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Call and ask a professional about your case. I know that the law has changed during the past few years to define what is a part-time or full time employee. I seem to remember that if a person works over 30 hours a week that they are supposed to get benefits (pension and health insurance) although it...

This link has a brochure with a list at the end of labor consultation phone numbers. The first one you have to pay for and the second one is free I think. They may be able to give you a better idea of your rights. It does seem punitive to not give you your annual leave. https://www.mhlw.go.jp/new-in...

Hi, A friend just shared about this doctor. He does take Japanese national insurance. Joseph Jun Nakagawa (JJ), M.D., Ph.D. has a wealth of experience in general adolescent and adult psychiatry over 15 years. JJ graduated from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) in 2005 (M.D.) and received a ...

This may be off-topic, and I may be missing something with your example, but it might be better to split the money up into smaller payouts if you can. I cashed some US savings bonds last year, that had accumulated quite a bit of interest over the 30 years that I had them. I had to first pay tax in J...

Hi, On this website, I saw this bank mentioned.
https://en.sekaiproperty.com/article/34 ... -residents

UOB (United Overseas Bank)

Just a thought, but I heard that you should never buy metal products at a 100 yen store if the product was made in China, because of possible lead content. I think that the same thought might be for ceramic items made in China. I read a case history once of a child who was have symptoms of lead pois...

But there are exceptions to this. It may depend on the age of the older child. My granddaughter was 3 and she was able to continue on in hoikuen while my daughter was on child-care leave.

With the insurance though, if you have any dependents, two years is better. That way the dependent can have free insurance for the second year also. Your last pay check (or most of it anyway) goes to paying the local tax bill and the first half year or your health insurance. It was quite a shock to ...

Yes it's all considered income. If you are still working you might want to delay receiving your pension.

Not sure if this is of interest to anyone, but the maximum per month is supposed to be for each household. I found out this year that the korei category is separate from regular health insurance so they don't care if a household goes over the maximum amount, if one of the members is in the elderly c...