Japan Pension Service tables, checked September 24, 2026. Your inputs never leave this browser.

Your pension record in Japan

Employees’ Pension months

Months enrolled through an employer. 0 if none.

months

Last month of Employees’ Pension

The month before the month your coverage ended.

Average monthly salary

Before tax, including allowances. Bonuses go below the result.

National Pension months paid

Months you paid in full yourself. 0 if none.

months

Last month you paid National Pension

Date you no longer have an address in Japan

Your moving-out date. A planned date is fine.

Your refund

Paid to you (Employees’ Pension after the 20.42% tax)

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Employees’ Pension	—
Tax withheld (20.42%)	—
National Pension (no tax)	—
Paid to you	—

Deadline: claim “within two years from the date you no longer had an address in Japan” (claim form).

Breakdown and steps

If your coverage ended after you had already left Japan, the two years count from the day it ended.

This is an estimate. The final amount is decided by the Japan Pension Service, and any tax refund by the tax office. Guide, sources and FAQ

Bonuses and exact average: none

Bonus per payment

Before tax. Capped at ¥1.5 million per payment.

Number of bonuses while enrolled

Average standard remuneration, if you know it

Replaces the salary and bonuses above.

Salary is turned into a standard monthly amount with the grade table (¥88,000 to ¥650,000), as if it were the same every month.

National Pension partial exemptions: none

Months with a quarter exemption (you paid ¾)

Months with a half exemption (you paid ½)

Months with a three-quarter exemption (you paid ¼)

They count as ¾, ½ and ¼ of a month. Unpaid and fully exempt months do not count.

Eligibility checks: no issues entered

I have Japanese nationality I have had the right to a disability pension or allowance

You also cannot claim with 120 months or more in total; the calculator checks this from your months.

Home country: not entered

Country of your other pension

Only for the social security agreement note. The amount does not change.

Tax refund estimate: on

Show the tax refund estimate

I got other retirement pay in the same year

Getting it back needs a retirement-income tax return and a tax agent in Japan. See the guide.

Not covered by this calculator

Mutual aid association periods, periods before April 2003, and a last Employees’ Pension month before September 2017.
National Pension with a last paid month before April 2013.
The 2025 law change (8-year cap), which has no start date yet.
Tax treaties, resident tax and currency conversion.

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Guide, sources and FAQ (tax refund, more than 5 years, deadline)