International Programs - U.S.-Japanese Social Security Agreement - Article 6.1.a
Article 6 contains rules for determining Japanese benefit eligibility and amounts in the case of people who have periods of social security coverage in Japan and the United States, but who do not have enough Japanese coverage to qualify for Japanese benefits. In such cases, the Japanese agency will add U.S. quarters of coverage to periods of Japanese coverage in determining whether a person meets the minimum coverage requirements for OASDI benefits under Japanese law (including the various recent coverage requirements). The Agreement does not include a minimum Japanese coverage requirement that a person must meet before taking advantage of the totalization provision of Article 6.1(a).
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