Public pension payment lawsuit "Reduction is unconstitutional" dismissed Tokyo District Court September 23, 18:06

The Tokyo District Court dismissed the case in a trial in which more than 700 citizens complained that it was unconstitutional that the amount of public pension payments was reduced from 2013.

The revision of the National Pension Law reduced the amount of pension payments by 2.5% from 2013 to three years, and 704 people living in Tokyo and Saitama violated the constitution that guarantees the right to life. I sued the country.



In a ruling on the 23rd, Tokyo District Court Judge Masataka Kamano said, "In a situation where there is concern that the benefit level will decline in the future, a revised pension law was enacted to maintain the benefit level, and the legislative purpose is unreasonable. I can't say that, "he pointed out and dismissed the complaint.



According to the lawyers, similar trials have been filed in 39 courts nationwide, and this is the 11th case, but all of them have been dismissed.