The 2004 reform of Japan's pension system presents a paradox in that most of the Japanese public is still skeptical of the pension system's sustainability, while economists abroad and major ...

For Japan to survive the age of its graying society and dwindling birth rate, it is essential to take steps to boost the sustainability of public pensions. The welfare ministry has drawn up a ...

foreign nationals who leave Japan before contributing for at least 10 years cannot receive pension benefits, meaning they may simply lose the money they have contributed to the pension system.

a public pension system all people with an address in Japan are required to enroll in, is gaining traction. This system, created during an era when full-time homemakers were the majority and the ...

Japan’s equity investors see a limited impact from the Government Pension Investment Fund’s reported decision to keep its ...

TOKYO -- BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, is ramping up its pension business in Japan with six outsourcing investment deals with NEC and other companies to handle a total of 2.5 ...

Full story. Japan's pension system relying on foreigners to secure sufficient payments: assessment TOKYO -- A fiscal assessment of Japan's pension system released on July 3 has highlighted that ...

Japan’s pension system is also under pressure, with fewer contributors and more recipients. In the past two decades, the number of those paying into it has fallen by about 3 million, while the ...

Japan’s 169 trillion yen ($1.5 trillion) pension fund has a new chief investment officer. Eiji Ueda, an almost 30-year veteran of Goldman Sachs, started his new role as CIO of the Government ...

Japan’s pension system is also under pressure, with fewer contributors and more recipients. In the past two decades, the number of those paying into it has fallen by about 3 million, while the number ...