Organization : Japan Pension Service
Service Name : How to Claim Disability Basic Pension
Country: Japan
Website : http://www.nenkin.go.jp/n/www/english/detail.jsp?id=38
Disability Basic Pension :
You can receive the Disability Basic Pension when you have a certain level of disability specified by law.
Related : Japan Pension Service How to Apply for Early/Delayed Payment : www.statusin.org/11110.html
To be eligible, you must be covered by the National Pension Insurance system on the date of your first medical examination on the sickness or injury which caused above-mentioned disability.
In addition to disability requirement, as of the previous day of the date of your first medical examination, your contribution-paid periods and contribution-exempted periods need to be more than two thirds of your total coverage periods up to two months prior to your first medical examination month. If the date of your first medical examination is before March 2026, you need to satisfy the above-mentioned requirements or to fill the preceding one year with the contribution-paid or contribution-exempted periods.
Benefit Amount:
Grade 1 Disability Basic Pension: 975,100/ year
Grade 2 Disability Basic Pension: 780,100 / year
Additional annual benefits are paid as follows for your eligible dependent child(ren) under age 18 (20 if with certain grade of disability specified by law). The benefit is paid until the first March 31 after the child becomes age 18.
224,500 each for your first and second child
74,800 each for your third and subsequent child
How to Claim Your Disability Basic Pension:
To claim your Disability Basic Pension, you need to file the “Application for Pension : Disability Basic Pension under National Pension” (NENKIN SEIKYUSHO : KOKUMIN NENKIN – SHOGAI KISO NENKIN) at your nearest JPS Branch Office or PCC.
You need to attach your Pension Handbook, a certified extract copy of your Family Registry, the certificate of diagnoses issued by your doctor, your X-ray film if necessary, as well as your report on your medical history and on how your disability affect your work / everyday life.
Please contact the JPS Branch Offices for the details of your necessary documents of evidence. If you had your first medial examination on your disability before you become 20 years old, or if you are aged over 60 but under 65 and living in Japan, you need to file the Application to your Municipal Office, instead of the JPS Branch Offices.
Compulsory Coverage :
** All registered residents of Japan aged 20 to 59 years must be covered by the National Pension system. The insured are categorized according to their status as follows:
Category I insured persons :
** All registered residents of Japan aged 20 to 59 years who are not Category II or III insured persons (agriculture, forestry, or fishery business operators, self-employed persons, students, etc.)
Category II insured persons :
** Persons enrolled in the Employees’ Pension Insurance system or Mutual Aid Associations (except for persons aged 65 to 69 years who are eligible to receive a pension due to old age or retirement)
Category III insured persons :
** Category II insured person’s dependent spouses aged 20 to 59 years