The costs required for payment of the allowance are borne one-third by the State and two-thirds by the prefectures, etc.
allowancemachine translation
「手当」
Short for the Child Rearing Allowance (児童扶養手当), which the prefectural governor, etc. (都道府県知事等) pays to the mother who has custody (監護) of, or the father who has custody of and shares a livelihood with, a child whose parents have divorced or whose other parent has died, has a disability of the degree a Cabinet Order (政令) sets, is missing or is in a similar situation, or to another person raising the child (養育者).
Short name set inArticle 4, paragraph (1)
prefecture, etc.machine translation
「都道府県等」
A prefecture, a city (including a special ward (特別区)) or a town or village that has set up a welfare office (福祉事務所), to which allowance paid under the disaster rule of Article 12, paragraph (1) must be repaid where the disaster victim's (被災者) income in the year of the damage turns out to be at or over the limit.
Short name set inArticle 12, paragraph (2)