Insured Status Handling for Short-Hour Regular-Type Self-Employed at Worksites
Overview
Press release dated September 14, 2026. It concerns the handling of insured status and related matters for individual business operators and others employed by establishments as regular-type workers with short working hours, and lists the Business Management Division of the Pension Bureau and the Insurance Division of the Insurance Bureau as contacts. The original text includes the names of responsible officials, extension numbers, main telephone numbers, and direct telephone numbers.
Key points
- A press release concerning the handling of insured status and related matters for individual business operators and others.
- It concerns individual business operators and others employed by establishments as regular-type workers with short working hours.
- The Business Management Division of the Pension Bureau and the Insurance Division of the Insurance Bureau are listed as contacts.
Overview
The title of this document is “On the Handling of Insured Status and Related Matters Concerning Individual Business Operators and Others Employed by Establishments as Regular-Type Workers with Short Working Hours.” The same title is repeated in the document after “To Members of the Press.”
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Details
The document is dated Monday, September 14, 2026.
The contacts listed are Deputy Section Chiefs Yuta Inoue and Masaki Kuru of the Business Management Division of the Pension Bureau, and Deputy Section Chief Toshiya Kawahara of the Insurance Division of the Insurance Bureau. The main telephone number for both bureaus is 03(5253)1111. The direct telephone numbers are 03(3595)2722 for the Business Management Division of the Pension Bureau and 03(3595)2556 for the Insurance Division of the Insurance Bureau. The extensions are listed in order as 3654, 3644, and 3216.