Type of facility	Number of facilities	Capacity
2008	2009	2010	2008	2009	2010
Child welfare facilities	33,431	32,353	31,623	2,207,508	2,157,086	2,114,718
Midwifery homes	415	415	413	...	...	...
Infant homes	121	123	125	3,710	3,744	3,778
Maternal and child living support facilities 5)	270	259	262	5,391	5,197	5,409
Day-care centers	22,898	22,250	21,681	2,121,377	2,073,744	2,033,292
Foster homes	569	563	582	33,994	33,484	34,215
Institutions for mentally retarded children	248	239	224	10,877	10,232	9,446
Institutions for autistic children	7	7	5	300	283	218
Daycare institutions for mentally retarded children	258	253	230	9,502	9,276	8,317
Institutions for blind children	10	10	9	194	193	183
Institutions for deaf children	13	10	10	264	193	213
Daycare institutions for deaf children	25	25	23	854	854	788
Institutions for children with motional disabilities	62	56	56	4,386	4,029	3,694
Daycare institutions for children with motional disabilities	99	99	83	3,734	3,705	3,070
Foster homes for children with motional disabilities	7	6	6	310	260	310
Institutions for severely-retarded children	125	118	116	12,460	11,843	11,456
Short-term therapeutic institutions for emotionally disturbed children	32	31	37	1,541	1,469	1,709
Children's self-reliance support facilities	58	55	58	4,005	3,777	4,029
Child and family support centers	70	67	75	...	...	...
Children's halls	4,689	4,360	4,345	...	...	...
Small-sized children's halls	2,799	2,602	2,594	...	...	...
Children's AIs centers	1,750	1,632	1,616	...	...	...
Large-sized children's halls (Type A)	19	19	19	...	...	...
Large-sized children's halls (Type B)	4	4	4	...	...	...
Large-sized children's halls (Type C)	1	1	1	...	...	...
Other children's halls	116	102	111	...	...	...
Children's recreational facilities	3,455	3,407	3,283	...	...	...
Welfare facilities for fatherless families	69	62	63	...	...	...
Maternal and child welfare centers	64	59	59	...	...	...
Child and maternal rest homes	5	3	4	...	...	...
Other social welfare facilities, etc.	10,353	8,717	6,351	213,781	216,284	227,834
Vocational facilities	75	72	67	2,496	2,381	2,171
Facilities providing accommodation	232	182	213	7,880	6,910	7,593
Homes for the blind	21	19	20	400	380	400
Free or low cost medical facilities	249	264	283	...	...	...
Settlement houses	1,160	985	1,026	...	...	...
Health and welfare halls in remote areas	106	44	32	...	...	...
Day-care centers in remote areas	690	608	566	26,070	23,368	21,698
Community welfare centers	464	365	...	...	...	...
Recreation homes for the elderly	3,923	2,585	...	...	...	...
Rest homes for the elderly	33	28	...	...	...	...
Charged homes for the elderly	3,400	3,565	4,144	176,935	183,245	195,972

Source: “Survey of Social Welfare Institutions”, Statistics and Information Department, Minister's Secretariat, MHLW

(Note) 1. There has been a change in the response rate due to the different survey methods, etc., thus yearly comparisons with the figures should not be made. The figures are of facilities in operation among those responded to the survey.

2. Including those recognized as community-based long-term care welfare facilities for the elderly in the “Survey of Institutions and Establishments for Long-term Care”.

3. Including those recognized as establishments providing commuting long-term care services for the elderly with dementia in the “Survey of Institutions and Establishments for Long-term Care”.

4. Including those recognized as establishments providing short-term stay for long-term care services in the “Survey of Institutions and Establishments for Long-term Care”.

5. The capacity of maternal and child living support facilities is the number of households and therefore not included in the total number of capacity.

6. “•” Indicates that it is impossible to be categorized as any statistics items.

7. “...” indicates that it is unknown or inappropriate to express figures.