RetireJapan

I went to the pension office near me, and by showing my passport with the stamps of me leaving the country in 2016, then returning in 2018, they said I would only need to pay the slip from October since that's when I arrived, and was not paying into the system until November. My wife was very helpfu...

Background... I had paid into the pension system, both the kosei nenkin when working full time, and the kokumin nenkin the rest of the time, for a few years up to April, 2016. I moved back to the US at that time, and didn't get a lump sum withdrawal because I figured I might be back some day. Lo and...