INSTRUCTIONS FOR PROCEDURES TO RECEIVE NENKIN MONEY BACK WHEN RETURNING HOME

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When living, studying and working in Japan, there is certainly no one among us who has not heard the phrase “Nenkin – 年金, Nenkin Book – 年金手帳” a couple of times.

So what is Nenkin????

Nenkin is pension insurance money. Paying nenkin is the obligation of everyone regardless of nationality when living and working in Japan from 20 years old and up to under 60 years old.

There are two types of Nenkin: national Nenkin 国民年金 and welfare pension 厚生年金
・Welfare pension 厚生年金 is usually for people who work full-time.
・National Pension 国民年金 is for people aged 20 and over who do not participate in the welfare pension 厚生年金.

Image of old nenkin book and new nenkin code notification card applied from April 1, 2022 (source: internet)

For foreigners living, studying and working in Japan from 20 years old and up, if they participate in one of the two types of nenkin above or both for 6 months or more, after returning to their home country, they can apply to receive back a portion of the nenkin they have paid, called the 脱退一時金請求 procedure.
When you do this procedure, you will receive a portion of the money from the last 5 years of participating in nenkin.

Procedures for requesting a refund of nenkin money when returning home include:
1. Application form for refund of nenkin money 脱退一時金請求書　（国民年金/厚生年金保険）(You can receive this form at the nenkin office before returning home) or download it here.

• 2.Certificate of cutting off address in Japan (住民票の除票の写し)　If you have already gone to shiyakusho/kuyakusho to complete the procedure of cutting off address in Japan before returning to your home country, you do not need to submit this document.
  3.Document clearly showing the information of the bank used to receive nenkin money such as bank name, branch name, branch address, bank account number.
  4. Nenkin book or other documents that can prove the nenkin code
• Address for submitting documents:
  JAPAN PENSION SERVICE (Foreign Business Group)
  3-5-24, Takaido- Nishi, Suginami- Ku, Tokyo 168-8505 JAPAN
  〒　168-8505 東京都杉並区高井戸西　３丁目５番24号
  日本年金機構　（外国業務グループ）・Notes when filling out the application for a refund of nenkin
  ○In boxes 4 and 5, fill in your full name, date of birth, and account number in capital letters, clearly written without accents
  ○In box 6, clearly write the characters posted in the nenkin book
  ○Do not fill in information in the 日本年金機構記入欄 box
  ○If you do not know the 基礎年金番号 number, fill in the detailed information about participating in nenkin on the back of the application form in the　履歴欄　column.

• *This application form applies to both cases of receiving nenkin money from　National Nenkin 国民年金 and welfare pension 厚生年金
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