Tajika, Eui; Kaneko, Yoshihiro; Hayashi, Fumiko - In: Japanese Economy 25 (1997) 6, pp. 43-69
It was in 1961 that the Japanese national pension (iKokumin nenkin/i) for self-employed people was established. This opened the door to a universal pension system that included existing mutual aid association pensions (iKyosai nenkin/i) for public service employees and employee pensions (iKosei...
