Social Security Scandal Angers Japanese

Japanese Angry Over Their Troubled, Mismanaged Social Security System


TOKYO (AP) -- After reading a book this year about serious flaws in Japan's pension system, retired deliveryman Yoshikazu Hirano thought he'd check his own records just to be safe. He's glad he did: The 74-year-old discovered the government had shortchanged him by 460,000 yen ($3,770) in benefits he accrued while driving a truck for three years in the 1950s and 60s.


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