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I heard that there is a social security agreement between Japan and my country. How does it work?

Expatriate employees dispatched from abroad to Japan can be obliged to pay premiums for both their countries’ pension systems and Japan’s pension system. This agreement is intended to avoid such a situation. Japan has social security agreements with the following counties.

Germany, UK, Korea, USA, Belgium, France, Canada, Australia, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Brazil, Switzerland, Hungary, India, Luxembourg, Philippines, Slovakia, China, Finland, Sweden

This system’s primary objective is to secure employees’ pension eligibility. Under this system, specifically, two countries’ pension participation periods are summed up so that the requirements related to the pension participation period necessary to receive pension benefits can be met more easily. While the general framework of the system is the same between these countries, there are some small differences. So, it is necessary to check the details of the agreement when someone in your country is to be dispatched to Japan.


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