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Outline of the National Pension Plan

People including foreign residents in Japan aged between 20 and 60 are obliged to join the National Pension plan, and to pay insurance in accordance with the law. Public pension plans of the government such as national Pension etc. are systems for mutual support between generations of society. The public pension plan consists of the Disablement Pension, which is supplied in case of disability, and the Survivors Pension, in addition to supplement the old-age pension. In the National ...

Subscribers to the National Pension and joining procedure

Subscribers to the National Pension Plan have been classified into the following three types, and the joining procedure is as follows. Type 1 Subscriber: People who live in Japan aged between 20 and 60 years old and who do not meet the requirements of the following Type 2 or 3 Subscribers. If you fulfill these conditions, please follow the appropriate procedure with the Insurance and Pension Department after you have applied for your Alien Registration in the Citizen Department, City Hall. T...

Insurance Fee

The insurance fee of the National Pension in 2009 fiscal year is 14,660 yen a month. The monthly insurance fee should be paid by the end of the following month. The insurance fee can be paid via financial institutions such as banks, post offices, convenience stores, etc. or via the Internet. Moreover, payment by account transfer is available and there is a discount prepayment system when prepaying a lump sum to cover a certain period. [Inquiry]Tachikawa Social Insurance Office ☎042-523...

When it is difficult to pay the insurance fee

If it is difficult to pay insurance due to factors such as low income, the exemption of insurance fee or the student payment exception can be granted if you apply for it and your application is approved. Insurance premium exemption system: Whole payment and half payment exemptions can be applied for, depending on income. In this system payments are delayed while the person in question is a student then after graduation the payments will start. The exempted period includes the qualificatio...

Additional payment of premium

It is possible to pay a supplemental insurance fee to cover the previous 10 years in order to receive the full amount of the old-age basic pension if the person in question received prior approval for the exemption or received the student payment exemption. (A supplemental rate will be added for the three years after expiration.) [Inquiry]Tachikawa Social Insurance Office ☎042-523-0357, National Insurance Consultation Section, Insurance and Pension Department ☎042-523-2111 Ext.139...

Benefits provided by the National Pension

Old-age Basic Pension: This is provided in principle for people aged over 65 years when requirements are met such as payment of the National Pension insurance fee for the previous 25 years or more. Basic Disability Pension: This is provided for a person affected by a first or second degree handicaps due to sickness or injury while he/she was a member of the National Pension Scheme. (However, there are conditions such as payment requirements.) Survivor's Pension: A bereaved family member (...

Lump-sum withdrawal refund

If the total number of months of the National Pension fee paying period and 1/2 of number of months for the half fee exemption period exceeds 6 months, and the person in question does not fulfill the requirements for receiving the Old-age Basic Pension, a lump-sum withdrawal refund is provided (according to the number of paid insurance months) by claiming within two years from the day of departure from Japan. However, it is necessary to obtain the document of the lump-sum withdrawal refund from ...