Yamagata Employment Support Offices for Disabled Closures Confirmed, Seven Offices to Close in March 2026, 217 Layoffs

By Barrier Free Japan

March 1 2025

YAMAGATA – A report by All Nippon News Network (ANN) broadcast on February 28th confirmed that the seven employment support offices of the company ‘Union Social System’ that has its headquarters in Shinjo City, Yamagata prefecture will close in March 2026, leading to 217 employees losing their jobs.

The ANN show ‘Good! Morning’ reported that:

“[t]he social insurance burden is expected to increase by more than 68 million yen per year due to the abolition of the annual income requirement for social insurance premiums, the so-called “1.06 million yen barrier.” ”

ANN went on to report that the ‘Union Social System’ President Sho Kato said:

“We want to find a business that can accept them and ultimately ensure that they do not have to decide where to go at the end of the next fiscal year.”