Characteristics and Issues on Japanese Pension Insurance System
Kengo Wakabayashi
CHEN Xiao-mei
HUANG Fu-biao
LI Ji-an-jun
Abstract： Japanese pension insurance, consisting of two parts including the national pension insurance and welfare pension insurance, is a public mechanism under direct government operation and management. Just like that in other developed countries in the world, Japanese pension insurance adopted mechanisms of social insurance, price changes, lifetime pensions, taxes, etc., which plays an important role in in-come security for the retired elderly people in Japan. Due to the increasing low birthrate and aging in Japan, Japanese government is en-gaged in continual reforms to establish a national stable and sustainable development system trusted by the public.
Keywords：national pension insurancewelfare pension insuranceprice changeslow birthrateaging
Publication Date：2013-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 547-552 )