New pension service body begins operations

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Kiriku (standing R), head of Japan Pension Service, addresses an inaugural ceremony of the organization in Tokyo's Suginami Ward on Jan. 4, 2010. Japan Pension Service began full operations the same day to succeed the Social Insurance Agency, which was shut down at the end of last month after a pension records mishandling scandal.

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