RetireJapan

Thanks for the quick response. So two years for pension back payments, and that limit also applies to health insurance? Or is health insurance going to be judged differently? And do you know if after I pay the last two years those unpaid years (11 in total) will just be years I could have contribute...

Can I ask how it went with the back payments? I'm in a similar situation myself. Have you been paying the health insurance the whole time?

Cheers.

Hi all, hoping for some advice/information about what to expect for my situation. I have been in Japan for 13 years, and due to my negligence I never knew about the laws regarding pension/health insurance, I have never paid into them, or been with an employer who paid shakai. I was told from my firs...