Social and Labor Insurance

Program		Who is required to participate	Who the fees (premiums) are paid to	Purpose (circumstances under which you benefit)
Social Insurance	Health and dental insurance	Anyone whose employment contract is for two months or more and whose working hours are three-quarters of the standard amount or more (at least four days/week).	Science and Technology Health Insurance Society	Off-duty illness and injury, childbirth, death
	Employees’ pension insurance		Japan Pension Service (Central government)	Pension, disability, death
	Science and technology pension fund		Science and Technology Pension Fund	Pension, death
	Long-term care insurance (for employees aged 40 to 65 only)		Science and Technology Health Insurance Society	Extra funding for long-term care
Labor Insurance	Worker's accident compensation insurance	All employees	Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare　(Central government)	Illness, injury, disability, and death at work
Labor Insurance	Employment insurance	Anyone who is working for 20 hours or more per week and whose employment contract is for 31 days or more.	Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare　(Central government)	Unemployment, childcare leave, nursing-care leave