Social Insurance Agency

The Social Insurance Agency (社会保険庁, Shakaihoken-chō) was an agency administered by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare. After a scandal involving millions of lost pension records, on January 1, 2010, it was abolished and replaced by the Japan Pension Service. It was responsible for four types of social insurance

  • Employees’ Health Insurance
  • Seamens' Insurance
  • Employees’ Pension Insurance
  • The National Pension.