If I retire with less than three years of service and return all of my pension assets to my employer, do I have to make up the investment losses and return t...

Even if pension assets fall below the accumulated amount of company contributions due to investment losses, you don’t need to make up the loss. If there are contributions other than company cont... Show Detail

I became a participant of a corporate-type DC. Is it possible to transfer my assets from corporate pensions of my previous company?

Assets in employees' pension fund, defined benefit pension plan, and Pension Fund Association can be transferred to a defined contribution pension plan. However, the following requirements must ... Show Detail

What is forfeiture of company contributions when I retire?

"Forfeiture of company contributions" refers to returning to the employer the amount equivalent to the contributions made by the employer out of the pension assets only in the case of voluntary res... Show Detail

I am planning to return to work after childcare leave. When can I apply to resume participant contributions? I am enrolled in a corporate-type DC with matchi...

While company contributions are suspended, you are not able to apply for participant contributions (employee matching contribution). After the childcare leave, resumption of "company contrib... Show Detail

What happens if I fail to complete the procedures to transfer my assets in a corporate-type DC after retirement?

If you fail to complete the necessary procedures to transfer your assets within six months following the month in which you lose your participant eligibility in a corporate-type DC, your assets wil... Show Detail

If the rollover procedures take two months, it is likely that the procedure deadline will be missed and assets will be automatically rolled over. What will h...

If the completed documents are received by the financial institution before the procedure deadline, the request is considered to have been made by the deadline and assets will not automatically rol... Show Detail

What is plan conversion?

Plan conversion refers to transferring all or part of the assets related to an existing retirement benefit plan to a corporate-type DC when a company implements a corporate-type DC. The reti... Show Detail

What is automatic rollover and what happens if it happens?

If you were enrolled in a corporate-type DC and fail to complete the necessary rollover procedures within six months following the month which the loss of participant eligibility date (the date fol... Show Detail

I don't know the company registration number of the previous company in a "Request to Rollover DC Asset Balance to New Individual-type DC Plan".

The "Request to Rollover DC Asset Balance to New Individual-type DC Plan" is the document to be submitted when transferring assets from a defined contribution pension plan to another defined contri... Show Detail

I received an important notice (notice of automatic rollover) regarding the defined contribution pension"確定拠出年金に関する重要なお知らせ（自動移換通知）". What is this?

This is to inform you that your assets accumulated in the corporate-type DC have been automatically rolled over to the National Pension Fund Association"国民年金基金連合会". When you lose your eligib... Show Detail