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Social Insurance |
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In Japan, all companies must be registered with the social and labor insurance agency.
Yamamoto Social Insurance Consultant Office ("YSI"), our affiliate, assists Okamoto & Company in such application filings, including benefit applications and required registrations.
Yoko Yamamoto, the representative of YSI, can correspond with various agencies and stand in as proxy in employee labor disputes. |
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Primary Services offered by YSI: |
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Consulting on social and labor insurance procedures |
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Planning of employee workrules and Article 36 |
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Consulting on labor administration and compliance |
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Labor insurance and social insurance for employees seconded to a foreign country.
When seconding an employee to an overseas subsidiary or affiliate, there are various HR matters which must be considered,
including workers compensation, unemployment insurance and most importantly pension and health insurance. Special procedures are necessary for some.
In order to avoid problems in the future, seeking professional advice in advance from YSI is recommended. |
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The Japan-U.S. Social Security Totalization Agreement has already gone into in October, 2005.
The Japan-Belgium Social Security Totalization Agreement just went into effect in January 2007, followed by the Japan-France Social Security Agreement in June 2007.
Those Agreements make it possible to combine the Japanese pension plan and the pension of each country with a totalization agreement.
For those with multiple country pension plan contributions, if you have pension records from the other country YSI can investigate your pension status.
There are many cases where such investigations can lead to increased pension amounts. |
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Yoko Yamamoto and YSI history |
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Graduated from Waseda University, majoring in English Literature |
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Certified Social Insurance and Labor Consultant in 1998 |
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Established Yamamoto Social Insurance Consultant Office (YSI) in 2000 |
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Pension adviser since 2000 |
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Columnist for the biweekly "Insurance Economy Newspaper" since March 2002 |
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YSI affiliation with Okamoto & Company starts in July 2005 |
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Relocated YSI within Okamoto & Company from April 2007 |
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Became a Certified Labor Consultant Expert from May 2007 |
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