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PENSION 2

JAPAN
Jan 13, 2016
Japan's labor ministry to investigate why 2 million workers are on wrong pension program
The labor minister pledges to look into why around 2 million firm employees are members of a pension program for the self-employed.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 4, 2016
Foreign investors get it wrong on Japan stocks, ending 25-year run
For the first year since 1989, foreign investors sold Japanese stocks and missed a rally.
JAPAN
Jan 2, 2016
Japan to boost drills to counter cyberattacks ahead of 2020 Olympics
The government plans to increase the number and scale of exercises aimed at countering cyberattacks during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, government sources said Saturday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Dec 20, 2015
More on pensions: what to expect and when you can get it
Following up on the Lifelines special on the Japan pension system, here are some more questions from readers.
BUSINESS
Dec 15, 2015
Japan's ¥135 trillion pension fund boosts infrastructure weighting
Japan's ¥135 trillion Government Pension Investment Fund is building up its alternative investment department after raising bets on infrastructure projects more than 10-fold to secure higher returns than low-yielding bonds.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Dec 2, 2015
Life after work in Japan: tackling readers' pension questions
Among the questions that Japan Times readers send to the Lifelines column, a perennial topic is navigating the Japanese pension system. Here are some answers.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 1, 2015
No time to waste in preparing for retirement
As societies around the world prepare for swelling numbers of retirees, the policy challenge will be to ensure the financial sustainability of pension systems.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 1, 2015
Japan's massive GPIF pension fund marks record quarterly loss over China slowdown
The nation's giant pension manager is unrepentant after a push into equities saw the fund post its worst quarterly result since at least 2008.
BUSINESS
Nov 18, 2015
Minister says Japan pension funds should invest in India rail
India proposed Japanese pension funds invest in rail projects in the South Asian nation as the government prepares to spend more than $140 billion over five years upgrading its outdated tracks.
JAPAN
Oct 16, 2015
Pension payment errors made after data leak
The Japan Pension Service mistakenly underpaid and overpaid about 400 pensioners as a result of measures taken after a cyberattack that resulted in a massive leak of personal data, it was learned.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 30, 2015
GPIF's smaller clones seen as savior to BOJ as it runs out of bonds to buy
The Bank of Japan's search for fresh bonds to fuel its unprecedented asset-purchase program is set to get easier as public retirement funds with $276 billion turn into sellers of government debt.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 18, 2015
Consumer spending recovery hampered by pension payment cuts
More than a year after a consumption tax increase tipped Japan into a recession, efforts to clamp down on soaring pension payments are suppressing a recovery in consumer spending.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 2, 2015
New 'whale' to make splash in Tokyo markets as Japan Post sells bonds
As the world's biggest pension fund nears the end of its switch from sovereign bonds into stocks, investors are looking at Japan Post Bank Co. as the next actor big enough to move markets.
EDITORIALS
Aug 30, 2015
JPS an easy target for hackers
Structural deficiencies and lack of awareness about cyberattacks made the Japan Pension Service an easy target for hackers.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 21, 2015
Culture change needed at pension body after massive data hack
The report on the data leaks at the Japan Pension Service (JPS), released Thursday by its internal body, has revealed that a culture where no one takes responsibility existed in the Social Insurance Agency, the JPS's predecessor, and continued at the refurbished entity.
JAPAN
Aug 20, 2015
Japan Pension Service failed to prepare for cyberattacks, report says
President Toichiro Mizushima announced the report, by a committee that he chaired, at a news conference but did not clarify whether he would step down from his post.
BUSINESS / Markets / FOCUS
Jul 21, 2015
Japan's pension fund backs in so-called shame gauge
Japan's pension fund is so big that a $13.5 billion investment barely makes the footnotes.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 16, 2015
GPIF head says no need to be 'bang on' with asset targets
The world's biggest pension fund, nearing the end of a plan to shift its asset mix and bulk up on equities, need not rush itself to reach new allocation targets, according to its president.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 10, 2015
GPIF posts record gain as stocks rise
Pension investment fund rose 12 percent in year; it may shift further into equities.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 8, 2015
Before shinkansen self-immolation, suicidal man phoned Suginami Ward to relate money woes
The 71-year-old Tokyo man who burned himself to death last week on an Osaka-bound shinkansen train called the Suginami Ward office minutes beforehand to say he was having a hard time making ends meet, Kanagawa Prefectural Police have revealed.
As visitors surge, Japan seeks ways to make tourism eco-friendly
Much like other hot spots across Okinawa, Onna has diligently strived to captivate both domestic and international tourists, while at the same time grappling with the environmental strain induced by the influx of visitors.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
Tokuryū, a new crime menace in Japan, emerges from the shadows
The National Police Agency coined the term "tokuryū" to classify individuals involved in dark part time jobs and quasi-gangsters, using the words "tokumei" (anonymous) and "ryūdo" (fluid) to reflect their characteristics.
Is Modi’s party heading for a stunning election loss?
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's campaign tactics have escalated, including anti-Muslim rhetoric and fearmongering, reflecting his ruling party's desperation.
Kishida talks up bolstered Latin American ties as China cements position
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a news conference in Sao Paulo on Saturday.
Japan’s tween skateboarders get head start on preparations for 2028 Olympics
Ibuki Matsumoto competes at an event in Osaka on April 21.
As visitors surge, Japan seeks ways to make tourism eco-friendly
Much like other hot spots across Okinawa, Onna has diligently strived to captivate both domestic and international tourists, while at the same time grappling with the environmental strain induced by the influx of visitors.
Kishida talks up bolstered Latin American ties as China cements position
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a news conference in Sao Paulo on Saturday.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.

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