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What Is the Lump-Sum Withdrawal Payment System?
July 16, 2026
This article introduces the lump-sum withdrawal payment system under the National Pension and Employees' Pension Insurance for foreign nationals leaving Japan. If you meet the required conditions, you may be eligible to receive a refund of a portion of the pension contributions you paid while living in Japan. Be sure to apply within 2 years of your departure.
Foreign nationals who lived in Japan and lose their eligibility as insured persons under the National Pension or Employees' Pension Insurance after leaving Japan may receive a lump-sum withdrawal payment if they meet certain conditions. You must submit your claim within 2 years of departing Japan. Following a system revision in April 2021, the upper limit on the number of months used to calculate the payment amount was raised from 36 months (3 years) to 60 months (5 years).
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Source: 日本年金機構 "年金制度の説明"
https://www.nenkin.go.jp/international/index.html
This article was reorganized by ＳＩＡデジタルテクノロジー株式会社 based on the above source.
※This language version is a machine translation from the Japanese version (ＳＩＡデジタルテクノロジー株式会社).
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