Necessary Report on National Health Insurance

When You Enroll in or Withdraw Health Insurance of Workplace

Take necessary procedure at the Hoken Nenkin-ka (Health Insurance and Pension Section) in the City Hall or nearest service center if you are subjected in the following table.

Necessary things for the procedure

• Required documents in the table below.
• Identity verification document (Residence Card, driver's license, passport etc.)
• Notification card (paper) or a (plastic) Individual Number Card (My Number Card) to show your Individual Number (My Number)
• If an applicant isn't a member of the same household, "a letter of attorney" is necessary.

Report immediately when you enroll or withdraw National Health Insurancde Program

When you terminated the health insurance program of the workplace or stopped being a dependent (see the table below), you need to enroll in the National Health Insurance.
And from the month national health insurance tax will be laid.
If you will not report immediately you have to pay health tax backward the day you leave the company insurance program.
Or you may pay both of the health insurance premiums (company and national) if you miss reporting withdraw of the National Health Insurance.

Enrollment of the National Health Insurance

When?	Required documents
When you moved in from another municipality	The certificate of moving out from the previous city (ward, town, village)
When you terminated the health insurance of the workplace	The retirement certificate (unemployment slip), or the certificate of the loss of qualification for the health insurance
When you stopped being a dependent of the health insurance of the workplace	The certificate of the loss of qualification for the health insurance
When a baby was born	The health insurance certificate(card) of the householder and the document to certify the birth
When you stopped receiving Seikatsu-hogo (Public Assistance: welfare benefits)	The notice of decision to terminate Public Assistance
When a foreigner enrolls in	Residence Card, Passport

Withdrawal of the National Health Insurance

When?	Required documents
When you moved out to another municipality	The health insurance certificate(card)
When you enrolled in the health insurance of the workplace	Both health certificates of the National Health Insurance and workplace (or a document to certify the enrollment in the health insurance, in case the new health insurance card is not available) NOTE: The workplace will take care of the enrollment in the social health insurance, but will not terminate the National Health Insurance. You need to take care of it yourself.
When you became a non-working dependent of the workplace
When a subscriber to the National Health Insurance died	The health insurance certificate(card)
When you started receiving Seikatsu-hogo (Public Assistance)	The health insurance certificate(card) and the notice of decision to start Public Assistance

Others

When?	Required documents
When you changed the address in the same city	The health insurance certificate(card)
When a householder changed his/her name
When you separate or share the household
When you move to another city in order to enter school or (welfare) facility	The health insurance certificate (card), school/facility certificate, a copy of the resident record issued in antoher city
When you lost the health insurance card When the health insurance card became too dirty to use	-----

Inquiry

Hoken Nenkin-ka (Health Insurance and Pension Section)
Tel.(048) 922-1592
FAX(048) 922-3178