Retiring and Pension in Japanese

We usually retired at age of 60 before.

But recently it becomes 65.

Now government consider about 70 years old.

After people retired , they can receive pension.

There are 2 kinds of pension.

One is public and the other is Welfare pension.

People who work by themselves pay and receive from public pension.

These people pay 16,410 Japanese yen (2019~) every month.

People who work as employee pay and receive from welfare pension.

Employees pay for pension organization before they receive salary every month automatically.

The ratio is 18.3％(2017~) of employees salary but companies help to pay 50%.

The amount of pension is depend on person ,how much they payed during working.

Even after retired , people tend to want to work as part time job.

Because most people feel the amount is not enough.

So there are lots of elderly people working.

We can see them at burger shops , super markets , convenience stores.

Let’s learn words related to Retiring and Pension.

Retire　引退　いんたい　Intai

Pension　年金　ねんきん　Nenkin

public pension　国民年金　こくみんねんきん　Kokumin Nenkin

welfare pension　厚生年金　こうせいねんきん　Kousei Nenkin