Paying pension

Hi Im hit with a fast one from government.
I have been out of work for over 3 months. I got a notice requiring me to pay pension in full by a certain date. A friend told me to go to city hall to work it out. Is there anyone else going through this due to covid? Can you get exempt from paying?

There is an exemption/reduction for those with reduced income due to COVID-19, in addition to the usual reduction (if your income for some extraordinary reason got dramatically reduced). Better go to the city hall to ask about it.
Any paper that would show that you worked until such-and-such date and since when you have been out of work would help.

You should be able to defer (an option introduced because of covid pandemic), but you are likely to still be liable. Even when my staff finished their positions in 2020 I ended up paying several extra months for them, even though they had finished their work and the pension office had accepted they no longer worked for me.

Thanks for the info. I went to city hall last month to sort it out. I got an exemption in the end but had some outstanding balance to pay from before covid-19.

It's not city hall but is 年金事務所 (Pension Office) you should talk to. It's ok to go to city hall but they will just tell you to go to Pension Office. They are different organizations.