Discussions on ways to raise the level of basic public pension benefits ahead of the 2025 reform of the pension system have started.
The Social Security Council, an advisory body to the health, labor and welfare minister, held a pension subcommittee meeting for the first time in three years on Tuesday.
The major issues discussed at the meeting included extending the coverage of the employees' pension insurance system to shorter-hour workers and the required enrollment period in the national pension system to receive the basic pension to 45 years from 40.
