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Actually I'm getting full amount of Social Security along with Kokumin pension plan. Maybe they haven't caught up with me yet?

I just got my pension statement today (which assumes starting at age 65). This year it shows I'll get ¥14,000 more than last year (still under¥200,000/month though). From my hard, low-wage labor stateside I am due to get $270/month, lol. I found a Japan Times article from Dec 2, 2015 which said 40 ...

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Can some one here explain the kanji and what its means. And yes, this is my income for paying into it. And no, I wasn't spending any time in prison here either. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CDlRhrDG1LPOJSUXp6-FAHapmeBVoh_F/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/1C6a26_IN0uhWOKNtJAc46t...

Withholding kaigo hoken premiums from the pension is certainly a way for the government to ensure they gets theirs. It also has the unfortunate side-effect of making it impossible for a spouse to claim a tax deduction for paying a dependent spouse's insurance premium. For such things as national he...

Hi...Thanks for sharing your form and to those who have commented. I will include mine for reference. This is what I'm getting on the national side after 23 years of university work. As you can see my Kaigo Hokken payment dropped down a bit this October as I went to a lower paid tokunin position tw...

... Although I get American Social Security which is less than one grand a month, hopefully I can get into action soon and generate some more income. ... You probably know this, but for SS there is something called the WEP -- windfall elimination provision. What this means is that if you are gettin...

Before the age of 65, long-term care insurance often gets paid along with your health insurance -- and it's already included as part of the regular national health insurance premium -- so it's easy to overlook the fact you're paying for it (although my own employer did list it as a separate item on...

If you are new to retirement and pension, I think this takes a year or more to settle down--e.g., the 介護保険 is based on your previous year's income (like residence tax). So when you first retire, this is 'clouded' somewhat since you were working (presumably) the year before you retired. Mine's based...

The first amount in each column is your full bi-monthly pension benefit ( nenkin shiharai-gaku ; this is paid in even months, and the columns are the amounts for Oct. 2021, Dec. 2021, Feb. 2022, and April 2022). The second amount in each column is the premium everyone is required to pay after the a...