It is probably time to rethink Japan's pension system, designed as it was for an era when full-time homemakers were the norm. The labor ministry is moving to abolish the so-called "1.06-million ...

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 ...

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.

The national pension covers all people in Japan between the ages 20 and 59, while company employees and public servants additionally join the employees’ pension.

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 ...

Japan plans to have a wider range of part ... The rule changes will be included in legislation to reform the country's public pension system to be submitted to the ordinary parliamentary session ...

Bitcoin journalist and financial analyst based in London. Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund, one of the world's largest pension portfolios, has recently shown interest in exploring bitcoin.

Moves are underway that would allow Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund, Tokyo to participate directly in government bond auctions, according to people familiar with the matter.

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 ...