Re: [tlug] [OT] Job hunting

[Kyle Hasegawa <kylehase@example.com>]

On 9/24/2009 5:32 PM, Curt Sampson wrote:
> On 2009-09-24 16:18 +0900 (Thu), Wayne wrote:
>
>    
> > Yep, and when immigration take over registration, if you don't have a
> > health insurance card your application for visa renewal will be
> > rejected...
> >      
> Have you confirmed this? If so, where?
>
> Also, did you happen to find out if there was any news on whether one's
> insurance needs to be one of the two Japanese forms of insurance, or
> whether it's acceptable to be convered under a foreign insurance plan?
>
> How about pension contributions?
>    

According to a Japan Times article:
> According to a new immigration law passed by the Diet earlier this 
> month, foreign residents will be required to show proof of enrollment 
> in Japan's health insurance program in order to renew or apply for a 
> visa after April 1, 2010
> ...everyone over the age of 20 in Japan is required to enroll in an 
> approved Japanese government health insurance scheme and pension fund. 
> If you are under 75 and working at a company that employs more than 
> five people, this most likely means the shakai hoken (social 
> insurance) program; if you are unemployed, self-employed or retired, 
> the equivalent system is the kokumin kenko hoken and kokumin nenkin 
> (national health insurance and pension). The only people exempt are 
> sailors, day laborers, and those working for companies employing less 
> than five people, or for firms without a permanent address (e.g. a 
> film set).
The full article can be found here:
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20090728zg.html

Kyle