Japan's Pension Agency to Send Special Mail Starting in August
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Japan's Pension Service will send special mail in August. This mail is called registered mail. It is safe mail with tracking.
The mail is for people born on or before April 16, 1961. These people must check the mail carefully.
There is a special contact point for this mail. People cannot ask questions at city offices. People cannot ask questions at normal pension offices too. They must use the special contact point only.
Pension money comes on the 15th day of some months. It comes in even months. Even months are February, April, June, and other months like these.
People who get a pension should remember three things. First, know your pension pay day. Second, know how to ask questions. Third, check your mail carefully.
Some data shows how much money people get. A person who worked for 40 years and earned about 6 million yen every year gets a certain pension amount. Men and women often get different amounts. The difference is about 60,000 yen.
Vocabulary4 words
- Pension
- money the government gives older people every month
- registered mail
- safe mail that you can track
- contact point
- a special place to ask questions
- even months
- months like 2, 4, 6, 8
Quiz
Answer key
1. People born on or before April 16, 1961 2. At a special contact point only 3. The 15th of even months
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Japan's Pension Service will send special mail in _____. This mail is called _____ mail. It is safe mail with tracking.
The mail is for people born on or before _____ 16, 1961. These people must check the mail carefully.
There is a special _____ point for this mail. People cannot ask questions at city offices or normal pension offices.
Pension money comes on the _____ day of some months. It comes in _____ months.
People who get a pension should remember three things about pay day, questions, and _____.
A person who worked for 40 years and earned about _____ yen every year gets a certain pension amount.