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February 2020

2020-02-27 / Last updated : 2020-04-24 shuji1420 Social Security

Employment Adjustment Subsidy: Qualifications relaxed to support business impacted from the novel Coronavirus infection

　(Added in April 2020) A new web page covering Employment Adjustment Subsidy in details is added for those who want to know more about it. 　Now in late February 2020, the novel coronavirus is spreading around the globe and impacting people and business. Japan is also hit severely by the virus that stops influx of […]

2020-02-08 / Last updated : 2020-02-09 shuji1420 Social Security

Defined Contribution Pension (Corporate Type, iDeCo) – Difficult to Withdraw. Revisions however under review to make it easier

　A world talent can withdraw public pensions of Japan (National and Employee pensions) and get lump-sum refund. See more details in this page. 　 Some world talents subscribe also Defined Contribution (“DC”) pension (Corporate Type, iDeCo). At time of writing in Feb 2020, withdrawal criteria of DC pension are too stringent to be satisfied for […]