Specialist in Corporate Defined Contribution Pension Plans, NDC, Implements Financial Investment Education at Junior High School in Tatemi City

NDC (Japan Corporate Defined Contribution Pension Center) will conduct financial investment education classes at Tatemi City's Heiwa Junior High School starting June 23, 2026. The program aims to help junior high school students acquire practical money literacy, covering income and expenditure management, life planning and asset formation, and money management methods in three sessions. This initiative is in response to the mandatory inclusion of financial education in the 2022 high school curriculum guidelines, aiming to cultivate practical money literacy from the junior high school level.

Event Overview

Organizer Tatemi City

Implementing Agency NDC (Japan Corporate Defined Contribution Pension Center) * Tokai Group

Venue Heiwa Junior High School, Tatemi City (Gifu Prefecture, Tatemi City)

Target Audience Second-year students at Heiwa Junior High School, Tatemi City

Schedule Session 1: June 23, 2026 (Tue) 14:40-15:30 (50 minutes) Session 2: July 2, 2026 (Thu) 11:45-12:35 (50 minutes) Session 3: July 9, 2026 (Thu) 14:35-15:20 (45 minutes)

Number of Participants 2 classes, 60 students

Background and Purpose Tatemi City aims to realize a city where citizens are the main players and the city is vibrant, with each citizen achieving economic independence and security, leading to overall regional activation. Specifically, to achieve a city where the child-rearing generation chooses to live and continue living, the city is promoting strategies to improve financial literacy among the younger generation.

NDC is a core company of the Tokai Group, established in Tatemi City, Gifu Prefecture, in 2011, and is also a corporate version of the hometown tax payment business in Tatemi City for 2024. Leveraging the strength of explaining "money and work" comprehensively through collaboration with Social Insurance and Labor Consultant Office Tokai, NDC will implement this program.

Program Overview

Program Title: "Personal Finance for Teens - A 3-Part Curriculum on the "Money" That's Useful to Know"

The program is structured in three steps: "Know," "Prepare," and "Increase," with practical content that includes work exercises.

[Session 1] Understanding How to Deal with Money (June 23) Section 1: Income and Expenditure: Types of salaries and part-time job wages, classification of fixed, variable, and special expenses, basics of managing household finances in the black

Section 2: Needs and Wants: Distinguishing between "necessities" and "wants," methods of pre-saving (Work ①)

Section 3: Cashless Society: Differences and merits/demerits of credit, debit, and electronic money

Section 4: The Connection Between Money and Society: How household money circulates in society, social contribution through ESG investment

[Session 2] Life Planning and Financial Preparation (July 2) Section 1: Life Events and Money: Understanding the costs needed for life's milestones such as university, marriage, housing, and retirement

Section 2: Saving Strategies: Setting goals of "how much by when" and pre-saving plans (Work ②)

Section 3: Insurance Mechanisms: Types of life, medical, and casualty insurance and the "mutual aid" system

Section 4: Taxes, Social Insurance, and Pensions: Overview of income tax, health insurance, public pensions, and supplementary systems through iDeCo and corporate defined contribution pensions

[Session 3] Learning How to Manage Money (July 9) Section 1: Saving Money: Mechanisms of bank deposit interest, differences between simple and compound interest, and the effects of long-term investment (Work ③)

Section 2: Increasing Money: Comparison of deposits, bonds, stocks, and investment trusts, the three characteristics of liquidity, safety, and profitability, and diversified investment

Section 3: Smart Self-Investment: Future returns brought by investing in learning, qualifications, health, and networks

Section 4: Smart Borrowing: Mechanisms of loans and scholarships, the relationship between interest rates and credit, and how to make repayment plans

Comments

Tatemi City Mayor Takagi Takayuki

In Tatemi City, investing in the children who will be the next generation is a key strategy for achieving a city where citizens are the main players and the city is vibrant. Knowledge about money is an important power that broadens future choices. Together with NDC, a company born in our local area, we hope that the students of Heiwa Junior High School will have the opportunity to learn how to "skillfully deal with money." Tatemi City will continue to work towards creating a city where the child-rearing generation can choose and continue to live with peace of mind.

Representative Director Kuno Katsuya, NDC (Japan Corporate Defined Contribution Pension Center)

We have been working to create a secure old age for Japanese people through the popularization of corporate defined contribution pensions, with the philosophy of "turning a 100-year life into a happy one." The earlier you start asset formation, the more the power of compound interest works, and the more your future choices expand. We are very honored to be able to directly convey the essence of money to junior high school students in Tatemi City, our place of origin. We are convinced that eliminating the fixed idea that "investment is difficult" and raising young people who can design their own future from their teens will lead to the future of the region and Japan.

About NDC (Japan Corporate Defined Contribution Pension Center)

Established in January 2018 with the philosophy of "turning a 100-year life into a happy one." The main business is the introduction, maintenance, and administrative support of corporate defined contribution pensions (corporate DC). The parent company, Social Insurance and Labor Consultant Office Tokai, was established in Tatemi City, Gifu Prefecture, in 2011. With expertise in both social insurance labor consulting and corporate DC, NDC contributes to regional development as a corporate version of the hometown tax payment business in Tatemi City for 2024.

<Main Achievements>

Three consecutive years as the top in Japan for corporate DC introduction support (FY2023-FY2025) * Among comprehensive plans involving SBI Benefit Systems, in terms of the number of applications to local health and welfare bureaus

In the past year: NDC supported 1,473 out of 6,293 companies that introduced corporate DC (23.4%) Cumulative number of companies introduced by the Tokai Group: 4,826 After seven years since full-scale entry, domestic market share: 8.3%

NDC (Japan Corporate Defined Contribution Pension Center)

Location: 3-4-10 Meitetsu Meitetsu 1st, 3rd Floor, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture Established: January 2018 Representative Director: Katsuya Kuno Website: https://ndc-center.jp/ Phone: 050-3645-9040 Contact: [email protected]