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Originally Posted by blimp
once you are married and if you don't make more than 1,400,000 yen/year (?) you might be able to use the 扶養家族 system. it basically means that your spouse through his/her insurance will cover you too. i think that this will not cost him/her extra. nyororin, perhaps you can confirm or correct me?
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I believe it does cost extra for a spouse - but not that much. I know for certain that if you are covered you will also need to have your spouse paying your pension payments, which is definitely more.
You were close on the yearly income - it`s 1,300,000 yen/year.
My husband started working after we`d gotten married so I have nothing to compare to check - but I do know that it went up about 1000yen a month when our son was born.