The provisions of the agreement that permit people to qualify for benefits based on
combined U.S. and Japanese coverage credits apply to the following types of benefits:
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U.S. retirement, survivors and disability benefits. The agreement does not apply to
Medicare benefits or Supplemental Security Income payments.
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Japanese retirement, survivors and disability benefits. The agreement does not apply
to the Japanese Old-Age Welfare Pension or to other Japanese non-contributory, means-tested
allowances paid from general revenues. The agreement also doesn’t apply to the pension
system for members of local assemblies, which is a supplemental pension system for
local government workers.