When you are exempt from the long-term care insurance program
Long-term care insurance is a public social insurance program run by municipal governments to provide long-term care services. Membership is mandatory for those 40 years of age or older. Under the long-term care insurance system, Health Insurance Societies collect long-term care insurance premiums on behalf of the long-term care insurance program from category 2 insured persons who are members of the Society.
- If you cancelled your certificate of residence to move overseas or registered a certificate of residence after returning from overseas (those aged 40-64)
- If you were admitted to or released from a specified facility (those aged 40-64)
If you cancelled your certificate of residence to move overseas or registered a certificate of residence after returning from overseas (those aged 40-64)
| Eligibility to join
Please check the color and symbol of your health insurance card. |
Insured person (employee) If the symbol starts with "1". |
Voluntarily and Continuously Insured Person If the symbol starts with "2". |
Special-Case Retired Insured Person If the symbol starts with "3". |
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| Application Form | Click here for procedures using application form T-501: Notification of Overseas Posting Exempt from Long-term Care Insurance/Return to Japan (for Overseas Residents, etc.) (to authentication page). | Click here for procedures using application form T-501: Notification of Overseas Posting Exempt from Long-term Care Insurance/Return to Japan (for Overseas Residents, etc.) (to authentication page). | |
| Documents to attach | none | none | |
| Deadline | Promptly after the reason arises | Promptly after the reason arises | |
| Submit documents to | Your employer’s health insurance contact (e.g., General Affairs, Labor Management) | Operations (Application) Hitachi Health Insurance Society Higashi-Ochanomizu Building, 2-29, Kanda Awaji-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-0063 |
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| Others | ― | Special-Case Retired Insured Person who resides overseas will lose his or her eligibility as a member of the Hitachi Health Insurance Society. Contact the contact point indicated below in these cases. |
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| Address inquiries to | Operations (Application) Hitachi health insurance society TEL 03-4554-3020 |
Operations (Application) Hitachi health insurance society TEL 03-4554-3020 |
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If you were admitted to or released from a specified facility (those aged 40-64)
Contact the Health Insurance Society’s Operations Dept. (Application).