November 30 is Pension Day and November is Pension Month; people urged to check records and projected benefitsNovember 30 is Pension Day; take a look at your own pension record
On November 2, MHLW announced that November 30 each year is designated Pension Day, and that the Japan Pension Service treats November as Pension Month. The aim is to get people to use Nenkin Net and similar services to check their pension records and the projected amount of benefits they will receive. During the period there will be awareness efforts using posters, publicity on websites, mobile pension consultation services around the country, and the call for entries and awards for the My Pension essay contest.
- NovemberPension Month, as designated by the Japan Pension Service
- Mid-November to around mid-DecemberTelevision advertising scheduled
- November 30Pension Day
Key points
- Pension Day is November 30 every year, designated by MHLW
- The Japan Pension Service positions November as Pension Month and runs activities to deepen understanding of the pension system
- The central message is to use Nenkin Net and similar services to check pension records and the projected benefit amount
- Activities include awareness through posters, publicity for the Nenkin Net function that searches for records whose owner is unidentified, television advertising (scheduled to run from mid-November to around mid-December), mobile pension consultation services nationwide, and the call for entries and awards for the My Pension essay contest
- The offices in charge are the Pension Business Operations Promotion Office of the Pension Bureau at MHLW, and the Business Promotion Department of the Japan Pension Service
What to do in practice
- Use notices or internal announcements to let employees know that November is Pension Month and that they can check their own records and projected benefits
- Companies with frequent hires, departures and changes of name or address should review the status of their own filings during this period, since missed filings can leave gaps in pension records
A pension is money you receive when you get older, or when illness or injury stops you from working. How much you receive depends on the record of how much you have paid in contributions. The government has designated November 30 of each year as Pension Day, and the Japan Pension Service treats November as Pension Month, encouraging people to look at their records. Using the online service called Nenkin Net, you can see your own record and the amount you are expected to receive.
- ○Applies: Your pension record up to now
- ○Applies: The amount you are expected to receive from here on
- ○Applies: How to search for records whose owner is unidentified
Points
- November 30 is Pension Day, and November is Pension Month
- With Nenkin Net you can see your own pension record and the amount you are expected to receive
- There is also publicity for the function that searches for records whose owner is unidentified
What the words mean
- Pension
- A system of money you can receive when you get older, among other situations
- Pension record
- The record the government keeps of when you paid contributions and how much
- Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW): MHLW: November 30 is Pension Day and November is Pension Month
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