RetireJapan

Great idea. Please.

Hello, again. I went to the Fuchu nenkin office. They saw online that I'd been to the Shibuya office, and saw that that office had finally told me the names of the 2 docs they wanted. So I told the nice man that the Fuchu office had told me I only needed what was on the official list. He went and ch...

I spent the morning on the phone. First, SSA at the US embassy couldn't help, but told me to talk to the Nihon Nenkin Kikou (日本年金機構) international division. They can get a translator on the phone to help, if you need it. They couldn't do anything because they are only a call center, but they told me...

I just tried to submit my application for nenkin. I had all the docs listed by the office, and they were accepted, I think. They want one more, though. I am a US citizen retiring here in Japan. They want a US government document, equivalent to a koseki tohon (being listed in detail in my husband's w...