If you are a non-Japanese national who has lost eligibility for the National Pension or Employees’ Pension Insurance and left Japan, you may claim a Lump-sum Withdrawal Payment within two years of the date you ceased to have an address in Japan. You must meet all the specified eligibility requirements to receive this payment. If you submit the claim form from within Japan before leaving the country, please ensure it is submitted to the Japan Pension Service on or after the date of your move-out (as recorded on your Certificate of Residence), because a requirement for receiving the payment is that you do not have an address in Japan on the day the Japan Pension Service accepts the claim. For the Employees’ Pension Insurance, 20.42% income tax is withheld at the source from the payment amount. To claim a tax refund, you must submit a “Notification of Tax Agent” to the tax office before leaving Japan.

Individuals who have a pension eligibility period of 10 years or more are not eligible to receive the Lump-sum Withdrawal Payment.

*Please note that if you receive the Lump-sum Withdrawal Payment, the period used to calculate that payment will no longer count toward your pension coverage period; therefore, you should carefully consider the implications before applying for it.

◆For further details, please visit the Japan Pension Service website.