepted if they are incomplete. To receive the subsidy, the receipt must show all of the following five items: ① Name (and address) of facility used ② Name of user (not company name) ③ Date (date issued) ④ Amount ⑤ Payment details* * Must indicate “initial membership fee” or “usage fee.” Have separate receipts issued for the initial membership fee and usage fee. If the facility issued a single receipt for both for an unavoidable reason, have it enter a breakdown of the amounts of the membership fee and usage fee. In principle, the subsidy will not be paid if these details are not indicated. ●The Society will contact you if your application is incomplete. If this happens, reply promptly. ●The costs of examinations for which the patient is required to pay the full amount (for example, examinations received at clinics that do not accept health insurance) are not eligible. ●Applications will not be accepted for any reason after the application period.
Payment method	●Paid by bank transfer to the insured person’s account used for salary payments two to three months after the month of application ●Paid by bank transfer to the insured person’s account for Voluntarily and Continuously Insured Persons
How to check your subsidy amount	●You can check the amount on the medical care information page of MY HEALTH WEB. ●For employees of Takeda Pharmaceutical, the amount will be shown on salary details as “Health insurance and other benefits.”

【Contact us】DL.kenpo.sports@takeda.com

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