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Health Insurance/Pension System
- In Japan, everyone is obligated to enroll in the health insurance
programs.
- Once enrolled in a program, anyone can pay only the part of
the treatment fees at the medical facilities. Costs of dental
treatments, delivery of babies, and other certain special treatments
may not be covered by this insurance program.
Health Insurance for Employed
Persons
Basically, the premiums of health insurance need to be paid
by employers and employees.@Please ask your employer about further
information.
National Health Insurance
(NHI)
Anyone who is not insured by an employer insurance,
and they have been or will be living in Japan for one year or
longer must enroll in the National Health Insurance plan.
- Procedures for application for national health insurance can
be conducted at the Insurance and Pension Division of City Hall,
or at its branch offices. An Alien Registration Card and passport
will be required at the time of application.
- Once enrolled in the national health insurance program, a certificate
of NHI will be issued to you. You must bring and submit it to
the medical facilities whenever treatment is necessary.
- Premiums for NHI are required for all certificate holders. NHI
invoices will be sent out by the city municipal, and the premiums
can be paid at any financial institutions within the allotted
time.
- For further information, please call the Insurance and Pension
Division, Yamaguchi City Hall
Tel: 934-2801.
National Pension System
Anyone who lives in Japan, including foreign residents,must be
enrolled in a pension system which provides financial supports
in case of disability, death, or being elder in accordance with
satisfaction of some requirements as set forth in the Social Insurance
Agency. For further information about pension system, please call
the Insurance and Pension Division at City Hall.
Tel: 934-2802
A person who enrolled in a pension system must contribute premiums.
However, in case of difficulty of paying premiums, he/she may
apply for exemption Once approved, he/she does not have to contribute
any premiums.@
It has recently become possible for a foreign resident who contributes
premiums for only a short period of time to receive reimbursement
of their National Pension System or Employee's Pension for the
Aged. In order to receive reimbursement, a foreign national must
have been enrolled in one of these systems for at least 6 months
and have to approve of no chance to receive pension benefits from
the Old-Aged Basic Pension System. Reimbursement will be paid
as long as a person renounces a right of those pension systems
and applies for refund within two years of leaving Japan.
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