Insurance agency staffers busy accepting inquiries

TOKYO, Japan - Social Insurance Agency staffers reply to pension inquiries from people fearing possible loss of their pension account data at a provisional telephone center in Tokyo on June 15. The agency allowed the media to enter the center.

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