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Kyoto may be notifying foreigners to get enrolled in the Japanese health care.
Yasumoto-Nicholson, when he’s not out there trolling the Debito site, has a side project of monitoring “What Japan Thinks“. I received a Twitter the other day, pointing out a convers… more →
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Kyoto may be notifying foreigners to get enrolled in the Japanese health care.
wrote 4 months ago: Yasumoto-Nicholson, when he’s not out there trolling the Debito site, has a side project of mo … more →
Osaka General Union says a suit is out there about denial of enrollment in Japanese employee pension program.
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wrote 9 months ago: Post is here. I don’t know yet if this is the same as the “Yancey” case that has b … more →
Japan health insurance math.
wrote 11 months ago: This short post was inspired by comments. I’ve mentioned this along the way, but when you pay … more →
Question from Debito's thread: does an American leaving Japan have to notify ward office to shut off pension and health care coverage?
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wrote 11 months ago: This is coming from the bottom comments (around #55 to #61 as of this posting) on Debito’s rec … more →
A Tozen [sister] union member suing Japan for the correct enrollment in pension and health care.
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wrote 12 months ago: [Update 5/26/12: It appears that Berlitz Japan union is still affiliated with NAMBU-FWC in Tokyo. It … more →
Does the new Japanese residence card for foreigners "contain" information about pension and health insurance?
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wrote 12 months ago: No, right? This has been pointed out in a couple of places on the net, that the kari-zyuuminhyou (ka … more →
Berlitz Japan update
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wrote 1 year ago: I haven’t posted about Berlitz Japan in some time, but it is a story I am still very intereste … more →
Japan relies on misinformation to keep foreigners out of pension and health care programs.
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wrote 1 year ago: Watch how it works. Japan Today carried a story about how the Japanese government is looking to modi … more →
Japanese authorities have begun referring to the national health insurance payment as a tax.
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wrote 1 year ago: Another H/T to the Let’s Japan BBS. Ibaraki Prefecture towns have begun referring to the healt … more →
What does it cost to fix the Shakai Hoken problem? (U.S.-Japan totalization treaty issue)
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wrote 2 years ago: I have been playing around with some numbers over the weekend. First is an ALT/Eikaiwa worker exampl … more →
Japan's new Zairyu Card to ask for pension and health care information.
wrote 2 years ago: This diagram, part of an active webpage of the relevant Japanese ministry, says it all. As you can s … more →
Japanese health insurance: You must enroll. Enforcement is weak.
wrote 2 years ago: This topic has been pretty much beaten like a dead horse on my blog, but I’ve been pulled into … more →
Japan expat health insurance update: US HHS issues new regulations.
wrote 2 years ago: A few of you may remember the post I did about how minimed and expatriate insurance plans underwritt … more →
Why you want to sign up for Japanese health insurance.
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wrote 2 years ago: I am not even going to put a “part number” on this one, since it’s at least number … more →
More on American Mini-Med rules and the Japan expat gap health insurance scam.
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wrote 2 years ago: This is a part 2 to what I had written a few days ago. The question I am putting out there is whethe … more →
"The ward office contacted me about health insurance!"
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wrote 2 years ago: I keep getting these kind of hits, links, and e-mails more and more this summer, regarding Japanese … more →
Japan Times covers the Berlitz Japan union case.
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wrote 2 years ago: Hat tip to Sean Shawn of Let’s Japan, who sometimes starts my hit counter buzzing. The Japan T … more →
More about the Japan health care dodgers.
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wrote 2 years ago: I wanted to say a few things about the incoming Kan Government here, but I’m having quite a ba … more →
Japan National Health Insurance contributions going up. Still worth it!
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wrote 2 years ago: I keep meaning to blog about the notice I received, as a resident of Shibuya, that mandatory health … more →
