At the top of the list of things worrying the Japanese is the national pension system.
Despite the heavy coverage the pension problem has received, a lot of people still don't understand it, so TBS has put together "Kinkyu Gatchiri Monday (Urgent Tough Monday)" (6:55 p.m.), a two-hour special that attempts to explain how "you can lose a lot of money if you don't understand how the system works."
Until about three years ago, the problem with the pension system was seen as whether or not you were paying your fair share, but since then the problem has turned around: Maybe you won't receive your fair share once retirement comes around.
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