LIFELINES

How-tos | LIFELINES Oct 9, 2016

Employer made me hand over my lump-sum pension payment

by Seiji Yamaura

A reader wrote in with a question about the lump-sum withdrawal payment that foreign residents who have paid into the pension system can claim after leaving Japan.

How-tos | LIFELINES Sep 28, 2016

Medecins Sans Frontieres Japan calls for end to deadly attacks on hospitals

by Louise George Kittaka

MSF Japan has launched a campaign, "Don't Attack Hospitals," as well a petition asking for the people of Japan to support MSF in their advocacy efforts.