In this industrial society based on wage labor, the retirement came to the fore
as a major risk of no income. And prolonged average life further extended
senectitude in which period people had to rely on somebody for living. Hence, the
problem of how we ensure the stable retirement income became a national
challenge to be solved. Nation should perform its liability to respond the risk of
no income after retirement and ensure minimum cost of living.
As parts of the soution, it is necessary to improve retirement income security
system through elimination of blind spots of the national pension system through
universal basic pension system and multi-layer pension system.