New pension service body begins operations

New pension service body begins operations

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Akira Nagatsuma (R) and Takashi Kiriku, head of Japan Pension Service, shake hands after an inaugural ceremony for the organization in Tokyo's Suginami Ward on Jan. 3, 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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