Article 1The purpose of this Act is to provide insurance benefits for workers' old-age, disability, and death, so as to contribute to stabilizing the livelihoods and improving the welfare of workers and their surviving family.

Article 2Employees' pension insurance is administered by the government.

Article 2-2If a significant change occurs in the national standard of living, wages, or other such circumstances, measures must be taken promptly to revise the amounts of pension insurance benefits under this Act so that they fit with the circumstances after the change.

Article 2-3The budget for employees' pension insurance services must allow balance to be maintained over the long term, and if a significant imbalance is projected, the necessary measures must be promptly taken.

Article 2-4(1)At least every five years, the government must compile a report on the current status of income and expenditures in connection with the budget for employees' pension insurance services, including the amounts of insurance premiums and state subsidies and the amount of expenses needed to provide insurance benefits under this Act and projections for the period subject to budget balancing (hereinafter referred to as a "current budget status and projections report"), at least every 5 years.

(2)The period subject to budget balancing referred to in the preceding paragraph (referred to as the "period subject to budget balancing" in Article 34, paragraph (1) and Article 84-6, paragraph (3), item (ii)) is the approximately 100-year period following the year in which the current budget status and projections report is compiled.

(3)Once the government has compiled the current budget status and projections report pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), it must publish this without delay.

Article 2-5(1)The implementing organizations referred to in this Act are the persons that each of the following items prescribes for the category of administrative function set forth in the relevant item:

(2)Those of the administrative functions set forth in item (ii) and item (iii) of the preceding paragraph that are connected with the provisions of Article 84-3, Article 84-5, Article 84-6, Article 84-8, and Article 84-9 are performed by the Federation of National Public Service Personnel Mutual Aid Associations or the Pension Fund Association for Local Government Officials, and those that are connected with other provisions are performed, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, by the person specified by Cabinet Order from among the persons prescribed in item (ii) and item (iii) of the preceding paragraph.

Article 3(1)In this Act, the meanings of the terms set forth in the following items are as prescribed in those items:

(2)In this Act, the terms "spouse"; "husband"; and "wife" include persons who have not registered a marriage but whose circumstances are, de facto, the same as those of a person in a marital relationship.

Article 4and Article 5 Deleted (Act No. 109 of July 2007)

Article 78-2(1)If a person subject to a class I revision (meaning an insured or former insured whose standardized remuneration is revised pursuant to the provisions of Article 78-6, paragraph (1), item (i) and paragraph (2), item (i); the same applies hereinafter) or a person subject to a class II revision (meaning the spouse of a person subject to a class I revision, whose standardized remuneration is revised or decided pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), item (ii) and paragraph (2), item (ii) of that Article; the same applies hereinafter) has gone through a divorce or similar circumstances (meaning a divorce (this excludes the dissolution of the circumstances in question, regarding persons who have not registered a marriage but whose circumstances are, de facto, the same as those of a person in a marital relationship), an annulment of marriage, or other grounds specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; the same applies hereinafter in this Chapter) and falls under any of the following items, that person may file a request with the implementing organization for the standardized remuneration to be revised or decided (meaning the standardized remuneration of the person subject to a class I revision and the person subject to a class II revision (each of whom is hereinafter referred to as a "party"); the same applies hereinafter in this Chapter) for the insured period that falls under the subject period (meaning the period of the marriage and other periods specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; the same applies hereinafter) connected with the divorce or similar circumstances; provided, however, that this does not apply once two years have passed since the relevant divorce or similar circumstances or in a situation otherwise falling under one of the cases specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare:

(2)With respect to a request for the standardized remuneration to be revised or decided pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as a "request for standardized remuneration to be revised or decided"), if consultations toward an agreement by the parties under item (i) of that paragraph have failed to produce an agreement, or if consultations cannot take place, the family court may, based on a motion filed by one of the parties, set the allocation percentage that the parties are to request, by taking into account the degree of the parties' contributions to the payment of insurance premiums during the subject period and any other circumstances.

(3)The request for standardized remuneration to be revised or decided must be submitted attached by a notarized document to the effect that the parties have agreed to request that the standardized remuneration to be revised or decided and have agreed on the allocation percentage that the parties are to request, or must be submitted in other ways prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

Article 78-3(1)The allocation percentage that the parties are to request must be determined so as to fall within the range between at least the percentage that constitutes the person subject to a class II revision's aggregate amount of standardized remuneration for the subject period (meaning the amount arrived at when first the parties are deemed to be the beneficiaries, then each of the standardized monthly amounts of remuneration and the standardized amounts of bonuses for each month of the insured period falling under the subject period ( the previous standardized monthly amount of remuneration specified in Article 26, paragraph (1) is substituted for that standardized monthly amount of remuneration, for each month in which the previous standardized monthly amount of remuneration is deemed to be the standardized monthly amount of remuneration for the relevant month pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph) is multiplied by the revaluation rate that is applicable on the last day of the subject period, and finally all of the products thus calculated are added; the same applies hereinafter) in proportion to the sum total of both parties' aggregate amounts of standardized remuneration for the subject period and 50%, at most (that range is hereinafter referred to as the "allocation percentage range").

(2)Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, with respect to a request for standardized remuneration to be revised or decided, if the day on which information concerning the allocation percentage range has been received pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the following Article (including materials received by the court, or an authorized judge or commissioned judge pursuant to the provisions of Article 78-5 and, if more than one material exists, the last one; the same applies in this paragraph) is before the last day of the subject period and the period of time until the last day of the subject period is shorter than one year, or in other cases specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the allocation percentage range with regard to which that information has been received may be set as the allocation percentage range under that paragraph.

Article 78-4(1)As provided by order of the competent ministry, both of the parties or either one of them may request the implementing organization to provide the information specified in the following paragraph that they need in order to file a request for standardized remuneration to be revised or decided; provided, however, that this does not apply if that request is made after the filing of the request for standardized remuneration to be revised or decided, if that request falls under the proviso to Article 78-2, paragraph (1), or in other cases provided for by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

(2)The information referred to in the preceding paragraph is the aggregate amount of standardized remuneration for the subject period, the allocation percentage range, periods constituting the basis for calculating these, and any other information specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; and if the last day of the subject period had not yet arrived as of the day on which the request under that paragraph was made, the foregoing information is that which is calculated when the day on which the request under that paragraph was made is deemed to be the last day of the subject period.

Article 78-5At the request of the court, the authorized judge, or the commissioned judge, the implementing organization must provide them with the materials necessary for them to dispose on the allocation percentage that the parties are to request pursuant to the provisions of Article 78-2, paragraph (2).

Article 78-6(1)If a request for standardized remuneration to be revised or decided has been filed, the implementing organization may revise or decide the parties' standardized monthly amounts of remuneration to be the amounts specified in each of the following items for each month of an insured period falling under the subject period in which the person subject to a class I revision has a standardized monthly amount of remuneration:

(2)If a request for standardized remuneration to be revised or decided has been filed, the implementing organization may revise or decide the parties' standardized amounts of bonuses to be the amounts specified in each of the following items for each month of an insured period falling under the subject period in which the person subject to a class I revision has a standardized amount of bonus:

(3)In a case as referred to in the preceding two paragraphs, a period falling under the subject period that is an insured period for the person subject to a class I revision but not an insured period for the person subject to a class II revision is deemed to be an insured period for the person subject to a class II revision.

(4)The standardized remuneration revised or decided pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) is effective only prospectively, starting from the day of the relevant request for standardized remuneration to be revised or decided.

Article 78-7The implementing organization must record, in the EPI register, the names of any persons who have a period that is deemed to be an insured period pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article (hereinafter referred to as the "deemed insured period at divorce"), the deemed insured period at divorce, the standardized remuneration connected with the deemed insured period at divorce, and other particulars specified by order of the competent ministry.

Article 78-8If the implementing organization has revised or decided the standardized remuneration pursuant to the provisions of Article 78-6, paragraph (1) and paragraph (2), the implementing organization must notify the parties to that effect.

Article 78-9Beyond as provided in Article 78-2 to the preceding Article, order of the competent ministry provides for the necessary particulars in connection with the procedures for a request for standardized remuneration to be revised or decided and for the standardized remuneration to be revised or decided.

Article 78-10(1)Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (1) and paragraph (2), if the standardized remuneration of the beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension has been revised or decided pursuant to the provisions of Article 78-6, paragraph (1) and paragraph (2), the insured period that fell prior to the last month of the insured period falling under the subject period (or the period prescribed by Cabinet Order, if the grounds for payment of the relevant employees' old-age pension occur after the last day of the subject period or in other cases specified by Cabinet Order) and the standardized remuneration after its revision or after it has been decided are the basis for calculating the employees' old-age pension, and the pension amount is revised from the month following the month that includes the day on which the relevant request for standardized remuneration to be revised or decided was made.

(2)If the standardized remuneration of the beneficiary of an employees' disability pension has been revised or decided pursuant to the provisions of Article 78-6, paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) for an insured period that constitutes a basis for calculating the amount of the relevant employees' disability pension, the amount of the pension is revised from the month following the month that includes the day on which the request for standardized remuneration to be revised or decided was filed, based on the standardized remuneration after its revision or after it has been decided; provided, however, that the deemed insured period at divorce does not constitute a basis for calculating the employees' disability pension to which the provisions of the second sentence of Article 50, paragraph (1) apply.

Article 78-11If this Act is applied with respect to the insurance benefits of a person whose standardized remuneration has been revised or decided pursuant to the provisions of Article 78-6, paragraph (1) and paragraph (2), each of the terms set forth in the middle column of the following table, under the provisions prescribed in the left-hand column of that table (including when these are cited in other laws and regulations, are applied mutatis mutandis to other laws and regulations, or govern other laws and regulations), is deemed to be replaced with the terms set forth in the right-hand column of that table; and Cabinet Order prescribes the necessary technical replacements of terms connected with the application of provisions on the calculation of the amount of those insurance benefits, of provisions on suspension of their payment, and of any other provisions that Cabinet Order prescribes.

Article 78-12Beyond as provided in this Chapter, Cabinet Order provides for the necessary particulars in connection with the special provisions for divorce and similar circumstances.

Article 78-13In addition to what is prescribed in Chapter III, the provision of pension insurance benefits to a dependent spouse is as prescribed in this Chapter, based on the fundamental recognition that the insurance premiums borne by an insured who has a dependent spouse are insurance premiums that the dependent spouse has borne jointly with the insured.

Article 78-14(1)If an insured (including a former insured; hereinafter referred to as a "specific insured") had a dependent spouse (meaning a person who fell under Article 7, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the National Pension Act as the spouse of the specific insured; the same applies hereinafter) during the time that the person was an insured, but the specific insured and the dependent spouse thereof have divorced or annulled their marriage or have come to fall under any other circumstances specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as equivalent thereto, the dependent spouse may file a request with the implementing organization for the standardized remuneration to be revised or decided (meaning the standardized remuneration of the specific insured and the dependent spouse thereof; the same applies hereinafter in this Chapter) for the insured period (excluding an insured period for which the standardized remuneration was already revised or decided pursuant to the provisions of the following paragraph and paragraph (3); the same applies hereinafter in this Article) that fell under the specific period (meaning the period during which the specific insured was an insured and the dependent spouse thereof was a class III insured who is as specified in Article 7, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the National Pension Act as a spouse of that specific insured; the same applies hereinafter); provided, however, that this does not apply if, as of the day of the request, the relevant specific insured is the beneficiary of an employees' disability pension (limited to one in an amount that is calculated based in whole or in part on the relevant specific period; the same applies to Article 78-20), or in other cases specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

(2)If the request referred to in the preceding paragraph has been filed, the implementing organization may revise or decide the standardized monthly amount of remuneration of the relevant specific insured and the relevant dependent spouse to be the amount arrived at when the specific insured's standardized monthly amount of remuneration is multiplied by 50%, for each month of the insured period that falls during the specific period (or the amount arrived at when the previous standardized monthly amount of remuneration specified in Article 26, paragraph (1) is multiplied by 50%, for each month in which the previous standardized monthly amount of remuneration is deemed to be the standardized monthly amount of remuneration pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph).

(3)If the request under paragraph (1) has been filed, the implementing organization may revise or decide the standardized amount of bonuses of the specific insured and the dependent spouse to be the amount arrived at when the specific insured standardized amount of bonus is multiplied by 50%, for each month of the insured period that falls during the specific period for which the specific insured in question had a standardized amount of bonus.

(4)In a case as referred to in the preceding two paragraphs, an insured period that falls during the specific period is deemed to be an insured period for the dependent spouse.

(5)The standardized remuneration as revised or decided pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) and paragraph (3) is effective only prospectively, starting from the day on which the request under paragraph (1) was filed.

Article 78-15The implementing organization must record, in the EPI register, the name of persons who have a period that is deemed to be an insured period pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4) of the preceding Article (hereinafter referred to as the "deemed insured period of a dependent spouse"), the deemed insured period of the dependent spouse, the standardized remuneration connected with the deemed insured period of the dependent spouse, and any other particulars specified by order of the competent ministry.

Article 78-16If the implementing organization has revised or decided the standardized remuneration pursuant to the provisions of Article 78-14, paragraph (2) and paragraph (3), the Organization must notify the specific insured and the dependent spouse to that effect.

Article 78-17Beyond as provided in the preceding three Articles, order of the competent ministry provides for the necessary particulars in connection with the procedures for the request under the provisions of Article 78-14, paragraph (1) and for the standardized remuneration to be revised or decided pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) and paragraph (3) of that Article.

Article 78-18(1)Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (1), if the standardized remuneration of the beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension has been revised or decided pursuant to the provisions of Article 78-14, paragraph (2) and paragraph (3), the standardized remuneration after its revision or after it has been decided is the basis for calculating the employees' old-age pension, and the pension amount is revised from the month following the month that includes the day on which the request under Article 78-14, paragraph (1) was filed.

(2)The provisions of Article 78-10, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to a case in which the standardized remuneration for a dependent spouse who is the beneficiary of an employees' disability pension has been decided pursuant to the provisions of Article 78-14, paragraph (2) and paragraph (3). Cabinet Order provides for the necessary technical replacement of terms in such a case.

Article 78-19If this Act is applied to the insurance benefits of a person whose standardized remuneration has been revised or decided pursuant to the provisions of Article 78-14, paragraph (2) and paragraph (3), each of the terms set forth in the middle column of the following table, under the provisions prescribed in the left-hand column of that table (including when these are cited in other laws and regulations, are applied mutatis mutandis to other laws and regulations, or govern other laws and regulations), is deemed to be replaced with the terms set forth in the right-hand column of that table, and Cabinet Order prescribes the necessary technical replacement of terms in connection with the application of provisions on the calculation of the amount of the insurance benefits, of provisions on the suspension of their payment, and on any other provisions that Cabinet Order prescribes.

Article 78-20(1)If a specific insured and the dependent spouse thereof have gone through a divorce or similar circumstances (meaning the divorce or similar circumstances provided for in Article 78-2, paragraph (1)), and a request for a revision or decision under the provisions of Article 78-2, paragraph (1) has been filed that has, as the subject period, the whole or a part of a specific period for which the standardized remuneration has not been revised or decided pursuant to the provisions of Article 78-14, paragraph (2) and paragraph (3), the request under Article 78-14, paragraph (1) is deemed to have been filed at the time that the request for a revision or decision under the provisions of Article 78-2, paragraph (1) was filed; provided, however, that this does not apply if the specific insured is the beneficiary of an employees' disability pension as of the day of the relevant request.

(2)In a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph, the standardized remuneration for the insured period that falls under the specific period, that constitutes the aggregate amount of standardized remuneration for the subject period referred to in Article 78-3, paragraph (1) (or, for the standardized monthly amount of remuneration for a month for which the previous standardized monthly amount of remuneration specified in that paragraph is deemed to be the standardized monthly amount of remuneration pursuant to the provisions of Article 26, paragraph (1), the previous standardized monthly amount of remuneration) and the standardized remuneration for the insured period that falls under the specific period referred to in Article 78-6, paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) (or, for the standardized monthly amount of remuneration of a month for which the previous standardized monthly amount of remuneration specified in that paragraph is deemed to be the standardized monthly amount of remuneration pursuant to the provisions of Article 26, paragraph (1), the previous standardized monthly amount of remuneration) is the standardized remuneration after the revision or decision under the provisions of Article 78-14, paragraph (2) and paragraph (3).

(3)If a request under Article 78-4, paragraph (1) has been filed that has, as the subject period, the whole or a part of the specific period for which the standardized remuneration has not been not revised or decided pursuant to the provisions of Article 78-14, paragraph (2) and paragraph (3), and the specific insured has no right to receive benefits from the employees' disability pension as of the day on which the request under that paragraph was filed, the information provided for in paragraph (2) of that Article is that which is calculated when the standardized remuneration for the insured period in the specific period that fell under the subject period is deemed to have been revised or decided pursuant to the provisions of Article 78-14, paragraph (2) and paragraph (3).

(4)The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis if a request under Article 78-5 has been filed.

(5)To apply the provisions of Article 78-3, paragraph (1) and Article 78-6, paragraph (1) to a case in which the standardized monthly amount of remuneration is revised pursuant to the provisions of Article 78-14, paragraph (2) for a month in which the previous standardized monthly amount of remuneration specified in Article 26, paragraph (1) has been deemed to be the standardized monthly amount of remuneration pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph, the phrase "the standardized monthly amounts of remuneration and the standardized amounts of bonuses for each month of the insured period falling under the subject period ( the previous standardized monthly amount of remuneration specified in Article 26, paragraph (1) is substituted for that standardized monthly amount of remuneration, for each month in which the previous standardized monthly amount of remuneration is deemed to be the standardized monthly amount of remuneration for the relevant month pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph" in Article 78-3, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with " the standardized monthly amounts of remuneration and the standardized amounts of bonuses for each month of the insured period falling under the subject period" and the phrase "the standardized monthly amount of remuneration (for months in which, pursuant to the provisions of Article 26, paragraph (1), the previous standardized monthly amount of remuneration specified in that paragraph is deemed to be the standardized monthly amount of remuneration, the previous standardized monthly amount of remuneration; the same applies in the following item)" in Article 78-6, paragraph (1), item (i) is deemed to be replaced with "the standardized monthly amount of remuneration".

Article 78-21Beyond as provided for in this Chapter, Cabinet Order provides for the necessary particulars in connection with the special provisions on the period during which a person is a dependent spouse.

Article 78-22In applying the provisions of Article 38 to a person who has spent time as an insured under two or more insured categories corresponding to a category I EPI insured period, category II EPI insured period, category III EPI insured period, or category IV EPI insured period (hereinafter each of these is referred to as a "category of EPI insured period") (hereinafter such a person is referred to as a "person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories"); and who is eligible to receive pension insurance benefits based on the time that the person spent as an insured under a single insured category (referred to as the person's "time in one category" hereinafter) and is also eligible to receive pension insurance benefits due to the same grounds for payment based on the time that the person spent as an insured under another insured category that differs from the single insured category in question (hereinafter referred to as the person's "time in another category"); the phrase "other than an employees' pension for surviving family" in paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to be the phrase "other than an employees' old-age pension paid based on the same grounds for payment as the employees' old-age pension in question or an employees' pension for surviving family" and the phrase " other than an employees' old-age pension" in that paragraph is deemed to be the phrase " other than an employees' old-age pension or an employees' pension for surviving family paid based on the same grounds for payment as the employees' pension for surviving family in question".

Article 78-23A beneficiary of the pension insurance benefits of a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories must file a request under the provisions of Article 38-2, paragraph (1) or withdrawing it as under the provisions of paragraph (3) of that Article regarding pension insurance benefits as prescribed in paragraph (1) of that Article that are based on the person's time in one category at the same time as filing such a request or withdrawing it regarding pension insurance benefits that are based on the person's time in another category and on the same grounds for payment as the grounds for payment of the pension insurance benefits that are based on the person's time in that one category.

Article 78-24When the provisions of Article 39, paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) are applied to a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories, the phrase "beneficiary of a first pension" in paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to be the phrases "beneficiary of a first pension (hereinafter referred to in this Article as the 'first pension') based on the person's time in one category as provided for in Article 78-22 (hereinafter referred to in this Article as the person's 'time in one category'), among the categories of EPI insured period provided for in Article 78-22 (hereinafter each of these is referred to in this Article as a 'category of EPI insured period')"; the phrase "right to receive benefits under a second pension" in that paragraph is deemed to be the phrase "right to receive benefits under a second pension based on the relevant time in one category (hereinafter referred to in this paragraph as 'a second pension')"; the phrase "the payment of a pension" in paragraph (2) of that Article is deemed to be the phrase "the payment of a pension based on the time in one category among the categories of EPI insured period"; the phrase "If... a pension has been paid" in that paragraph is deemed to be the phrase "If... the relevant pension has been paid"; the phrase "partial payment of the pension" in that paragraph is deemed to be the phrase "partial payment of the pension based on the relevant time in one category"; the phrase "by reducing its amount" in that paragraph is deemed to be the phrase "by reducing the amount of the pension based on the time in one category, among the categories of EPI insured period"; the phrase "if... a pension has been paid" in that paragraph is deemed to be the phrase "if... a pension based on the relevant time in one category has been paid".

Article 78-25When the provisions of Article 40, paragraph (2) are applied to the insurance benefits of a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories, the phrase "the value of that compensation" in that paragraph is deemed to be the phrase "the value arrived at when the value of that compensation is allocated in proportion to the value of each insurance benefit".

Article 78-26(1)When the provisions of Article 42 are applied (including when these are cited in this Act and other laws and regulations, are applied mutatis mutandis to this Act and other laws and regulations, or govern this Act and other laws and regulations) to the employees' old-age pension of a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories, those provisions apply to each insured period that constitutes a category of EPI insured period.

(2)When the provisions of Article 43 (including when these are cited in this Act and other laws and regulations, are applied applicable mutatis mutandis to this Act and other laws and regulations, or govern this Act and other laws and regulations) are applied to the employees' old-age pension of a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories, the whole period during which the person was an insured as provided in paragraph (1) of that Article and the periods during which the person was an insured as provided for in paragraphs (2) and (3) of that Article are applied in each category of EPI insured period; the insured period as provided in paragraph (1) of that Article is applied in each insured period that constitutes a category of EPI insured period; and the person's status as an insured as provided in paragraph (3) of that Article is applied in each insured category.

Article 78-27For a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories, the insured periods associated with the time that the person spent as an insured under two or more insured categories are added together, the person is deemed to have only the insured period associated with the time in one category, and the provisions of Article 44 (including when these are cited in this Act and other laws and regulations, are applied mutatis mutandis to this Act and other laws and regulations, or govern this Act and other laws and regulations) apply to the amount of employees' old-age pension associated with that person. In such a case, the amount of additional pension as provided for in paragraph (1) of that Article is, as specified by Cabinet Order, added to the amount of the employees' old-age pension calculated based on the insured period associated with the person's time in one category, among the categories of EPI insured period.

Article 78-28When the provisions of Article 44-3 are applied to the employees' old-age pension associated with a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories, the request under the provisions of paragraph (1) of that Article concerning an employees' old-age pension based on the person's time in one category must be made at the same time as that request concerning an employees' old-age pension based on the person's time in another category. In such a case, the phrase "other pension benefits" in the proviso of that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "other pension insurance benefits (excluding an employees' old-age pension paid based on the same grounds for payment as the relevant employees' old-age pension)"; the phrase "Article 46, paragraph (1)" in paragraph (4) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "Article 46, paragraph (1) as applied following a deemed replacement of terms pursuant to the provisions of Article 78-29"; and Cabinet Order provides for the necessary technical replacement of terms and other necessary particulars in connection with the application of the provisions of that Article.

Article 78-29When the provisions of Article 46 are applied to a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories, the phrase "beneficiary of the employees' old-age pension" in paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to be the phrase "beneficiary of the employees' old-age pension calculated based on the insured period associated with the person's time in one category as provided for in Article 78-22 (referred to in paragraph (6) as 'the person's time in one category') among each of the categories of EPI insured period as provided for in that Article (hereinafter each of these is referred to in this paragraph as a 'category of EPI insured period')"; the phrase "the amount of employees' old-age pension" is deemed to be the phrase "the amount arrived at when the amount of employees' old-age pension calculated based on the insured periods that constitute the categories of EPI insured periods is added up"; the phrase "excluding... additional amounts provided for in Article 44-3, paragraph (4); the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph" is deemed to be the phrase "excluding... the amount arrived at when the additional amounts provided for in Article 44-3, paragraph (4) calculated based on the insured periods that constitute the categories of EPI insured periods are added up"; the phrase "the employees' old-age pension" is deemed to be the phrase "the employees' old-age pension calculated based on the insured period associated with the person's time in one category"; the phrase "the amount equivalent to total monthly remuneration is added to the base monthly amount, the amount of the adjustment for the suspension of payment is subtracted from the sum, and the amount equivalent to one-half of the difference is multiplied by 12 (hereinafter referred to in this paragraph as the "standard amount for a payment suspension");" in that paragraph is deemed to be the phrase " the amount equivalent to total monthly remuneration is added to the base monthly amount; the amount of the adjustment for the suspension of payment is subtracted from the sum; the difference is multiplied by the number that is arrived at when, first, the amount of an employees' old-age pension calculated based on the insured period associated with the person's time in one category (excluding the amount of additional pension provided for in Article 44, paragraph (1) and additional amounts provided for in Article 44-3, paragraph (4); the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph) is divided by 12, and then the quotient is divided by the base monthly amount; and the amount equivalent to one-half of the production thus calculated is multiplied by 12 (hereinafter referred to in this paragraph as the "standard amount for a payment suspension"):"; the phrase "equal to or greater than the amount of the employees' old-age pension" is deemed to be the phrase "equal to or greater than the amount of the employees' old-age pension calculated based on the insured period associated with the person's time in one category"; the phrase "employees' old-age pension" in that paragraph is deemed to be the phrase "the employees' old-age pension calculated based on the insured period associated with the person's time in one category"; and, in paragraph (6) of that Article, the phrase "limited to one calculated based on an insured period of 240 months or more" is deemed to be the phrase "limited to one calculated based on an insured period of 240 months or more (the number of months counted into that insured period is the number of months that constitute the relevant person's insured period associated with the time in one category if the insured periods associated with the time that the relevant person has spent as an insured under two or more insured categories are added together and that person is deemed to have had only the insured period associated with the time in one category"; and Cabinet Order provides for the necessary technical replacement of terms and other necessary particulars in connection with the application of the provisions of that Article.

Article 78-30For a person who is a beneficiary of an employees' disability pension and who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories as of the day of disability assessment associated with the relevant disability, the time that person spent as an insured under two or more insured categories is added up, the person is deemed to have only the insured period that is associated with the person's time in one category, and the provisions concerning the calculation of the amount of an employees' disability pension, the suspension of payment thereof, and any other provisions specified by Cabinet Order apply to the amount of employees' disability pension associated with that person.

Article 78-31The provisions of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the amount of disability allowance of a person who is a beneficiary of an employees' disability pension and who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories as of the day of disability assessment for the disability in question. Cabinet Order provides for the necessary technical replacement of terms and other necessary particulars in such a case.

Article 78-32(1)For the surviving family of a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories, the time that the deceased spent as an insured under two or more insured categories is added up, the deceased is deemed to have only the insured period that is associated with the time in one category, and the provisions concerning the calculation of the amount of an employees' pension for surviving family and the suspension of payment thereof and any other provisions specified by Cabinet Order apply to the amount of the employees' pension for surviving family associated with the deceased's surviving family (limited to one that is paid due to the relevant person falling under any of items (i) through (iii) of Article 58, paragraph (1)). Cabinet Order provides for the necessary replacement of terms and other necessary particulars in such a case.

(2)The employees' pension for surviving family associated with the surviving family of a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories (that pension is limited to one that is paid due to the relevant person falling under item (iv) of Article 58 paragraph (1)) is paid for each insured period that constitutes a category of EPI insured period, and for each amount thereof; the time that the deceased spent as an insured under two or more insured categories is added up; the deceased is deemed to have only the insured period that is associated with the time in one category; and each of their amounts is the amount arrived at when the amount calculated in accordance with the provisions concerning the calculation of the amount of employees' pension for surviving family is allocated in proportion to the value calculated pursuant to the provisions of Article 60, paragraph (1), item (i) based on the insured periods associated with each of the periods of time in one category. Cabinet Order provides for the necessary replacement of terms and other necessary particulars in such a case.

(3)In a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph, the additional amount under the provisions of Article 62, paragraph (1) is to be added, as specified by Cabinet Order, to the amount of the employees' pension for surviving family calculated based on the insured period associated with the person's time in one category among the categories of EPI insured periods.

(4)Beyond as specified in the preceding three paragraphs, Cabinet Order provides for the necessary particulars in connection with calculating the amounts of employees' pensions for surviving family and suspending payment.

Article 78-33(1)Pursuant to Cabinet Order, the person specified in the items of Article 2-5, paragraph (1) for the insured category of the insured on the day of initial examination for the disability in question carries out the administrative functions connected with the payment of an employees' disability pension under the provisions of Article 78-30 and an employees' disability allowance under the provisions of Article 78-31.

(2)The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to the administrative functions connected with the payment of the employees' pension for surviving family pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article.

Article 78-34If a surviving family member of a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories is eligible to receive an employees' pension for surviving family based on the time that the relevant person spent as an insured under two or more insured categories, the surviving family member must file an application under the provisions of Article 67, or Article 68, paragraph (1) or (2) for the employees' pension for surviving family based on the person's time in one category at the same time as filing any application for the employees' pension for surviving family based on the person's time in another category that is based on the same grounds for payment as the grounds for payment of the employees' pension for surviving family based on the person's time in that one category.

Article 78-35(1)When the provisions of Article 78-2, paragraph (1) are applied to a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories, a request under the provisions of that paragraph concerning the standardized remuneration for the person's time in one category of the categories of EPI insured period must be made at the same time as the relevant request concerning the standardized remuneration for time in another category.

(2)In a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph, the time that the person spent as an insured under two or more insured categories is added up, the person is deemed to be a person who has only the insured period associated with the time in one category, and the provisions of Article 78-2 and Article 78-3 apply; the provisions of Article 78-6, and Article 17-10 of the Supplementary Provisions apply to each insured period that constitutes a category of EPI insured period. Cabinet Order provides for the necessary technical replacement of terms and other necessary particulars in such a case.

Article 78-36(1)When the provisions of Article 78-14, paragraph (1) are applied to a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories, a request under the provisions of that paragraph concerning the standardized remuneration for the time in one category, among the categories of EPI insured period, must be made at the same time as the relevant request concerning the standardized remuneration for time in another category.

(2)In a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph, the time that the person spent as an insured under two or more insured categories is added up, the person is deemed to be either a person who has spent time in one category only or a person who has only the insured period associated with that time in one category, and the provisions of Article 78-14, paragraph (1) and Article 78-20, paragraph (1) apply; the provisions of Article 78-14, paragraph (2) and paragraph (3), and Article 78-20, paragraph (2) and paragraph (5), and the provisions of Article 17-11 through Article 17-13 of the Supplementary Provisions apply to each insured period constituting a category of EPI insured period. Cabinet Order provides for the necessary technical replacement of terms and other necessary particulars in such a case.

Article 78-37Beyond as provided for in this Chapter, Cabinet Order provides for the necessary particulars in connection with calculating the amount of insurance benefits associated with a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories, suspending payment of those benefits, and otherwise applying this Act.

Article 79(1)For the purpose of ensuring the smooth operation of employees' pension insurance services, the government and the implementing organizations may engage in the following services in relation to employees' pension insurance:

(2)The government and the implementing organizations are to smoothly handle the administrative functions that are necessary to implement employees' pension insurance services (including administrative functions involved in bearing monetary contributions to basic pensions and the payment thereof under the provisions of Article 94-2, paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) of the National Pension Act (hereinafter referred to as "basic pension contributions")) and operate an electronic data processing system in order to contribute to enhanced convenience for insureds, beneficiaries, and other such persons.

(3)The government may entrust the services set forth in each of the items of paragraph (1) and the operations provided for in the preceding paragraph, in whole or in part, to the Japan Pension Service (hereinafter referred to as "JPS").

(4)The government is to have the Welfare and Medical Service Agency, IAA, finance the small fund provided for in Article 12, paragraph (1), item (xii) of the Act on the Welfare and Medical Service Agency, Incorporated Administrative Agency (Act No. 166 of 2002).

Article 79-2Any investment of the reserves (meaning the reserves of the employees' pension account under the pension special account (hereinafter referred to as "special account reserves" in this Chapter) and the part of the reserves of an implementing organization (excluding the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare: the same applies in paragraph (3) of the following Article) that is specified by Cabinet Order as the part that is equivalent to the part with the employees' pension insurance services (including the payment of the basic pension contributions) (hereinafter referred to as "implementing organization reserves"); the same applies hereinafter in this Chapter), is to be undertaken with particular mindfulness of the fact that the reserves are a part of the insurance premiums collected from insureds covered under employees' pension insurance and that they are a valuable source of future pension benefits payments; all investment of those reserves is to be undertaken with the purpose of contributing to the sound management of employees' pension insurance services for years to come, and is to be undertaken safely, efficiently, from a long term perspective, and for the sole benefit of insureds covered under employees' pension insurance.

Article 79-3(1)Any investment of special account reserves is to be carried out by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare by making a bailment of special account reserves to the Government Pension Investment Fund, IAA, with the objective of making payments based on investment that is in line with the purpose of the preceding Article.

(2)Notwithstanding of the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may deposit the special account reserves with the fiscal loan fund until making a bailment of the special account reserves under the provisions of that paragraph.

(3)Any investment of implementing organization reserves is carried out by the implementing organization in line with the purposes referred to in the preceding Article; provided, however, that the investment of a part of the implementing organization reserves may be, as specified by Cabinet Order, carried out in line with the purposes of the National Public Officers Mutual Aid Association Act (Act No.128 of 1958), the Local Public Officers, etc. Mutual Aid Association Act (Act No. 152 of 1962), or the Private School Personnel Mutual Aid Association Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Acts on mutual aid"), and to apply the provisions of that Article, the phrase "for the sole benefit of insureds covered under employees' pension insurance" in that Article is deemed to be the phrase "for the benefit of insureds covered under employees' pension insurance".

Article 79-4(1)The competent ministers are to establish the basic policy that is meant to ensure that the reserves are managed and invested safely and efficiently from a long-term perspective (hereinafter referred to as the "basic policy for reserves").

(2)The competent ministers are to prescribe the following particulars in the basic policy for reserves:

(3)When the current budget status and projections report has been prepared or upon otherwise finding that it is necessary to do so, the competent ministers are to review the basic policy for reserves and revise it as needed.

(4)Before seeking to establish or revise the basic policy for reserves, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to first prepare a draft of the basic policy for reserves or a draft of its revision and consult with the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, and the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

(5)The Minister of Finance, the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, and the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, on finding it to be necessary to do so, may request the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare to prepare a draft of a revision to the basic policy for reserves.

(6)Having established or revised the basic policy for reserves, the competent ministers are to promptly make this public.

Article 79-5(1)The management and investment entities must jointly establish the target asset structure for reserves to be considered when they prescribe the asset structure referred to in paragraph (2), item (iii) of that Article in the management/investment guidelines provided for in the provisions of paragraph (1) of the following Article, so that the target asset structure conforms to the basic policy for reserves.

(2)When a current budget status and projections report has been prepared or if the management and investment entities find it to be necessary to do so, they must jointly review the target asset structure for the reserves provided for in the preceding paragraph and revise this as needed.

(3)The management and investment entities, having prescribed or revised the target asset structure for reserves provided for in paragraph (1), must jointly make this public without delay and send this to the competent ministers.

(4)If a competent minister finds that the target asset structure for reserves provided for in paragraph (1) does not conform to the basic policy for reserves, the minister may order the management and investment entities to revise the target.

(5)Before seeking to issue an order under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must first prepare a draft of the content to be revised to conform to the basic policy for reserves, and consult with the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, and the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

Article 79-6(1)A management and investment entity must establish guidelines on management and investment (hereinafter referred to in this Chapter as "management/investment guidelines") for the purpose of carrying out appropriate management and investment (for the Pension Fund Association for Local Government Officials, this includes managing the circumstances of investment of the reserves under its management; the same applies hereinafter in this Chapter) of the reserves under its management (for the Pension Fund Association for Local Government Officials, this includes the implementing organization reserves of the implementing organization whose investment circumstances the Pension Fund Association for Local Government Officials manages; hereinafter in this Chapter referred to as "managed reserves") so as to conform to the basic policy for reserves and in line with the target asset structure for reserves provided for in the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article.

(2)The following particulars are to be prescribed in the management/investment guidelines:

(3)If the basic policy for reserves has been revised or on otherwise finding that it is necessary to do so, a management and investment entity must review the management/investment guidelines and revise these as needed.

(4)Before seeking to establish or revise management/investment guidelines, a management and investment entity must first obtain approval of the minister with administrative jurisdiction over it (hereinafter referred to in this Chapter and Article 100-3-3, paragraph (2), item (i) and paragraph (3) as "the minister with jurisdiction").

(5)Having established or revised management/investment guidelines, a management and investment entity must make this public without delay.

(6)A management and investment entity must manage and invest managed reserves in accordance with the basic policy for reserves and management/investment guidelines.

(7)The minister with jurisdiction, on finding that the management/investment guidelines of a management and investment entity under the jurisdiction thereof no longer conform to the basic policy for reserves, may order the management and investment entity to revise its management/investment guidelines.

Article 79-7If the minister with jurisdiction finds a management and investment entity under the jurisdiction thereof to be in violation of the provisions of this Act or the provisions of any order based on this Act, or finds that the circumstances of the management or investment of managed reserves by such a management and investment entity do not conform to the basic policy for reserves or to the management and investment entity's management/investment guidelines, the minister may order the management and investment entity to take the necessary measures for improving its business operations or the necessary measures to cause the circumstances of the management and investment of managed reserves to conform to the basic policy for reserves or the management/investment guidelines.

Article 79-8(1)After completion of the settlement of accounts for each business year, a management and investment entity must prepare, without delay, an outline of its business operations stating the asset amount, asset structure proportion, amount of investment income from managed reserves in the relevant business year, and any other particulars specified by order of the competent ministry, and must disclose this to the public and send it to the minister with jurisdiction.

(2)Having received the outline of the business operations of a management and investment entity under the jurisdiction thereof, the minister with jurisdiction is to evaluate the circumstances of management and investment (including the conditions of investment under the provisions referred to in the proviso of Article 79-3, paragraph (3)) of managed reserves and other particulars of management and investment of managed reserves specified by order of the competent ministry with regard to that management and investment entity, and is to disclose the results of this to the public, promptly.

(3)Having received an outline of business operations under the provisions of paragraph (1), the minister with jurisdiction is to send that outline of business operations to the competent ministers accompanied by the result of the evaluation under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

(4)When the provisions of paragraph (1) are applied to the Government Pension Investment Fund, IAA, the phrase "After completion of the settlement of accounts" in that paragraph is deemed to be the phrase "After the submission of the Financial Statements prescribed in Article 38, paragraph (1) of the Act on General Rules for Incorporated Administrative Agencies (Act No. 103 of 1999) under the provisions of that paragraph".

Article 79-9(1)The competent ministers are to prepare and disclose to the public, each fiscal year, a written report stating the asset amount, asset structure proportion, amount of investment income of the reserves, evaluation of the circumstances of the investment of reserves, and other particulars of the management and investment of reserves.

(2)Before seeking to prepare the written report referred to in the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to first prepare a draft of this and consult with the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications and the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

(3)A competent minister, on finding based on the results of the evaluation concerning the written report referred to in paragraph (1) that the circumstances of a management and investment entity's management and investment of managed reserves do not conform to the basic policy for reserves, may request the minister with jurisdiction over that management and investment entity to take the necessary measures to cause the circumstances of the management and investment entity's management and investment of managed reserves to conform to the basic policy for reserves.

(4)Before seeking to make a request for measures under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to first prepare a draft of the necessary measures to cause the circumstances to conform to the basic policy for reserves, and is to consult with the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, and the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

Article 79-10Officials of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Ministry of Finance; the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications; and the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology who are engaged in administrative functions associated with the investment of reserves (limited to those specified by Cabinet Order; hereinafter referred to as an "investment official") must pay the most prudent and meticulous attention and put forth their utmost efforts in the execution of their duties, in accordance with the purpose of the investment of the reserves.

Article 79-11It is prohibited for an investment official to divulge or misappropriate any secret learned in the course of duty.

Article 79-12Upon finding that an investment official has violated the provisions of the preceding Article, the person with the power to appoint that investment official must take disciplinary action against that official based on the provisions of the National Civil Service Act (Act No. 120 of 1947).

Article 79-13Beyond what is provided for in this Act, the Act on the Government Pension Investment Fund, Independent Administrative Agency (Act No. 105 of 2004), the National Public Officers Mutual Aid Association Act, the Pension Fund Association for Local Government Officials, and the Act on the Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation for Private Schools of Japan (Act No. 48 of 1997) govern the investment of reserves.

Article 79-14Beyond as provided in this Chapter, Cabinet Order provides for the necessary particulars in connection with the investment of reserves.

Article 80(1)In each fiscal year, the national treasury bears an amount equal to one-half of the amount of basic pension contributions that is to be borne by the government as an executor of employees' pension insurance.

(2)In addition to the expenses prescribed in the preceding paragraph, in each fiscal year, the national treasury bears the required expenses for the performance (excluding performance by the implementing organizations (other than the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare)) of administrative functions related to employees' pension insurance services (including administrative functions connected with the bearing of basic pension contributions; the same applies in the following paragraph) within the limit of budget.

(3)Beyond as provided in this Act, the burden of basic pension contributions to be paid by the implementing organizations (other than the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) and the expenses needed for the performance of administrative functions by the implementing organizations are governed by the Acts on mutual aid.

Article 81(1)The government and the implementing organizations collect insurance premiums for allocation to the expenses needed for employees' pension insurance services (including basic pension contributions).

(2)The government and the implementing organizations are to collect insurance premiums for each month that forms a basis for calculating an insured period.

(3)The amount of insurance premiums is the amount arrived at when the insurance premium rate is multiplied by the standardized monthly amount of remuneration and by the standardized amount of bonuses.

(4)For insurance premiums in the months set forth in the left-hand column of the following table, the insurance premium rate is the corresponding rate shown in the right-hand column of that table:

Article 81-2(1)Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, if the employer of a place of business at which an insured on childcare/parental leave (excluding an insured to whom the provisions of the following Article are applicable) is employed has filed a request with the implementing organization as specified by order of the competent ministry, the insured's insurance premiums are not collected during the period from the month that includes the day on which the insured's childcare/parental leave begins until the month before the month that includes the day after the insured's childcare/parental leave end date.

(2)When the provisions of the preceding paragraph are applied to a category II EPI insured or a category III EPI insured, the phrase "the employer of a place of business at which an insured on childcare/parental leave (excluding an insured to whom the provisions of the following Article are applicable) is employed" in that paragraph is deemed to be the phrase "an insured on childcare/parental leave (excluding an insured to whom the provisions of the following Article are applicable)".

Article 81-2-2(1)Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 81, paragraph (2), if the employer of the place of business at which an insured on maternity leave is employed has filed a request with the implementing organization as specified in the order of the competent ministry, the insured's insurance premiums are not collected during the period from the month that includes the day on which the maternity leave begins until the month before the month that includes the day after the maternity leave end date.

(2)When the provisions of the preceding paragraph are applied to a category II EPI insured or a category III EPI insured, the phrase "the employer of a place of business at which an insured on maternity leave is employed" in that paragraph is deemed to be the phrase "an insured on maternity leave".

Article 81-3Deleted (Act No. 63 of June 2013)

Article 82(1)The insured and the employer employing the insured each bear half the cost of the insurance premiums.

(2)An employer has the obligation to pay the insurance premiums borne by the insureds it employs and those that it bears itself.

(3)If an insured is employed by two or more places of business or ships at the same time, the amount of insurance premiums that is to be borne by each employer and the obligation to pay insurance premiums is as prescribed by Cabinet Order.

(4)When the provisions of paragraph (1) are applied to a category II EPI insured, the phrase "the employer employing the insured each bear half the cost of the insurance premiums" in that paragraph is deemed to be the phrase "the employer (including an employee organization as provided for in Article 99 paragraph (6) of the National Public Officers Mutual Aid Association Act and other persons specified by Cabinet Order) employing the insured each bear half the cost of the insurance premiums, as specified by Cabinet Order".

(5)When the provisions of paragraph (1) are applied to a category III EPI insured, the phrase "the employer employing the insured each bear half the cost of the insurance premiums" in that paragraph is deemed to be the phrase "the employer (including a prefecture who bears the salary pursuant to the provisions of Article 1 or Article 2 of the Act on Sharing of Salaries for Personnel of Municipal Schools (Act No. 135 of 1948)) employing the insured each bear half the cost of the insurance premiums, as specified by Cabinet Order".

Article 83(1)The insurance premiums for each month must be paid by the last day of the following month.

(2)If the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare has learned that the amount of insurance premiums for which a payment notice has been issued exceeds the amount of insurance premiums that the person obligated to pay is to pay, or has learned that an amount of insurance premiums that was paid exceeds the amount of insurance premiums that the person obligated to pay was to pay, the payment notice for the portion in excess may be deemed to have been issued with a payment due date that was moved forward, or the payment of the portion in excess may be deemed to have been made for a payment due date that was moved forward, for any insurance premiums that are to be paid by a due date within the six months after the day following the date of the payment notice or the date of the payment.

(3)If it is deemed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph that a payment notice has been issued or a payment has been made for a payment due date that was moved forward, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must notify the person obligated to pay to that effect.

Article 83-2If a person obligated to pay files a request indicating that the person wishes to entrust insurance premium payments made by withdrawing cash from the person's deposits or savings to the financial institution with which the person has a deposit or savings account, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may approve the request only if it is found that payments will be reliable and that the approval of the request will be beneficial to the collection of insurance premiums.

Article 84(1)If remuneration is paid to an insured in currency, the employer may deduct the insurance premiums that the insured is to bear in connection with the previous month's standardized monthly amount of remuneration (or, if the insured ceased to be employed by that place of business or ship, the insurance premiums that the insured is to bear in connection with the previous and current months' standardized monthly amounts of remuneration) from the insured's remuneration.

(2)If a bonus is paid to an insured in currency, the employer may deduct from the relevant bonus the amount equal to the insurance premiums that the insured is to bear in connection with the standardized amount of the bonus.

(3)If an employer deducts insurance premiums pursuant to the preceding two paragraphs, it must prepare a calculation sheet concerning the deduction of the insurance premiums and notify the relevant insured of the amount deducted.

Article 84-2Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 81-2, paragraph (1), Article 81-2-2, paragraph (1), Article 82, paragraph (2) and paragraph (3), and the provisions of the preceding three Articles, the collection, payment, and deduction of insurance premiums associated with a category II EPI insured, a category III EPI insured, or a category IV EPI insured is as prescribed by the Acts on mutual aid.

Article 84-3Pursuant to Cabinet Order, every fiscal year, the government delivers as a subsidy to the relevant implementing organization (other than the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare; the same applies hereinafter in this Article, in Article 84-5, Article 84-6, Article 84-8, and Article 84-9) an amount calculated as constituting the things that Cabinet Order specifies as the needed expenses for the insurance benefits under the provisions of this Act for each implementing organization and the expenses for the things that Cabinet Order prescribes as benefits that are equivalent to these for each implementing organization (hereinafter referred to as "expenses for EPI benefits and their equivalent").

Article 84-4Pursuant to Cabinet Order, every fiscal year, the Pension Fund Association for Local Government Officials delivers as a subsidy to the relevant mutual aid association of prefectural government employees an amount calculated as constituting the expenses for EPI benefits and their equivalent for each mutual aid association of local government officials (or, for the National Federation of Mutual Aid Associations for Municipal Personnel, in the case of mutual aid associations for designated city personnel, mutual aid associations for municipal personnel, and mutual aid associations for city personnel,; the same applies hereinafter in this Article and Article 84-7).

Article 84-5(1)An implementing organization pays contributions every fiscal year.

(2)The amount arrived at when the total amount of contributions paid by implementing organizations pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph and the total amount constituting the part of basic pension contributions that represents insurance premiums (meaning the amount calculated when an amount equivalent to one-half the amount of basic pension contributions provided for in Article 80, paragraph (1), Article 99, paragraph (4), item (ii) of the National Public Officers Mutual Aid Association Act, Article 113, paragraph (4), item (ii) of the Local Public Officers, etc. Mutual Aid Association Act, or Article 135, paragraph (1) of the Private School Personnel Mutual Aid Association Act is deducted from the basic pension contributions; the same applies in paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) of the following Article and Article 23, paragraph (2), item (i) of Supplementary Provisions) borne or paid by the government and the implementing organizations are deducted from the amount used to calculate contributions prescribed in paragraph (1) of the following Article is borne by the national government which is an executor of employees' pension insurance.

(3)When the current budget status and projections report is compiled, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to calculate the estimated amount in the future with regard to the contributions to be paid by implementing organizations pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) and the burden of the national government under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

Article 84-6(1)The amount of contributions paid by an implementing organization pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article is the amount calculated when the amount constituting the part of basic pension contributions that represents insurance premiums that the implementing organization pays is deducted from the sum total of the amounts arrived at when the amount used to calculate contributions for the relevant fiscal year is multiplied by each of the rates set forth in the following items:

(2)The amount used to calculate contributions referred to in the preceding paragraph is the amount calculated when the total amount constituting the part of basic pension contributions that represents insurance premiums borne or paid by the government and the implementing organizations in the relevant fiscal year is added to the total amount of expenses for EPI benefits and their equivalent in the relevant fiscal year.

(3)The standardized remuneration allocation rate referred to in paragraph (1), item (i) is the rate arrived at when the rate set forth in item (i) is multiplied by the rate set forth in item (ii).

(4)The reserves allocation rate referred to in paragraph (1), item (ii) is the rate arrived at when the rate set forth in item (i) is multiplied by the rate set forth in item (ii).

(5)Before establishing the Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare prescribed in the item of paragraph (3) and item (i) of the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must consult with the minister with administrative jurisdiction over the implementing organization.

Article 84-7Pursuant to Cabinet Order, every fiscal year, a mutual aid association of local government officials bears the part of the amount of the contributions to be paid by the Pension Fund Association for Local Government Officials that constitutes the amount calculated as specified by Cabinet Order as equivalent to the amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article.

Article 84-8(1)The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may request, through the minister with administrative jurisdiction over an implementing organization, that the implementing organization report the total amount of standardized remuneration at the implementing organization and other particulars specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

(2)An implementing organization, as specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, is to report as referred to in the preceding paragraph through the minister with administrative jurisdiction over that implementing organization.

(3)As prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, an implementing organization is to report to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare through the minister with administrative jurisdiction over that implementing organization with regard to the particulars that Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare prescribes as being necessary for the purpose of calculation of the estimated amount set forth in Article 84-5, paragraph (3).

(4)The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, as prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, is to report to the minister with administrative jurisdiction over the implementing organization with regard to the estimated amount set forth in Article 84-5, paragraph (3) and the particulars prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in relation to this.

(5)The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, when establishing the Order set forth in each of the preceding paragraphs, must consult with the minister with administrative jurisdiction over the implementing organization.

Article 84-9The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, on finding it to be necessary to do so with regard to the application of the provisions of Article 84-3 through the preceding Article, may request that the minister with administrative jurisdiction over an implementing organization issue the necessary supervisory orders in connection with the reports referred to in paragraph (1) of that Article for that implementing organization, or have the relevant official audit the business status of the relevant implementing organization.

Article 84-10Beyond as provided in Article 84-3 through the preceding Article, Cabinet Order provides for the necessary particulars in connection with the delivery of subsidies and the payment of contributions.

Article 85In the cases set forth in the following items, insurance premiums may be collected even before the payment due date:

Article 86(1)If a person has failed to pay insurance premiums or other monies to be collected under the provisions of this Act, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must designate a due date and demand that those monies be paid; provided, however, that this does not apply if insurance premiums are collected pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article.

(2)When seeking to issue a demand pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare issues a written demand to the person obligated to pay.

(3)If the person obligated to pay is a person being issued a demand pursuant to the provisions of Article 180 of the Health Insurance Act, the written demand under the provisions of the preceding paragraph may be issued by inclusion in a written demand under the provisions of that Article of that Act.

(4)The due date designated in a written demand as referred to in paragraph (2) must be a day that falls at least 10 days after the date of issuance of the written demand; provided, however, that this does not apply in a case that falls under one of the items of the preceding Article.

(5)If a person obligated to pay falls under one of the following items, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may dispose of this as per the rules on measures to collect national tax arrears, or may request that the municipality (including a special ward, and in the case of a designated city under Article 252-19 paragraph (1) of the Local Autonomy Act (Act No. 67 of 1947), the ward or administratively consolidated ward; the same applies hereinafter) in which the place of residence or the assets of the person obligated to pay are located, so dispose:

(6)If a municipality has been requested to carry out a disposition under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the municipality may dispose of this as per the rules on municipal taxes. In such a case, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must deliver an amount equal to 4 percent of the monies collected to the municipality in question.

Article 87(1)Having issued a demand for payment pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare collects delinquency charges calculated by multiplying the amount of insurance premiums by an interest rate of 14.6% per annum (or 7.3% per annum for the period from the day after the due date until the last day in the three-month period thereafter), depending on the number of days in the period from the day after the due date until the day before insurance premiums are paid in full or the day before assets are seized; provided, however, that this does not apply in a case as referred to in one of the following items or if there are acknowledged to be compelling grounds for the arrears:

(2)In a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph, if a part of the amount of insurance premiums has been paid, the amount of insurance premiums that forms the basis for calculating delinquency charges for the period on and after the day of the partial payment is the original amount of the insurance premiums minus the amount thus paid.

(3)In calculating delinquency charges, the amount of insurance premiums are rounded down to the nearest thousand yen.

(4)If insurance premiums are paid in full by the due date designated in the demand letter, or if the amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs is less than 100 yen, delinquency charges are not collected.

(5)Delinquency charges are rounded down to the nearest hundred yen.

(6)The monies to be collected under the provisions of Article 40-2 are deemed to be insurance premiums for the purpose of the application of the provisions of the preceding paragraphs. This being the case, the phrase "14.6% per annum (or 7.3% per annum for the period from the day after the due date until the last day in the three-month period thereafter)" in paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "14.6% per annum".

Article 87-2Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding three Articles, advance collection of insurance premiums, demands for insurance premiums or other monies to be collected pursuant to the provisions of this Act, measures to collect arrears, and collection of delinquency charges from a category II EPI insured, category III EPI insured, or category IV EPI insured are governed by the Acts on mutual aid.

Article 88The ordinal position among statutory liens of insurance premiums and other monies to be collected under the provisions of this Act is following national taxes and local taxes.

Article 89Unless otherwise provided for in this Act, insurance premiums and other monies to be collected under the provisions of this Act are collected as per the rules for the collection of national taxes.

Article 89-2The provisions of the preceding two Articles do not apply to the insurance premiums and other monies to be collected under the provisions of this Act for a category II EPI insured, category III EPI insured, or category IV EPI insured.

Article 90(1)A person objecting to a disposition taken by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare concerning status as an insured, standardized remuneration, or insurance benefits may file a request for administrative review with a social insurance examiner and, if the person objects to the decision thereby, may file a request for re-examination with the Social Insurance Examination Committee; provided, however, that this does not apply to a decision under the provisions of Article 28-4, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2).

(2)A person objecting to a disposition taken by a person as set forth in one of the following items concerning status as an insured or insurance benefits may file a request for administrative review with the person prescribed in that item:

(3)If no decision has been reached within the two months after the date on which a person has filed a request for administrative review as referred to in paragraph (1), the requester may deem the social insurance examiner to have denied the request for administrative review.

(4)Requests for administrative review as referred to in paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) and requests for re-examination as referred to in paragraph (1) are deemed to constitute legal claims, as it concerns the renewal of prescription.

(5)Once a disposition concerning a person's status as an insured or standardized remuneration has become final and binding, an objection to that disposition may not be used as the grounds for an objection to a disposition concerning insurance benefits that is based thereupon.

(6)Beyond what is specified in paragraph (2), paragraph (4), and the preceding paragraph, requests for administrative review of dispositions provided for in paragraph (2) are as prescribed by the Acts on mutual aid.

Article 91(1)A person objecting to a disposition taken by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in the imposition or collection of insurance premiums or other monies to be collected under the provisions of this Act or objecting to a disposition under the provisions of Article 86, may file a request for administrative review with the Social Insurance Examination Committee.

(2)A person objecting to a disposition taken by a person as set forth in paragraph (2), item (i) or item (ii) of the preceding Article in the imposition or collection of insurance premiums or other monies to be collected under the provisions of this Act may file a request for administrative review with the person provided for in that item.

(3)A person objecting to a disposition taken by a person as set forth in paragraph (2), item (iii) of the preceding Article in the imposition or collection of insurance premiums or other monies to be collected under the provisions of this Act or objecting to a demand for payment or a disposition as per the rules on measures to collect national tax arrears may file a request for administrative review with the person provided for in that item.

(4)Beyond as specified in the preceding two paragraphs, requests for administrative review as referred to in the preceding two paragraphs are as prescribed by the Acts on mutual aid.

Article 91-2The provisions of Chapter II (excluding Article 22) and Chapter IV of the Administrative Appeals Act (Act No. 68 of 2014) do not apply to a request for administrative review as referred to in the preceding two Articles or to a request for re-examination as referred to in Article 90, paragraph (1) concerning a disposition provided for in Article 90, paragraph (1) or in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article.

Article 91-3A person may not bring an action to rescind a disposition provided for in Article 90, paragraph (1) until after a decision has been rendered by the Social Insurance Examination Committee on a request for administrative review of the disposition.

Article 92(1)The right to collect insurance premiums and other monies to be collected under the provisions of this Act and the right to receive a refund thereof are extinguished by prescription once two years have passed, and the right to receive insurance benefits (including the right to receive insurance benefits that are paid, based on the relevant right, in each payment month or as a lump sum; the same applies in paragraph (4)) is extinguished by prescription once five years have passed.

(2)The period of prescription of the right to receive pension insurance benefits does not run during any time in which the payment of the entire amount of pension insurance benefits has been suspended.

(3)Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 153 of the Civil Code (Act No. 89 of 1896), payment notices for insurance premiums and other monies to be collected under the provisions of this Act and demands for payment under the provisions of Article 86, paragraph (1) have the effect of renewing prescription.

(4)The provisions of Article 31 of the Public Accounting Act (Act No. 35 of 1947) do not apply to the right to receive pension insurance benefits.

Article 93Unless otherwise provided for in this Act, the provisions of the Civil Code concerning periods of time apply mutatis mutandis to the calculation of periods of time provided for in this Act and orders issued hereunder.

Article 94Deleted.

Article 95A mayor of municipality may provide free certification to the implementing organization or to the beneficiary, in connection with the family register of an insured, former insured, or a beneficiary, as prescribed by the relevant municipal ordinance.

Article 96(1)On finding it to be necessary to do so, an implementing organization may order a beneficiary of pension insurance benefits to submit documents or other items in connection with the particulars related to the beneficiary's family relationships, severity of a disability, extinguishment of a right to benefits, revision of the amount of pension, or the suspension of its payment, and may have a competent official question the beneficiary regarding those particulars.

(2)The competent official who carries out questioning pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must carry identification and present it if requested by the person concerned.

Article 97(1)On finding that it is necessary to do so, an implementing organization may order that a child who has the right to receive pension insurance benefits due to having a disability of a degree of severity that is classified as any disability grade or to whose pension an amount is added pursuant to the provisions of Article 44, paragraph (1) due to the child having a disability of a degree of severity that is classified as any disability grade be diagnosed by a medical doctor designated by the Minister, and may have a competent official diagnose the severity of the disability of the child.

(2)The provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to diagnosis by a competent official under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

Article 98(1)As prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare, an employer must file a notification with the Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare of the particulars prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, beyond those that are otherwise provided for in Article 27.

(2)As prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, an insured must file a notification with the Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare of, or report to the employer thereof, the particulars prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

(3)As prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, a beneficiary or the householder or any other member of the family to which the beneficiary belongs must file a notification with the Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare of the particulars prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and must submit thereto the documents and other items prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

(4)If a beneficiary has died, the person obligated to report the beneficiary's death pursuant to the provisions of the Family Registration Act (Act No. 224 of 1947) must file a notification of this with the Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare within 10 days; provided, however, that this does not apply if that person has filed a death notification under the provisions of that Act for the death of a beneficiary as provided by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (limited to the cases provided for by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare).

(5)The provisions of each of the preceding paragraphs do not apply to a category II EPI insured, category III EPI insured, or category IV EPI insured; the employer of any such person; or a beneficiary of insurance benefits based on a category II EPI insured period, category III EPI insured period, or category IV EPI insured period.

Article 99(1)The relevant person, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, may have an employer carry out part of the administrative functions that are necessary for the implementation of employees' pension insurance.

(2)The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply to the employer of a category II EPI insured, category III EPI insured, or category IV EPI insured.

Article 100(1)On finding it to be necessary to do so in connection with a decision on a person's status as an insured, standardized remuneration, insurance premiums, or insurance benefits, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may order the employer to submit documents and other items or may have a competent official enter into the place of business and question those concerned or inspect books, documents and other items.

(2)The provisions of Article 96, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to questioning and inspection under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

(3)The authority under the provisions of paragraph (1) must not be interpreted as being conferred for a criminal investigation.

(4)The provisions of the preceding three paragraphs do not apply to a category II EPI insured, category III EPI insured, or category IV EPI insured; nor do they apply to the employer of such a person.

Article 100-2(1)Implementing organizations are to provide one another with the particulars of persons' statuses as insureds, the particulars of standardized remuneration, the payment status of insurance benefits to insureds, and other information necessary for conducting the business of the implementing organizations.

(2)On finding it to be necessary to do so in connection with a person's status as an insured, standardized remuneration, or insurance premiums, an implementing organization may request a public agency (other than an implementing organization) to provide necessary materials on the name and address of a corporation's place of business and other particulars.

(3)On finding it to be necessary to do so in connection with a disposition involving pension insurance benefits, an implementing organization may request the agency in charge of the system of these benefits to submit the necessary materials concerning the payment status of pension insurance benefits under the National Pension Act that are to be paid to a beneficiary, or concerning the payment status of benefits set forth in the Cabinet Order as prescribed in Article 46, paragraph (6) that are to be paid to the spouse of the beneficiary.

(4)On finding it to be necessary to do so in connection with a disposition involving pension insurance benefits, an implementing organization may request the Chairperson of the House of Representatives, the Chairperson of the House of Councillors, or the chairperson of the assembly of the local governments to submit the necessary materials.

(5)On finding it to be necessary to do so in connection with a person's status as a category I EPI insured or in connection with the standardized remuneration or insurance premiums of a category I EPI insured, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may ask a public agency, the Health Insurance Society, or the National Health Insurance Society to submit the necessary materials on the name and address, individual number (meaning the individual number provided for in Article 2, paragraph (5) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures (Act No. 27 of 2013)), dates of acquisition and forfeiture of status, employment status, or income status of a person who is or was a category I EPI insured (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as a "current or former insured") or of a person who is or was an insured covered by health insurance or national health insurance, or other particulars; or may ask a bank, trust company, or other such institution, or the employer or other relevant person to report those particulars.

Article 100-3(1)Pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, an implementing organization (excluding the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare; the same applies hereinafter in this Article), through the minister with administrative jurisdiction over that implementing organization, is to report to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare the particulars specified by Order of the Ministry the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare as necessary for the calculation of the average standardized amount of remuneration provided for in Article 43-2, paragraph (1), item (ii), (a).

(2)Pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to report the average standardized amount of remuneration provided for in the preceding paragraph and the particulars related to this that are specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, to the minister with administrative jurisdiction over an implementing organization.

Article 100-3-2(1)Pursuant to Cabinet Order, an implementing organization is to conduct a part of the administrative functions to be handled by another implementing organization, for the purpose of contributing to the enhanced convenience of insureds, beneficiaries, and other such persons.

(2)Order of the competent ministry provides for the necessary particulars in connection with the liaison and coordination among implementing organizations in a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph.

Article 100-3-3(1)The competent ministers referred to in Chapter IV-II and paragraph (3) of this Article are the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare; the Minister of Finance; the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications; and the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

(2)In this Act, order of the competent ministry means an order that the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare; the Minister of Finance; the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; or a competent minister under the provisions of Article 144-29, paragraph (1) of the Local Public Officers, etc. Mutual Aid Association Act issues pursuant to Cabinet Order; provided, however, that the orders of the competent ministry set forth in the following items are as prescribed respectively in those items:

(3)Before establishing, amending, or repealing an order of the competent ministry set forth in item (i) of the preceding paragraph the minister with jurisdiction is to consult with the competent ministers in advance.

Article 100-3-4For national public officers in regular service provided for in Article 2 of the National Public Service Act, employees' pension insurance is a part of the pension system provided for in Article 107 of the National Public Service Act; for local civil servants in regular government service provided for in Article 3 of the Local Public Service Act (Act No. 261 of 1950), employees' pension insurance is a part of the mutual aid system provided for in Article 43 of the Local Public Service Act.

Article 100-4(1)The administrative functions associated with the following authorities of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare are entrusted to JPS; provided, however, that this does not prevent the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare from being the one to exercise the authority under items (xxxii) through (xxxiv) and items (xxxvi) through (xxxviii):

(2)If JPS finds it to be necessary to do so in order to effectively undertaking the administrative functions associated with dispositions as per the rules on measures to collect national tax arrears provided for in item (xxix) of the preceding paragraph or the authority provided for in item (xxxi) of that paragraph (hereinafter referred to as "measures to collect arrears and related authority") or other authority provided for in the items of that paragraph and prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, JPS may provide the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare with the information necessary to exercise that authority and ask that the Minister be the one to exercise that authority, as prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

(3)If a request is made pursuant to the preceding paragraph and the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds it to be necessary to do so, or if the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds it to be difficult or inappropriate for JPS to carry out the whole or a part of the administrative functions associated with the authority provided for in the items of paragraph (1) due to a natural disaster or other reasons, the Minister is to be the one to exercise the whole or a part of the authority provided for in the items of that paragraph.

(4)Before the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare either decides to be the one to exercise the whole or a part of the authority provided for in the items of paragraph (1), pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, or decides not to exercise the whole or a part of the authority provided for in the items of paragraph (1) that the Minister has been the one exercising pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph (other than in cases provided for in the following paragraph), the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must first issue public notice of this.

(5)With regard to measures to collect arrears and related authority that the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare has decided to be the one to carry out pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3), if the person who will be the subject of measures to collect arrears and related authority that the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare has taken over from JPS has been specified, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must notify that person that the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare will undertake the measures to collect arrears and related authority involving that person and of any other particulars prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

(6)Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare provides for the handing over of the administrative functions associated with the authority set forth in the items of paragraph (1) and any other necessary particulars for cases in which the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare either decides to be the one to exercise the whole or a part of the authority provided for in the items of paragraph (1), pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3), or decides not to exercise the whole or a part of the authority provided for in the items of paragraph (1) that the Minister has been the one exercising pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3).

(7)Beyond as provided in each of the preceding paragraphs, Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare provides for the necessary particulars in connection with JPS's implementation of the administrative functions associated with the authority provided for in the items of paragraph (1) and in connection with the exercise, by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, of the authority provided for in the items of that paragraph.

Article 100-5(1)If, pursuant to paragraph (3) of the preceding Article, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare has decided to be the one to undertake the whole or apart of the measures to collect arrears and related authority and the authority set forth in paragraph (1), item (xxx) of that Article, but, because it is likely that a person obligated to pay in connection with what is prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare among the authority in question and the authorities prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare provided for in that item (hereinafter referred to in this Article as a "measures to collect arrears, related authority, and other such dispositions"), has concealed assets with the purpose of evading the execution of the measures to collect arrears, related authority, and other such dispositions or because of the existence of any other circumstances prescribed by Cabinet Order, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds it to be necessary to do so in order to effectively carry out the collection of insurance premiums or any other monies to be collected under the provisions of this Act, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, as prescribed by Cabinet Order, may provide the Minister of Finance with information on the person obligated to pay and with any other necessary information, and delegate the whole or a part of the authority for the measures to collect arrears, related authority, and other such dispositions involving the person obligated to pay to the Minister of Finance.

(2)If the Minister of Finance has exercised the whole or a part of the authority for measures to collect arrears, related authority, and other such dispositions under the delegation referred to in the preceding paragraph, the minister is to report the status of execution and the results of the measures to collect arrears, related authority, and other such dispositions to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare as prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

(3)The provisions of paragraph (5) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to notices issued by the Minister of Finance if the Minister exercises the whole or a part of the authority in measures to collect arrears, related authority, and other such dispositions under the delegation referred to in paragraph (1). Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare provides for the necessary technical replacement of terms in such a case and for any other necessary particulars in connection with notices issued to the person who will be the subject of the measures to collect arrears, related authority, and other such dispositions in such a case.

(4)Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare provides for the handing over of the administrative functions associated with the authority for measures to collect arrears, related authority, and other such dispositions and for any other necessary particulars for cases in which the Minister of Finance either decides to exercise the whole or a part of the authority in measures to collect arrears, related authority, and other such dispositions under the delegation referred to in paragraph (1), or decides not to exercise the whole or a part of the authority in measures to collect arrears, related authority, and other such dispositions that the Minister has been exercising under the delegation referred to that paragraph.

(5)The Minister of Finance delegates authority that has been delegated thereto pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), authority under paragraph (2), and authority under the provisions of paragraph (5) of the preceding Article as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (3), to the Commissioner of the National Tax Agency.

(6)The Commissioner of the National Tax Agency, as prescribed by Cabinet Order, may delegate the whole or a part of the authority that has been delegated thereto pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph to the commissioner of the regional taxation bureau with jurisdiction over the locality of the place of business or office of a person obligated to pay.

(7)The commissioner of a regional taxation bureau, as prescribed by Cabinet Order, may delegate the whole or a part of the authority that has been delegated thereto pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph to the district director of the tax office with jurisdiction over the locality of the place of business or office of a person obligated to pay.

Article 100-6(1)When JPS undertakes measures to collect arrears and related authority, in addition to obtaining the authorization of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in advance, it must have collection officials undertake measures to collect arrears and related authority in accordance with the operative regulations for measures to collect arrears and related authority provided for in paragraph (1) of the following Article.

(2)The collection officials referred to in the preceding paragraph are appointed by the president of JPS with the authorization of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, from among JPS officials with knowledge in the laws and regulations concerning measures to collect arrears and related authority, and with the necessary knowledge and abilities for practical operations.

(3)Having undertaken measures to collect arrears and related authority, JPS must report the results to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare without delay, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

Article 100-7(1)JPS must establish regulations for implementing measures to collect arrears and related authority (hereinafter referred to in this Article as "operative regulations for measures to collect arrears and related authority") and have them authorized by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare. The same applies if it seeks to revise them.

(2)In the operative regulations for measures to collect arrears and related authority, JPS must specify the timing of seizures, the way of selecting assets to seize, and other particulars prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as being necessary for ensuring fair and reliable execution of measures to collect arrears and related authority.

(3)If the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds that the operative regulations for measures to collect arrears and related authority authorized thereby as referred to in paragraph (1) have become inappropriate in terms of the fair and reliable execution of measures to collect arrears and related authority, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may order JPS to revise its operative regulations for measures to collect arrears and related authority.

Article 100-8(1)Before carrying out administrative functions associated with the authority provided for in Article 100-4, paragraph (1), item (xxxiii), item (xxxiv) or item (xxxvi), JPS must first obtain the authorization of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.

(2)To apply the provisions of Article 77, item (i), Article 96, Article 97, and Article 100, paragraph (1) to a case in which JPS carries out administrative functions associated with the authority provided for in Article 100-4, paragraph (1), item (xxxiii), item (xxxiv), or item (xxxvi), the phrase "competent official" in these provisions is deemed to be replaced with "JPS official".

Article 100-9(1)The authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare provided for in this Act (excluding the authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare provided for in Article 100-5, paragraph (1) and paragraph (2)) may be delegated to the director-general of a regional bureau of health and welfare pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (or pursuant to Cabinet Order, in the case of the authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare provided for in Article 28-4).

(2)The authority delegated to the director-general of a regional bureau of health and welfare pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph may be delegated to the director-general of a regional branch bureau of health and welfare pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (or pursuant to Cabinet Order, in the case of the authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare provided for in Article 28-4).

(3)If, pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), the authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare provided for in Article 28-4 has been delegated to the director-general of a regional bureau of health and welfare (or if, pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare provided for in that Article has been delegated to the director-general of a regional branch bureau of health and welfare), the phrase "the Social Security Council" in paragraph (3) of that Article is deemed to be the phrase "the council specified by Cabinet Order which is established in the regional bureau of health and welfare".

Article 100-10(1)The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to have JPS carry out the following administrative functions:

(2)If the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds that it has become difficult or inappropriate for JPS to implement the whole or a part of the administrative functions set forth in one of the items of the preceding paragraph due to a natural disaster or for any other reason, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to be the one to carry out the whole or a part of the administrative functions set forth in the items of that paragraph.

(3)Beyond as provided for in the preceding two paragraphs, Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare provides for any other necessary particulars in connection with JPS's or the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare's implementation of the administrative functions provided for in the items of paragraph (1).

Article 100-11(1)Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Public Accounting Act (Act No. 35 of 1947), the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, pursuant to Cabinet Order, may have JPS undertake the receipt, in the cases provided for by Cabinet Order, of insurance premiums and other monies to be collected under the provisions of this Act, monies returned due to overpayment of pension insurance benefits, and any other monies prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (hereinafter referred to in this Article as "insurance premiums and other such monies").

(2)The JPS officials undertaking the receipt of monies paid over as referred to in the preceding paragraph are appointed by the President of JPS with the authorization of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, from among JPS officials with knowledge in the laws and regulations concerning the receipt of monies paid over and the knowledge and abilities necessary for practical operations.

(3)Having received insurance premiums or other such monies pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), JPS must send these to the Bank of Japan without delay.

(4)JPS is to report the implementation status of administrative functions related to the receipt of monies paid over and the results thereof to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare as prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

(5)Beyond as provided for in the preceding two paragraphs, JPS must undertake the receipt of monies paid over in accordance with the regulations on implementation of administrative functions related to receipt of monies paid over that are established by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.

(6)Beyond as provided in each of the preceding paragraphs, Cabinet Order provides for the necessary particulars regarding receipt of insurance premiums and other such monies.

Article 100-12Pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, JPS is to provide the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare with the particulars of persons' statuses as insureds, the particulars of standardized remuneration, and other necessary information related to the exercise of the authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.

Article 100-13The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare and JPS must undertake the necessary exchanges of information and otherwise ensure close coordination between themselves so that employees' pension insurance services are performed properly and smoothly.

Article 100-14With the cooperation of JPS, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to provide the officials of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare who are engaged in the administrative functions connected with employees' pension insurance services with the necessary training to acquire and improve knowledge and skills necessary to ensure appropriate and smooth operation of the those functions.

Article 100-15When a Cabinet Order is enacted, amended, or repealed based on this Act, any necessary transitional measures may be prescribed by Cabinet Order to the extent judged to be reasonably necessary for its enactment, amendment, or repeal.

Article 101Except as otherwise provided for in this Act, Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, or order of the competent ministry prescribes the procedures for implementing this Act and other necessary detailed rules regarding its enforcement.

Article 102If an employer falls under one of the following items without a legitimate reason therefor, the employer is subject to imprisonment for a period of not more than six months or a fine of not more than 500,000 yen:

Article 103If, in violation of the provisions of Article 100, paragraph (1), a person other than an employer has failed to answer the questions of a competent official or has given a false statement to that official, or has refused, disrupted, or evaded that official's inspection, the person is subject to imprisonment for a period of not more than six months or a fine of not more than 300,000 yen.

Article 103-2A person falling under one of the following items is subject to a fine of not more than 500,000 yen:

Article 104(1)If the representative of a corporation (this includes an association or foundation that is not a corporation but that has a designated representative or administrator; hereinafter in this Article referred to as an "association or foundation without legal personality"; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) (that representative may be an administrator of an association or foundation without legal personality) or the agent, employee, or other worker of a corporation or individual has violated one of the provisions from Article 102 through the preceding Article in connection with the business or assets of the corporation or individual, in addition to the offender being subject to punishment, the corporation or individual is also subject to the fine set forth in the relevant Article.

(2)When the provisions of the preceding paragraph apply to an association or foundation without legal personality, its representative or administrator represents it in any judicial proceedings, and legal provisions concerning criminal proceedings in which a corporation is the defendant or the suspect apply mutatis mutandis.

Article 104-2In a case falling under one of the following items, the management and investment entity officer or employee who committed the violation is subject to a fine not exceeding 200,000 yen:

Article 104-3In a case falling under either of the following items, a JPS officer is subject to a civil fine of not more than 200,000 yen:

Article 105In a case as set forth in one of the following items, a civil fine of not more than 100,000 yen is imposed: