If you have a financial problem, you may not have to pay the national pension premium (an insurance fee)

If you have a financial problem, you may not have to pay the national pension premium (an insurance fee)

If you live in Japan and are at the age between 20 to 59, you have to

join the national pension and pay the premium (an insurance fee).

 

If you cannot pay the national pension premium as you have low incomes, quit your job or are a student, the following measures might be possible:

1. Be exempted from the payment
2. Pay less
3. Postpone the payment

• Application is required. (You have to apply every year.)
• Item 2 is not applicable to students.

 

Where to apply:　Please come to Hoken-nenkin-ka (Kokubunji City Hall Bldg.1) or Tachikawa National Pension Office.

 

Things to bring:　

　・ your residence card

　【If you have quit your job】

　・ a letter of resignation (a document your company issues), or an unemployment insurance qualification certificate
　(a document Hello Work office issues).

 

For further details, please visit the Kokubunji City website. You can click the link below (machine translation - English).

* Please be fully aware that it is translated mechanically and so the translation might be inaccurate.

 

For inquiries:

・　Hoken-nenkin-ka　Tel: 042-325-0111 (Ext. 549)

・　Tachikawa Nenkin Jimusho (Tachikawa Pension Office)　Tel: 042-523-0352