I previously worked in Japan for a couple of years, and moved to another country to work for nearly two years before coming back, that was about 18 months ago now. Before I left I was advised not to re-claim my nenkin if I thought I might come back later, so I didn’t. When I came back last spring I got my paperwork together and started contributing to nenkin again.
Now out of the blue I’ve been hit with a bill for nearly 150,000 yen to bridge the period when I wasn’t in the country. Apparently if I don’t pay it I’ll only be entitled to half payment of a pension when I retire.
It’s a bit of a surprise to be hit with a bill like that. Does anyone here know how this works? I’m trying to understand the reasoning behind it to make sure the bill hasn’t been given in error because I certainly wasn’t expecting it.
by OddEntrepreneur3714