With Japan's society aging at a rapid rate, pension reform has become a hot topic.
The complexities of the nation's pension system baffle many Japanese -- yet they are at times even more abstruse for foreign residents of Japan.
The following are basic facts concerning how the pension scheme is structured for foreigners:
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