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I'm concerned that our generation would face a shortage of funds for life after retirement. I don't think social insurance programs will be sustained as they are.

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Shinobu Kikuchi, 44, a corporate employee in Ageo, Saitama Prefecture. Japanese voters' concern about life after retirement has been fueled by a recent government report that an elderly couple living on pensions would need additional life savings of about 20 million yen.

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I really don't understand these people's attitude. Ever since pension accounts went online quite a while ago, you can log on to your account and it tells you exactly how much pension income you can expect to receive after age 65, based on your contributions to date. Why all the hysteria now?!

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Duh, you think?

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