| Article 81-3, paragraph (1) of the pre-amendment Employees' Pension Insurance Act | employees' pension Fund | surviving employees' pension Fund prescribed in Article 3, item (xi) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, etc. for Ensuring the Soundness and Reliability of the Public Pension System (Act No. 63 of 2013; hereinafter referred to as the "2013 Amendment Act") (hereinafter referred to as an "employees' pension Fund") |
| Article 81-3, paragraph (2) of the pre-amendment Employees' Pension Insurance Act | Article 139, paragraph (7) or (8) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (9) of that Article; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph) | Article 139, paragraphs (7) through (9) |
| paragraph (7) or (8) of that Article | the months specified in the items of paragraph (7) of that Article, the months prescribed in paragraph (8) of that Article, or paragraph (9) of that Article |
| those pertaining to | those pertaining to (limited, for a member who is the subject of the application prescribed in paragraph (7) or (8) of that Article and whose period of childcare/parental leave (where a member takes two or more consecutive periods of childcare/parental leave (including a case specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as equivalent), all of them are regarded as a single period of childcare/parental leave; the same applies hereinafter) is one month or less, to the part pertaining to the standardized monthly amount of remuneration) |
| Article 85-3 of the pre-amendment Employees' Pension Insurance Act | employees' pension Fund or the Pension Fund Association | employees' pension Fund |
| Article 115, paragraph (1), item (xii) of the pre-amendment Employees' Pension Insurance Act | dissolution | dissolution (including dissolution pursuant to the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (9) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act; the same applies hereinafter except in Article 145, paragraph (1), item (iii) and Article 179, paragraph (5)) |
| Article 130, paragraph (5) of the pre-amendment Employees' Pension Insurance Act | Pension Fund Association | surviving Pension Fund Association prescribed in Article 3, item (xiii) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Pension Fund Association") or the Association prescribed in item (xv) of that Article |
| Article 131, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the pre-amendment Employees' Pension Insurance Act | Article 43, paragraph (3) | Article 43, paragraph (2) or (3) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 4 of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. to Strengthen the Functions of the Pension System (Act No. 40 of 2020; hereinafter referred to as the "2020 Amendment Act") |
| Article 131, paragraph (2) of the pre-amendment Employees' Pension Insurance Act | to a person who has filed the application | to a person who has filed the application (including that application in the case where an application under paragraph (1) of that Article 44-3 is deemed to have been made pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (5) of that Article; the Employees' Pension Insurance Act as amended bysame applies hereinafter in this paragraph) or the provisions ofapplication under Article 5 of 44-4, paragraph (1) (including that application in the 2020 Amendment Act case where an application under Article 44-4, paragraph (1) is deemed to have been made pursuant to the provisions of Article 44-3, paragraph (5) of that as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 44-4, paragraph (2); the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph) |
when the month of the applicationapplication has been filed | the month in whichwhen the application or the application was madeunder Article 44-4, paragraph (1) has been filed |
Article 43, paragraph (3)the month of the application | Article 43, paragraph (2) or (3) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 4 of the 2020 Amendment Actmonth in which those applications were made |
Article 132131, paragraph (4) and Article 1332) of the pre-amendment Employees' Pension Insurance Act | applicationArticle 43, paragraph (3) | application (including that application in the case where an application under paragraph (1) of Article 44-3 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 5 of the 2020 Amendment Act is deemed to have been made pursuant to the provisions of43, paragraph (5) of that Article2) or (3) |
Article 133-2131, paragraph (2) of the pre-amendment Employees' Pension Insurance Act | a person who has filed the application and | application (including that application ina person who has filed the case where an application under paragraph (1) of Article 44-3 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act as amended byor the provisions ofapplication under Article 5 of the 2020 Amendment Act is deemed to have been made pursuant to the provisions of44-4, paragraph (5) of that Article; the same applies in the following paragraph)1) and |
| Article 132, paragraph (4) of the pre-amendment Employees' Pension Insurance Act | application | application (including that application in the case where an application under paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to have been made pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (5) of that Article) or the application under Article 44-4, paragraph (1) (including that application in the case where an application under Article 44-4, paragraph (1) is deemed to have been made pursuant to the provisions of Article 44-3, paragraph (5) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 44-4, paragraph (2)) |
| Article 132, paragraph (5) of the pre-amendment Employees' Pension Insurance Act | is | is, and with regard to the application of the provisions of paragraph (2) where the revision of the standardized monthly amount of remuneration and the standardized amount of bonuses of the surviving spouse (meaning the surviving spouse prescribed in paragraph (1) of that Article) of a deceased insured (meaning the deceased insured prescribed in paragraph (1) of that Article) has been made pursuant to the provisions of Article 78-21-2, paragraph (3), the phrase "the standardized monthly amount of remuneration for each month" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "the standardized monthly amount of remuneration for each month prior to the revision pursuant to the provisions of Article 78-21-2, paragraph (3)", and the phrase "the standardized amounts of bonuses" with "the standardized amounts of bonuses prior to the revision pursuant to the provisions of Article 78-21-2, paragraph (3)" |
| Article 133 of the pre-amendment Employees' Pension Insurance Act | application | application (including that application in the case where an application under paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to have been made pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (5) of that Article) or the application under Article 44-4, paragraph (1) (including that application in the case where an application under Article 44-4, paragraph (1) is deemed to have been made pursuant to the provisions of Article 44-3, paragraph (5) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 44-4, paragraph (2)) |
| Article 133-2, paragraph (2) of the pre-amendment Employees' Pension Insurance Act | Article 44-3, paragraph (4) | Article 44-3, paragraph (4) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 44-4, paragraph (2)) |
| application | application (including that application in the case where an application under paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to have been made pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (5) of that Article; the same applies in the following paragraph) or the application under Article 44-4, paragraph (1) (including that application in the case where an application under Article 44-4, paragraph (1) is deemed to have been made pursuant to the provisions of Article 44-3, paragraph (5) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 44-4, paragraph (2); the same applies in the following paragraph) |
| Article 133-2, paragraph (3) of the pre-amendment Employees' Pension Insurance Act | application | application or the application under Article 44-4, paragraph (1) |
| Article 138, paragraph (6) of the pre-amendment Employees' Pension Insurance Act | in the case where it dissolves | in the case where it dissolves pursuant to the provisions of Article 145, paragraph (1) or Article 19, paragraph (9) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act |
| amount of the reserves for pension benefits, etc. | amount of the reserves for pension benefits, etc. prescribed in Article 11, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act |
| Article 139, paragraph (7) of the pre-amendment Employees' Pension Insurance Act | who is on maternity leave and to whom the provisions of this paragraph as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (9) apply | to whom the provisions of paragraph (9) apply |
| the period from the month that includes the day on which the childcare/parental leave begins to the month preceding the month that includes the day following the day on which the childcare/parental leave ends | the months specified in the following items according to the categories of cases set forth in those items |
| is exempted. | (for a person whose period of childcare/parental leave is one month or less, limited to the exempted premium amount pertaining to the standardized monthly amount of remuneration; the same applies in the following paragraph and paragraph (8) of the following Article) is exempted.
(i) in the case where the month that includes the day on which the childcare/parental leave begins differs from the month that includes the day following the day on which the childcare/parental leave ends: the months from the month that includes the day on which the childcare/parental leave begins to the month preceding the month that includes the day following the day on which the childcare/parental leave ends
(ii) in the case where the month that includes the day on which the childcare/parental leave begins is the same as the month that includes the day following the day on which the childcare/parental leave ends, and the number of days of childcare/parental leave in that month, calculated as specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, is 14 or more: that month |
| Article 139, paragraph (8) of the pre-amendment Employees' Pension Insurance Act | who is on maternity leave and to whom the provisions of this paragraph as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the following paragraph apply | to whom the provisions of the following paragraph apply |
| the period from the month that includes the day on which the childcare/parental leave begins to the month preceding the month that includes the day following the day on which the childcare/parental leave ends | the months specified in the items of the preceding paragraph according to the categories of cases set forth in those items respectively |
| Article 139, paragraph (9) of the pre-amendment Employees' Pension Insurance Act | In the case where a member is on maternity leave, the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis. In this case, the necessary technical replacement of terms is specified by Cabinet Order. | If the employer of the establishing place of business that employs a member on maternity leave makes an application to the Fund as specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, then, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2), of the contributions for the period from the month that includes the day on which the maternity leave begins to the month preceding the month that includes the day following the day on which the maternity leave ends, the amount specified in the following items according to the categories of members set forth in those items is exempted.
(i) a member (excluding a member prescribed in Article 129, paragraph (2)): the exempted premium amount
(ii) a member prescribed in Article 129, paragraph (2): the amount obtained by multiplying the exempted premium amount by the proportion prescribed in paragraph (4) of the preceding Article |
| Article 140, paragraph (8) of the pre-amendment Employees' Pension Insurance Act | the period from the month that includes the day on which the childcare/parental leave begins to the month preceding the month that includes the day following the day on which the childcare/parental leave ends | the months prescribed in paragraph (8) of that Article |
| paragraph (8) of the preceding Article | paragraph (8) of that Article |
| Article 140, paragraph (10) of the pre-amendment Employees' Pension Insurance Act | paragraph (8) of that Article as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (9) of the preceding Article | paragraph (9) of the preceding Article |
| the phrase "paragraph (8) of the preceding Article" is deemed to be replaced with "paragraph (8) of that Article as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (9) of that Article" | the phrase "the months prescribed in paragraph (8) of that Article" is deemed to be replaced with "the period prescribed in paragraph (9) of that Article", and the phrase "paragraph (8) of that Article" is deemed to be replaced with "paragraph (9) of that Article" |
| Article 142, paragraph (1), Article 143, paragraph (1), and Article 144-2, paragraphs (2) and (4) of the pre-amendment Employees' Pension Insurance Act | three-quarters | two-thirds |
| Article 144-5, paragraph (4) of the pre-amendment Employees' Pension Insurance Act | a Fund that has been dissolved | a Fund that has been dissolved pursuant to the provisions of Article 145, paragraph (1) or Article 19, paragraph (9) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act |
| Article 147, paragraph (4) | Article 34, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act |
| residual assets ( | residual assets (the pre-amendment Employees' Pension Insurance Act, which remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions |
| Article 145, paragraph (1), item (i) of the pre-amendment Employees' Pension Insurance Act | three-quarters | two-thirds |
| Article 146 of the pre-amendment Employees' Pension Insurance Act | when it has been dissolved | when it has been dissolved pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article or Article 19, paragraph (9) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act |
| the day on which it was dissolved | that day on which it was dissolved |
| Article 146-2, Article 147-5, paragraph (2), and Article 148, paragraphs (1), (3) and (4) of the pre-amendment Employees' Pension Insurance Act | was dissolved | was dissolved pursuant to the provisions of Article 145, paragraph (1) or Article 19, paragraph (9) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act |
| Article 170, paragraph (1) of the pre-amendment Employees' Pension Insurance Act | two years | two years from the time when they may be exercised |
| when five years have passed | when five years have passed from the day on which the grounds for payment arose, and, for the right to receive payment of a benefit in the form of a pension that is to be paid in each payment month on the basis of the right to receive that benefit in the form of a pension, when five years have passed from the first day of the month following the payment month for that benefit in the form of a pension that arrives in or after the month following the month that includes that day |
| Article 170, paragraph (3) of the pre-amendment Employees' Pension Insurance Act | notwithstanding the provisions of Article 153 of the Civil Code, interruption of prescription | renewal of prescription |
| Articles 173 and 173-2 of the pre-amendment Employees' Pension Insurance Act | a Fund or the Association | a Fund |
| Article 176, paragraph (1) of the pre-amendment Employees' Pension Insurance Act | a Fund and the Association | a Fund |
| Article 130, paragraph (5) or Article 159, paragraph (7) | Article 130, paragraph (5) |
| Article 176, paragraph (2) of the pre-amendment Employees' Pension Insurance Act | a Fund and the Association | a Fund |
| Article 176-2, paragraph (1) of the pre-amendment Employees' Pension Insurance Act | Fund (Article 111, paragraph (1) or | Fund ( |
| including) or the Association | including) |
| signed and sealed | affixed the names |
| Article 177 of the pre-amendment Employees' Pension Insurance Act | a Fund and the Association | a Fund |
| Article 177-2, paragraph (1) of the pre-amendment Employees' Pension Insurance Act | member | members and persons other than members to whom the Fund bears the obligation to pay benefits in the form of a pension or lump-sum benefits |
| Article 178, paragraph (1) of the pre-amendment Employees' Pension Insurance Act | a Fund or the Association | a Fund |
| a Fund or the Association | a Fund |
| Article 179, paragraph (1) of the pre-amendment Employees' Pension Insurance Act | a Fund or the Association | a Fund |
| Article 179, paragraph (2) of the pre-amendment Employees' Pension Insurance Act | a Fund or the Association | a Fund |
| Article 179, paragraph (3) of the pre-amendment Employees' Pension Insurance Act | a Fund or the Association | a Fund |
| a Fund or the Association | a Fund |
| Article 179, paragraph (4) of the pre-amendment Employees' Pension Insurance Act | a Fund or the Association | a Fund |
| Article 180-2 of the pre-amendment Employees' Pension Insurance Act | employees' pension Fund or the Pension Fund Association | Fund |
| Article 32, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the pre-amendment Employees' Pension Insurance Act | three-quarters | two-thirds |
| Article 32, paragraph (2), item (iii) of the Supplementary Provisions of the pre-amendment Employees' Pension Insurance Act | Article 139, paragraphs (7) and (8) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (9) of that Article) | Article 139, paragraphs (7) through (9) |
| Article 107, paragraph (1) of the pre-amendment Defined-Benefit Corporate Pension Act | that it is an employees' pension Fund | that it is a surviving employees' pension Fund prescribed in Article 3, item (xi) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, etc. for Ensuring the Soundness and Reliability of the Public Pension System (Act No. 63 of 2013) (hereinafter referred to as an "employees' pension Fund") |
| Article 107, paragraph (3) and Article 110-2, paragraph (2) of the pre-amendment Defined-Benefit Corporate Pension Act | three-quarters | two-thirds |
| Article 113, paragraph (2) of the pre-amendment Defined-Benefit Corporate Pension Act | monies collected by the government from an Association dissolved pursuant to the provisions of Article 85-2 | premiums under the provisions of |
| Article 87, paragraph (6) | Article 87 (excluding paragraph (6)) |
| apply | apply. In this 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 Article 87, paragraph (1) of that Act is deemed to be replaced with "14.6% per annum" |