Japan Pension Service Closes Okinawa Offices in Hirara and Ishigaki Due to Typhoon No. 30
The Japan Pension Service has closed its Hirara and Ishigaki pension offices in Okinawa Prefecture from October 23 because of Typhoon No. 30, with reopening to be announced on its website.
Key Points
- • Japan Pension Service closed Hirara and Ishigaki offices in Okinawa from Oct 23 due to Typhoon No. 30
- • Closure began at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, October 23, per 8 a.m. update
- • Reopening date not specified; announcement to be posted on agency website
- • General pension queries: call 0570-05-1165; enrollment queries: 0570-003-004 or 0570-007-123
The Japan Pension Service announced that two of its offices in Okinawa Prefecture have been closed due to the effects of Typhoon No. 30 [1]. According to the notice, the Hirara Pension Office and the Ishigaki Pension Office have been closed since 8:30 a.m. on Friday, October 23, as of the 8:00 a.m. update that day [1].
The Japan Pension Service apologized for the inconvenience caused to customers by the closures [1]. It said that an announcement will be posted on its website once the closures are lifted and the offices resume operations [1].
The Japan Pension Service has not given a date for reopening in this notice, so residents should check the agency's website for updates [1].
In the meantime, the Japan Pension Service directed people with general pension consultation questions to call the Nenkin Dial at 0570-05-1165 while the affected offices remain closed [1]. For questions related to pension enrollment, the agency provided separate numbers: 0570-003-004 for those enrolled in the National Pension (Kokumin Nenkin), and 0570-007-123 for workplaces and those enrolled in Employees' Pension Insurance (Kosei Nenkin) [1].
No information was given in this notice about closures at other pension offices outside these two Okinawa locations [1].
Source credit 出典：「台風30号の影響による年金事務所閉鎖のお知らせ（10月23日8時現在）」（日本年金機構）（https://www.nenkin.go.jp/oshirase/taisetu/kojin/2026/202610/1023.html）を加工してJapan News (j.apan.news)が作成 This article is Japan News's own English summary of the Japanese original. It has been translated and edited by Japan News; it is not an official translation, and the Japan Pension Service did not write or review it.
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- [1] Japan Pension Service — original report (Japanese)
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