Social insurance

Use these SUIDs for social insurance benefits in Japan.

 

Overview

Japan has four main social insurance types:

• Health insurance (健康保険): Covers medical care and treatment costs
• Employee pension (厚生年金): Provides retirement and disability benefits
• Employment insurance (雇用保険): Offers unemployment benefits and employment stability support
• Workers' compensation insurance (労災保険): Covers work-related injuries and illnesses

Example usage

Specify social insurance SUIDs in the attributes field of the SourcedJobPostingTaxonomyInput object. Jobs commonly include all four types of social insurance:

mutation CreateJobPosting {
  jobsIngest {
    createSourcedJobPostings(input: {
      jobPostings: [{
        body: {
          title: "Sales Representative"
          description: "<p>Join our sales team...</p>"
          location: {
            country: "JP"
            cityRegionPostal: "Tokyo"
          }
        }
        metadata: {
          jobSource: {
            companyName: "Example Company"
            sourceName: "example-source"
            sourceType: "Employer"
          }
          jobPostingId: "job-555"
          datePublished: "2026-01-14T12:00:00Z"
          url: "https://example.com/jobs/555"
          taxonomyClassification: {
            attributes: [
              "EY33Q",  # Health insurance
              "TWZA7",  # Employee pension
              "7ADHN",  # Employment insurance
              "9NEED"   # Workers' compensation insurance
            ]
          }
        }
      }]
    }) {
      results {
        jobPosting {
          sourcedPostingId
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

How to find the right SUID

1. Identify applicable insurance types: Determine which of the four insurance types your position provides.
2. Verify legal requirements: Check working hours and contract type to confirm which insurance is mandatory.
3. Include all applicable SUIDs: Most full-time positions provide all four types of social insurance.
4. Use the SUIDs: Copy the 5-character SUID codes and add them to the attributes array.

Social insurance reference

The following table lists all available social insurance SUIDs for Japan:

Social insurance

Insurance type (English)	Japanese label	SUID	Description
Health insurance	健康保険あり	EY33Q	Covers medical care and treatment costs
Employee pension	厚生年金あり	TWZA7	Provides retirement and disability benefits
Employment insurance	雇用保険あり	7ADHN	Offers unemployment benefits and employment stability support
Workers' compensation insurance	労災保険あり	9NEED	Covers work-related injuries and illnesses

Best practices

• Include all applicable insurance: Most full-time positions in Japan provide all four types of social insurance. Include all applicable SUIDs to accurately represent benefits.
• Verify legal requirements: Employers are required by law to provide certain types of insurance based on employee working hours and contract type.
• Use for full-time positions: Social insurance is typically mandatory for full-time employees and part-time employees working certain hours.
• Be accurate: Only include insurance types the employer provides. Misrepresenting benefits causes job seeker dissatisfaction.
• Consider part-time positions: Part-time positions can offer some but not all types of insurance depending on working hours.

Related resources

• SUIDs - How SUIDs work and when to use them.
• Work systems - Work system SUIDs for Japan
• Search attributes - Additional search attributes for Japan
• Job types - Job type SUIDs including part-time classifications
• SourcedJobPostingTaxonomyInput - GraphQL object reference

 

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