Article 3The benefits paid to the victims to relieve their health damage from asbestos (hereinafter referred to as "the relief benefits") include those prescribed below, and the Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency of Japan (hereafter referred to as "the Agency") pays the relief benefits pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter.

Article 4(1)The agency pays medical expenses to a person who has developed a designated disease as a result of inhaling asbestos in Japan, based on their claim.

(2)The certification referred to in the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as "the certification" in this Article through Article 17) is issued by the agency based on a claim filed by the person wishing to receive medical expenses.

(3)When the agency certifies a person, the agency issues an asbestos health damage medical certificate to the person who has obtained the certification (hereinafter referred to as a "certified person").

(4)The certification becomes effective retroactive to the date on which the claim is filed.

Article 5(1)In the case where a person who filed a request for certification dies without obtaining certification even though the decease person was eligible for certification, the agency, based on a claim filed by the spouse (including a person who did not register the marriage but has been in a de fact marital relationship with the deceased person; hereinafter the same applies), a child, a parent, a grandchild, a grandparent or a sibling of the deceased person who makes a living together with the deceased person when that person died or who holds a funeral for the deceased person, is to determine that the deceased person was eligible for certification.

(2)The request referred to in the preceding paragraph may be filed within six months from the date on which the deceased person prescribed in that paragraph dies.

(3)When the agency makes the determination referred to in paragraph 1, the relief benefits are paid to the deceased person pertaining to the relevant determination on the assumption that the person had been a certified person during the period from the date on which the request for certification was filed to the date on which the person dies.

Article 6(1)The certification remains valid only during the period prescribed in the Cabinet Order which depends on the types of designated diseases (hereinafter referred to as the "validity period").

(2)In the case where the agency finds that the certified person who has developed designated disease pertaining to the certification is unlikely to recover before the validity period expires when it grants the certification, it may determine the validity period of the certification separately, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

Article 7(1)In the case where the certified person who has developed designated disease pertaining to the certification is unlikely to recover before the validity period determined pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 1 or 2 of the preceding Article expires, the certified person may file a request for renewal of the certification with the agency.

(2)In the case where the request under the provisions of the preceding paragraph is filed, if the agency finds that the certified person continues to have the designated disease pertaining to the request after the validity period expires, the agency is to renew the certification pertaining to the designated disease.

(3)The provisions of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the certification renewed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

Article 8(1)In the case where a person who is eligible to file a request under the provisions of paragraph 1 of the preceding Article fails to file the request before the validity period of the certification pertaining to the request expires due to a disaster or other unavoidable grounds, the person may file a request for renewal of the certification only within two months from the date on which the person does not have the grounds for this.

(2)In the case where a request is filed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if the agency finds the certified person continues to have the designated disease pertaining to the request thereafter, it is to renew the certification pertaining to the certification.In this case, the renewed certification becomes effective retroactive to the date after the expiration date of the validity period prescribed in that paragraph.

(3)The provisions of Article 6 apply mutatis mutandis to the certification renewed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.In this case, the term "during the period prescribed in the Cabinet Order (hereinafter referred to as 'the validity period')" in paragraph 1 of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "during the period prescribed in Cabinet Order from the day after the expiration date of the validity period prescribed in Article 8, paragraph 1."

Article 9In the case where the agency finds the certified person who has developed designated disease is recovered, it is to revoke the certification.

Article 10(1)The agency is to request that the Minister of the Environment renders a judgment concerning the matters requiring clinical judgment when it intends to grant a certification; to make a decision under the provisions of Article 5, paragraph 1; to set the validity period under the provisions of Article 6, paragraph 2 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 7, paragraph 3 or Article 8, paragraph 3); to renew a certification pursuant to the provisions of Article 7, paragraph 2, or Article 8, paragraph 2; or to revoke the certification under the provisions of the preceding Article.

(2)When a request for judgment is made pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Minister of the Environment hears the opinions of the Central Environment Council, and makes a judgment and is to notify the agency of the result.

Article 11When a certified person receives any of the following medical treatment for the designated disease pertaining to the certification by a medical institution providing services covered by health insurance or a pharmacy providing services covered by health insurance, and a hospital or clinic prescribed in Article 63, paragraph 3, item (i) of the Health Insurance Act (Act No. 70 of 1922) (including those equivalent thereto) or a pharmacy prescribed in Order of the Ministry of the Environment (excluding those whose founder notifies to the agency that they do not use the method prescribed in Article 13, paragraph 1 when billing medical service fees and making payments)( hereinafter referred to as "medical institution, etc. providing services covered by health insurance"), the agency, based on the claim filed by the certified person, pays medical expenses to the certified person. In this case, in the case where the certified person is other than the deceased person pertaining to the decision referred to in Article 5, paragraph 1, medical expenses are paid only when the relevant certified person receives medical services by presenting a asbestos health damage medical certificate.

Article 12(1)The amount of medical expenses to be paid pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article is the amount obtained by deducting the amount of medical payments which the certified person receives or was eligible to receive pursuant to the provisions of the Health Insurance Act and other Acts prescribed in Cabinet Order (hereinafter referred to as "Health Insurance Act, etc.") for the designated disease pertaining to the certification, from the amount required for the relevant medical services.

(2)The amount of expenses required for medical services referred to in the preceding paragraph is calculated using the method for calculating the amount of expenses required for medical treatment covered by health insurance, provided, however, that the amount of expenses may not exceed the amount of the actual costs.

Article 13(1)In the case where a certified person received a medical treatment provided by a medical institution, etc. providing services covered by health insurance for the designated disease pertaining to the certification by presenting an asbestos health damage medical certificate, the agency may pay the expenses to be paid by the certified person for the medical service to the medical institution, etc. providing services covered by health insurance in lieu of the certified person, to the maximum amount to be paid to the certified person as medical expenses.

(2)When the payment under the provisions of the preceding paragraph is made, the certified person is deemed to have received medical expenses.

(3)In the case where an insured person or a partner under the provisions of the Health Insurance Act, etc., who is a certified person, receives a medical treatment provided by a medical institution, etc. providing services covered by health insurance for the designated disease pertaining to the certification, the insured person does not need to pay the copayment to the medical institution, etc. providing services covered by health insurance pursuant to the provisions of the Health Insurance Act, etc. notwithstanding the provisions of the Health Insurance Act, etc., until the agency makes a determination that the agency will not make the payment under the provisions of paragraph 1 for the relevant medical treatment.

Article 14(1)When the Agency determines the amounts to pay under the provisions of paragraph 1 of the preceding Article, the agency must hear the opinions of the Examination Committee prescribed in the Act on Social Insurance Medical Fee Payment Fund (Act No. 129 of 1958), the National Health Insurance Medical Fee Examination Committee prescribed in the National Health Insurance Act (Act No. 192 of 1958), and other examination organizations related to medical treatments prescribed in Cabinet Order.

(2)The agency may entrust the services concerning the payments under the provisions of paragraph 1 of the preceding Article to the Social Insurance Medical Fee Payment Fund, the Federation of National Health Insurance Associations, and other persons prescribed in Order of the Ministry of the Environment.

Article 15(1)In the case where a certified person receives any of the medical treatments prescribed in the items of Article 11 provided by any other hospital, clinic, pharmacy or person than the medical institution, etc. providing serviced covered by health insurance in emergency situations or for any unavoidable reason, the agency may pay medical expenses to the certified person based on their claim, notwithstanding the provisions of that Article, when the agency finds it necessary to do so.

(2)In the case where a certified person other than the deceased person pertaining to the decision referred to in Article 5, paragraph 1, receives any of the medical treatment prescribed in the items of Article 11 provided by a medical institution, etc. providing serviced covered by health insurance without presenting an asbestos health damage medical certificate, if the agency finds that the certified person did not present the asbestos health damage medical certificate in emergency situations or for any other unavoidable reason, the agency may pay a medical expense to the certified person based on their claim, notwithstanding the provisions of that Article.

(3)The provisions of Article 12 apply mutatis mutandis to the calculation of amounts of medical fees referred to in the preceding two paragraphs.

(4)The claim for payments of medical expenses referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 may not be filed if two years have passed since the certified person was eligible to file the claim.

Article 16(1)The agency pays the medical treatment allowance for the amount prescribed in Cabinet Order to a certified person based on their claim.

(2)The medical treatment allowance is paid month by month, and the payment starts from the month after the month in which the claim is filed and ends in the month in which the agency does not have the reason to pay.

(3)The medical treatment allowance is paid for six terms in each year; February, April, June, August, October and December, respectively, to pay the amounts of allowance for the previous month and the month before the previous month; provided, however, that the medical treatment allowance that should have been paid in the previous month or the medical treatment allowance in the term in which the agency does not have the reason to pay, is to be paid even if the month is not the month for which the payment is to be made.

Article 17(1)The claim for payment of medical expenses and medical treatment allowance (hereinafter referred to as "medical expenses, etc.") may be filed even if the certification is not granted yet, if the request for certification has been filed.

(2)The disposition stating that medical expenses, etc. is to be paid becomes effective retroactive to the date on which the claim was filed.

Article 18(1)In the case where a person is eligible to receive medical expenses, etc. dies, if an amount of medical expenses, etc. yet remaining to be paid to the deceased person, their spouse, child, parent, grandchild, grandparent or sibling who makes a living together with the deceased person when that person died may claim the payment in their own name and receive the payment of the medical expenses, etc.

(2)The order of the persons who may receive the payment of medical expenses, etc. pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph depends on priority prescribed in that paragraph.

(3)In the case where there are two or more persons who are eligible to receive the payment of medical expenses, etc. pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 1, the claim filed by one of them is deemed to have been filed for the amount on behalf of all the persons, and the payment made to one of the persons is deemed to have been made to all the persons.

Article 19(1)When a certified person dies as a result of the designated disease pertaining to the certification, the agency pays the funeral service fee for the amount prescribed in Cabinet Order to the person who holds the funeral, based on their claim.

(2)The claim for payment of the funeral service fee referred to in the preceding paragraph may not be filed when two years have passed since the certified person died.

Article 20(1)Special condolence money for bereaved family and a special funeral service fee are paid to the bereaved family (excluding the person who is eligible to receive the payment of the special survivors benefits prescribed in Article 59, paragraph 1) of a person who developed a designated disease as a result of inhaling asbestos in Japan and died of the designated disease before the effective date (hereinafter referred to as a "person who died prior to the enforcement date").

(2)The amount of the special condolence money for bereaved family referred to in the preceding paragraph is the amount prescribed in Cabinet Order for a single payment considering the expenses of the medical treatments for the designated disease and the amount of the medical treatment allowance referred to in Article 16, paragraph 1.

(3)The amount of the special condolence money for bereaved family referred to in the preceding paragraph is the amount same as the funeral service fee referred to in paragraph 1 of the preceding Article.

Article 21(1)The bereaved family members eligible to receive the payment of the special condolence money for bereaved family and special funeral service fee (hereinafter referred to as "special survivors condolence money, etc.") set forth in paragraph 1 of the preceding Article is the spouse, child, parent, grandchild, grandparent or sibling of the person who died prior to the enforcement date who makes a living together with the person who died prior to the enforcement date when that person died.

(2)The provisions of Article 18, paragraphs 2 and 3, apply mutatis mutandis to the bereaved family members eligible to receive the payment of the special survivors condolence money, etc.

Article 22(1)The agency certifies a person eligible to receive the payment of special survivors condolence money, etc. based on the claim for payment, and pay the special survivor condolence money, etc. to the person who obtained the certification.

(2)The claim for payment of the special survivors condolence money, etc. referred to in the preceding paragraph may not be filed when three years have passed since this Act came into effect.

Article 23(1)In the case when a certified person who has developed the designated disease pertaining to the certification referred to in Article 4, paragraph 1, before the effective date dies of the designated disease within two years from the effective date, if the total amount of medical expenses and the medical treatment allowances paid to the designated disease is less than the amount of special survivors condolence money, the amount obtained by deducting the total amount from the amount of special survivors condolence money is paid to the bereaved family members of the deceased person as adjustment money for relief benefits.

(2)The agency pays the adjustment money for relief benefits referred to in the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as the "adjustment money for relief benefits") based on the claim filed by the surviving family prescribed in the preceding paragraph.

(3)The provisions of Article 19, paragraph 2 apply mutatis mutandis to the claim for payment of adjustment money for relief benefits, and the provisions of Article 21 apply mutatis mutandis to the surviving family members eligible to receive the payment of adjustment money for relief benefits.

Article 24(1)The agency may request that the Minister of the Environment makes judgment on matters requiring medical judgment when the agency intends to certify the payment of funeral service fee under the provisions of Article 19, paragraph 1, and to grant certification pursuant to the provisions of Article 22, paragraph 1.

(2)The provisions of Article 10, paragraph 2 apply mutatis mutandis when the judgment under the provision of the preceding paragraph is requested.

Article 25In the case where damage a person eligible to receive relief benefits has suffered is compensated for the same reason, the agency is exempted from the obligation to pay the relief benefits up to the amount of the compensation.

Article 26(1)In the case where the payment for any medical treatments should be made pursuant to the provisions of any other law or regulation (including prefectural or municipal ordinance) than the Health Insurance Act to a certified person for the designated disease pertaining to the certification, medical expenses are not paid up to the amount of the benefits.

(2)In the case where any benefits prescribed in Cabinet Order should be paid for the same reason among the benefits under the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act and other laws and regulations to a person eligible to receive the payment of medical treatment allowance, funeral service fee, special survivors condolence money or adjustment money for relief benefits, the amounts up to the amount equivalent to the payments of the benefits calculated pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order are not paid.

Article 27(1)In the case where a person receives payment of the relief benefits by deception or other wrongful means, the agency may collect the amount equivalent to the cost for the payment of the relief benefits in whole or in part from the person, which is governed by the same rules for national tax collection.

(2)The order of the statutory lien on the money to be collected under the provisions of the preceding paragraph comes after national tax and local tax.

Article 28A right to receive payment of the relief benefits may not be transferred, put up as collateral or seized.

Article 29A tax and other public charge may not be imposed on the money and goods received as a payment for the relief benefits based on the amount.

Article 30Beyond what is set forth in this Section, the matters necessary for the request for the certification referr4ed to in Article 4, paragraph 1, and Article 22, paragraph 1, and for the other procedures concerning the relief benefits are prescribed in Order of the Ministry of the Environment.

Article 52The agency may request a person who has obtained the certification under the provisions of Article 4, paragraph 1, or Article 22, paragraph 1 (hereinafter simply referred to as "certification," excluding the following Article), or who has been receiving the relief benefits or is going to receive it, to report or submit a document or any other items when it finds it necessary for the enforcement of the provisions of this Chapter.

Article 53The agency may order the certified person or a person who is going to be certified to undergo diagnosis by a doctor designated by the agency, when it finds it necessary for the certification of Article 4, paragraph 1 (including its renewal and rescission).

Article 54In the case where a person who is eligible to receive the relief benefits fails to report, or to submit a document or any other items without reasonable grounds when the person is requested to do so pursuant to the provisions of Article 52, or submits a false report or submits a document containing false entries, or does not obey the order under the provisions of the preceding Article without reasonable grounds, the agency may suspend the payment of the relief benefits to that person on a temporary basis.

Article 55(1)The agency may request the manager of the medical institution providing services covered by health insurance, etc. to make a necessary report or have its official conduct on-site inspection of the medical records and other books and documents of the medical institution providing services covered by health insurance, etc., with the consent of the manager, when it finds it necessary for the payment of medical expenses to the relevant medical institution providing services covered by health insurance, etc. pursuant to the provisions of Article 13, paragraph 1.

(2)The provisions of Article 45, paragraph 2 apply mutatis mutandis to the inspection under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, and the provisions of paragraph 3 of that Article to the authority under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

(3)In the case where the manager of an medical institution providing services covered by health insurance, etc. fails to comply with the request under the provisions of paragraph 1 without reasonable grounds, or makes a false report or refuses to give its consent without reasonable grounds, the agency may suspend the payment of medical expenses to the medical institution providing services covered by health insurance, etc. on a temporary basis

Article 56(1)The agency may request a person who performed the diagnosis pertaining to the request for the certification or the medical care concerning the relief benefits, the provision of medicines, or medical care, or a person that hires the former to report or submit a medical record or any other items concerning the diagnosis, medical care performed by, medicines provided by the relevant person, or have its official ask the person questions, when it finds it necessary for the certification or payment of the relief benefits.

(2)The provisions of Article 45, paragraph 2 apply mutatis mutandis to the questions under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, and the provisions of paragraph 3 of that Article to the authority under the provision of the preceding paragraph.

Article 57The Minister of the Environment may request an employer covered by the workers' accident compensation insurance, ship owner or special employer to submit necessary materials and to give an explanation when the minister finds it necessary for the enforcement of the provisions of this Chapter..

Article 58The directors, officials or the agency, or who were its directors or officials must not divulge confidential information they came to know concerning the certification and payment of the relief benefits.

Article 59(1)The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare pays the special survivors benefits to the bereaved family member of a deceased worker, etc., whose right to receive the survivors' compensation under the provisions of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act lapses due to prescription, based on the claim.

(2)The special survivors benefits set forth in the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as the "special survivor benefit") is either special survivor pension or special lump-sum benefit for bereaved family.

(3)The amount of the special survivor pension is the amount prescribed in Cabinet Order classified according to the number of the survivor having the right to receive the special survivor pension and the surviving family members eligible to receive the special survivor pension who make a living together with the survivor, considering the amount of the survivor compensation pension, etc. under the provisions of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act.

(4)The amount of the special lump-sum benefit for bereaved family is the amount prescribed in Cabinet Order prescribed according to the classes referred to in the items of Article 62, considering the lump-sum compensation for the surviving family, etc. pursuant to the provisions of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act.

(5)The claim for the payment of the special survivor pension or the special lump-sum benefit for surviving family may not be filed when three years have passed from the effective date (when three years have passed since the statutory right of the survivor to receive the special survivor pension was extinguished, if the special survivor pension to be paid pursuant to the provisions of the second sentence of Article 61, paragraph 1, or when three years have passed since the right of the survivor to receive the special survivor pension was extinguished, if the special lump-sum benefit for surviving family to be paid pursuant to the provisions of item (ii) of Article 62).

Article 60(1)The surviving family members eligible to receive the special survivor pension is the spouse, child, parent, grandchild, grandparent or sibling of the deceased worker, etc. who falls under all of the requirements prescribed in the following items.

(2)The surviving family members receive the special survivor pension according to the order, from the spouse, child, parent, grandchild, grandparent to the sibling.

(3)If there are two or more persons having the right to receive the special survivor pension, the amount thereof is the amount obtained by dividing the amount prescribed in Cabinet Order set forth in paragraph 3 of the preceding Article by the number of persons, notwithstanding the provisions of that paragraph.

Article 61(1)A right to receive the special survivor pension extinguishes when the survivor having the right falls under any of the following items.In this case, if there is no survivor listed in the same priority as the survivor having the right and there is a following survivor, the special survivor pension is paid to the following survivor.

(2)When the survivor who is eligible to receive the special survivor pension falls under any of the items of the preceding paragraph, the survivor is no longer the survivor eligible to receive the special survivor pension.

Article 62The special lump-sum benefit for surviving family is paid in any of the following cases.

Article 63(1)The surviving family members eligible to receive the special lump-sum benefit for surviving family are those prescribed below.

(2)The order of survivors who should receive the special lump-sum benefit for surviving family is as per the order referred to in the items of the preceding paragraph, and the order of those set forth in items (ii) and (iii) of that paragraph is as per the order referred to in items of that paragraph.

(3)The provisions of Article 60, paragraph 3 apply mutatis mutandis to the special lump- sum benefit for surviving family.In this case, the term "paragraph 3 of the preceding Article" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "paragraph 4 of the preceding Article."

Article 64(1)The provisions of Article 11 (excluding paragraph 2), Article 12-7, and Article 16-9, paragraph 1 of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act apply mutatis mutandis to the special survivor benefit. In this case, the term "another survivor eligible to receive the compensation pension for surviving family in the case of the compensation pension for surviving family, or another survivor eligible to receive the survivor pension in the case of the survivor pension)" Article 11, paragraph 1 of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act is deemed to be replaced with "another surviving family member eligible to receive the special survivor pension in the case of the special survivor pension);" the term "the order prescribed in paragraph 1 (the order prescribed in Article 16-2, paragraph 3 as applied mutatis mutandis to the survivor compensation pension, or the order prescribed in Article 16-2 paragraph 3 as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-4, paragraph 3 for the survivor pension)" in paragraph 3 of that Article, is deemed to be replaced with "the order prescribed in paragraph 1;" the term "the government" in Article 12-7 of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act is deemed to be replaced with the "Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare;" and the term "a worker" in Article 16-9, paragraph 1 of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act is deemed to be replaced with "a deceased worker, etc."

(2)The provisions of Article 9; Article 12, paragraph 1; Article 12-2; Article 16-2, paragraph 2; Article 16-5, paragraphs 1 and 2; and Article 16-9, paragraphs 2 and 4 of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act apply mutatis mutandis to the special survivor pension.In this case, "the month in which the reason for payment occurs" in Article 9, paragraph 1 of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act is deemed to be replaced with "the month in which the claim for payment is filed;" the term the "payment for insurance proceeds" in Article 12-1 of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act, is deemed to be replaced with "the special survivor benefit to be paid;" the term "the relevant payment for insurance proceeds" is deemed to be replaced with "the relevant special survivor benefit;" the term "a worker" in Article 16-2, paragraph 2 of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act is deemed to be replaced with "a deceased worker, etc.;" the term the " preceding paragraph," is deemed to be replaced with "Article 60, paragraph 1 of the Act on Asbestos Health Damage Relief;" the term "a worker" in Article 16-9, paragraph 2 of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act is deemed to be replaced with a "deceased worker, etc.;" and the term "extinguishes" in paragraph 4 of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "extinguishes, and if there is no survivor listed in the same priority as the survivor having the right and there is a following survivor, the special survivor pension is paid to the following survivor."

(3)The provisions of Article 16-9, paragraph 3 of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act apply mutatis mutandis to the surviving family member eligible to receive the special lump-sum benefit for surviving family.In this case, the term "the survivor compensation pension" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "the special survivor pension," and the term a "worker," in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with a "deceased worker, etc."

Article 65In the case where the survivor of a deceased worker, etc. may receive compensation for damages from the employer covered by the workers' accident compensation insurance who employed the deceased worker, etc. under the Civil Act (Act No. 89 of 1896) or any other Act, and receives the compensation for damages under the Civil Act or any other Act when the survivor should receive the special survivor benefit for the same reason, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may refrain from paying the special survivor benefit within the limits of the insured value, according to the standard established by the minister.

Article 66(1)If there is a person who receives payment of the special survivor benefit by deception or other wrongful means, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may collect the amount in whole or in part equivalent to the costs of the payment of the special survivor benefit from the relevant person.

(2)In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the payment is made based on a false report or certification granted by an employer covered by the workers' accident compensation insurance, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may order the employer covered by the workers' accident compensation insurance to pay the money to be collected of that paragraph jointly and severally with the person who received the payment.

(3)A Labor Insurance Affairs Association referred to in Article 33, paragraph 3 of the Collection Act is deemed to be an employer covered by the workers' accident compensation insurance with regard to the application of the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

(4)The provisions of Articles 26, 28, 29 and 41 of the Collection Act apply mutatis mutandis to the money to be collected pursuant to the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2. In this case, the term the "government" in Article 26 and Article 41, paragraph 2 of the Collection Act is deemed to be replaced with the "Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare."

Article 67The provisions of Articles 28 and 29 apply mutatis mutandis to the special survivor benefit.

Article 68Beyond what is set forth in this Section, the necessary matters for the payment of the special survivor benefit are prescribed in Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

Article 69(1)The costs required for the payments of the special survivor benefit are deemed to be the costs for the labor insurance activities prescribed in Article 10, paragraph 1 of the Collection Act, and the labor insurance premiums prescribed in paragraph 2 of that Article (excluding the stamp insurance premiums set forth in item (iv) of that paragraph; the same applies hereinafter) are collected to appropriate it for the costs.

(2)The provisions of the Collection Act (excluding the provisions of Article 4 and Articles 22 through 25) apply to the collection of the labor insurance premiums under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.In this case, the term "and labor welfare services" in Article 12, paragraph 2 of the Collection Act is deemed to be replaced with ", labor welfare services and the payment of the special survivor benefit set forth in Article 59, paragraph 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "special survivor benefit") of the Act on Asbestos Health Damage Relief (hereinafter referred to as the "Act on Asbestos Health Damage Relief");" the term "the amount of the costs," is deemed to be replaced with "the amount of the costs, the amount of the costs required for the payments of the special survivors benefits;" the term "is ... ;the same applies in Article 20, paragraph 1)" in paragraph 3 of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "is ... ; the same applies to Article 20, paragraph 1) and the amount of the special survivor benefit (the special lump sum benefit for surviving family paid in the case of Article 62, item (ii) of the Asbestos Relief Act, the special survivor benefit pertaining to a person who developed any of the diseases by performing specific activities for long period of time which is prescribed in Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (limited to persons prescribed in Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and designated for each business category prescribed in Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, considering the employment period, etc. in the relevant business) (referred to as the "special survivor benefit for a person who developed a specified disease" in this paragraph), and the amount of the special survivor benefit for to the Class 3 special insured person) (the amount of the special survivor pension set forth in Article 59, paragraph 2 of the Asbestos Relief Act is to be calculated as prescribed in Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare);" and the term ", the costs required for the payment of insurance proceeds to a person who developed a specified disease," is deemed to be replaced with ", the costs required for the insurance benefit pertaining to a person who developed a specified disease, the costs required for the payment of the special survivor pension referred to in Article 59, paragraph 2 of the Act on Asbestos Health Damage Relief, the costs required for the payment of the special survivor benefit for a person who developed a specified disease," and the other necessary replacement of technical terms is prescribed in Cabinet Order.

(3)The costs required for the payment of the special survivor benefit are deemed to be the costs of the payment of insurance proceeds of workers' accident compensation insurance activities under the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act, and the provisions of the Labor Insurance Special Account Act (Act No. 18 of 1972) apply to the relevant costs.In this case, the term "the costs of insurance proceeds of workers' accident insurance activities" in Article 4, paragraph 2, item (i) of that Act is deemed to be replaced with the "costs of insurance proceeds of workers' accident insurance activities (including the costs required for the payment of the special survivor benefit set forth in Article 59, paragraph 1 of the Act on Asbestos Health Damage Relief which is deemed as the costs of insurance proceeds of workers' accident insurance activities pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 3, Article 69, paragraph 3 of that Act)," and the other necessary replacement of technical terms is prescribed in Cabinet Order.

Article 70The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may request survivors pertaining to the payment of the special survivor benefit to report or to submit a document or any other items or to appear, when the minister finds it necessary for the payment of the special survivor benefit.

Article 71The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may order survivor pertaining to the payment of the special survivor benefit to undergo diagnosis by a doctor designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, when the minister finds it necessary for the payment of the special survivor benefit.

Article 72In the case where a person having the right to receive the special survivor pension fails to report, or submit a document or any other item, or fails to appear without reasonable grounds when the person is requested to do so pursuant to the provisions of Article 70, or makes a false report or submits a document containing false entries, or does not obey the order pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article without reasonable grounds, or fails to give notice under the provisions of Article 12-7 of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 64, paragraph 1 or fails to submit a document or any other item without reasonable grounds when the person is requested to do so, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may temporarily suspend the payment of the special survivor pension to the relevant person.

Article 73(1)The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may request employers covered by the workers' accident insurance, or each Labor Insurance Affairs Association of Article 33, paragraph 3 of the Collection Act, or organizations prescribed in Article 35, paragraph 1 of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act to report, or to submit a document, or to appear, when the minister finds it necessary for the payment of the special survivor benefit.

(2)The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may have its official enter a workplace of the business in which the relationship between the insured business and the workers' accident insurance has been established, or an office of Labor Insurance Affairs Association, etc. to question the person concerned or have the official inspect the books and documents and other items, when the minister finds it necessary for the payment of the special survivor benefit.

(3)The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may request a worker engaged in the business in which the relationship between the insured business and the workers' accident insurance has been established (including a person deemed as a worker engaged in the business in which the relationship between the insured business and the workers' accident insurance has been established pursuant to the provisions of Article 34, paragraph 1, item (i), Article 35, paragraph 1, item (iii) or Article 36, paragraph 1, item (i) of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act) to report, or to submit a document or any other item, when the minister finds it necessary for the payment of the special survivor benefit.

(4)The provisions of Article 45, paragraph 2 apply mutatis mutandis to the on-site inspection under the provision of paragraph 2, and the provisions of paragraph 3 of that Article apply mutatis mutandis to the authority under the provisions of paragraph 2.

Article 74(1)The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare may request a person who performed or the diagnosis or medical care of a survivor pertaining to the payment of the special survivor benefit or the provision of medicines or medical treatment to report or to show a medical record or any other item concerning the performed diagnosis, medical care, provision of medicines or medical treatment, or may have its official question the persons concerned, when the minister finds it necessary for the payment of the special survivor benefit.

(2)The provisions of Article 45, paragraph 2 apply mutatis mutandis to the questions under the provision of the preceding paragraph, and the provisions of paragraph 3 of that Article apply mutatis mutandis to the authority under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.