It seems the period of obligatory payments for kokumin nenkin is likely to be increased from 40 to 45 years:
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14753403
Interestingly, the article assumes without any corroboration that this would increase the amount of pension paid out. My cynical mind suspected otherwise.
Mooted Japanese Pension Changes
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Re: Mooted Japanese Pension Changes
Interesting discussion here in Japanese (video) :
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/32427 ... 3e0ed0e731
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/32427 ... 3e0ed0e731
Aiming to retire at 60 and live for a while longer. 95% index funds (eMaxis Slim etc), 5% Japanese dividend stocks.