Employees' Pension Insurance Act

The provisions of Article 44-3 and Article 44-4 do not apply to an employees' old-age pension under the provisions of Article 8 of the Supplementary Provisions.

When applying Article 44 and Article 44-2 as it was prior to the amendment by Article 1 of the 2013 Amendment Act, which remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 86, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act, to the amount of the employees' old-age pension under the provisions of paragraph (3), in Article 44, paragraph (1), the phrase "if, at the time that the beneficiary acquired the right to receive benefits (or, if the number of months of the insured period constituting the basis for the calculation of the amount of the employees' old-age pension was less than 240 at the time that the beneficiary acquired the right to receive those benefits" is deemed to be replaced with "if, at the time that the beneficiary of the employees' old-age pension under Article 13-4, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions reached the age of 65 (or, if the person is a beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension to which the early payment adjustment amount prescribed in Article 13-5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as the "early payment adjustment amount") has been added, the age set forth in the right-hand column of the table in each paragraph of Article 8-2 of the Supplementary Provisions (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as the "special starting age for payment"); ) (or, if the same applies in number of months of the insured period constituting the basis for the calculation of the amount of the employees' old-age pension was less than 240 at the time the beneficiary reached the age of 65 (or, if the person is a beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension to which the early payment adjustment amount has been added, the special starting age for payment)", the phrase "Article 43, paragraph (3))2) or (3)" with "Article 43, paragraph (2) or (3), or Article 13-4, paragraph (6) of the Supplementary Provisions (or, if the person is a beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension to which the early payment adjustment amount has been added, Article 43, paragraph (3) or Article 13-4, paragraph (5) or (6) of the Supplementary Provisions)", the phrase "or if, at the time that the beneficiary acquired the right to receive benefits (or, if that number of months was less than 120 at the time that the beneficiary acquired the right to receive those benefits" with "or if, at the time that the beneficiary of the employees' old-age pension under Article 13-4, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions reached the age of 65 (or, if the person is a beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension to which the early payment adjustment amount has been added, the special starting age for payment)", (or, if that number of months was less than 120 at the phrase "Article 43, time the beneficiary reached the age of 65 (or, if the person is a beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension to which the early payment adjustment amount has been added, the special starting age for payment)", the phrase "paragraph (2) or (3) of that Article" with "Article 43, paragraph (2) or (3), or Article 13-4, paragraph (6) of the Supplementary Provisions (or, if the person is a beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension to which the early payment adjustment amount has been added, Article 43, paragraph (3) or Article 13-4, paragraph (5) or (6) of the Supplementary Provisions)", the phrase "Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 43" with "Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 43, paragraphs (2) and (3) and Article 13-4, paragraphs (4) through (6) of the Supplementary Provisions", and the phrase "is calculated by adding an additional amount of pension to the amount provided for in that Article" with "an additional amount of pension is added to the amount provided for in those provisions, and the amount of the pension is revised from the month following the month that includes the day on which the person reached the age of 65 (or, if the person is a beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension to which the early payment adjustment amount has been added, the special starting age for payment) or from the month in which the number of months in the insured period came to be 240 or more, pursuant to the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (2) or (3), 240 or more in the case of a spouse, or from the month in which that number of months came to be 120 or more in the case of a child"; in Article 44, paragraph (3), the phrase "at the time the beneficiary acquired the right to receive benefits" is deemed to be replaced with "at the time the beneficiary of the employees' old-age pension under Article 13-4, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions reached the age of 65"; and in Article 44-2, paragraph (1) as it was prior to the amendment by Article 1 of the 2013 Amendment Act, which remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 86, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act, the phrase "Article 43, paragraph (1)" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 13-4, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions", and the phrase "Article 132, paragraph (2)" with "Article 132, paragraph (2) as it was prior to the amendment by Article 1 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), which remains in force pursuant to Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act, as read with the deemed replacement of terms pursuant to the provisions of Article 13-7, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of this Act".

With regard to the employees' old-age pension to be paid when a person who was a beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension under the provisions of Article 8 of the Supplementary Provisions (limited to one the amount of which is calculated pursuant to the provisions of Article 9 and Article 9-2, paragraphs (1) through (3) of the Supplementary Provisions, and for which the number of months in the insured period that constitutes the basis for calculating the amount of the pension is 240120 or more) reaches the age of 65, the phrase "at the time that the beneficiary acquired the right to receive benefits (or at the time that, if the insured period had reached 240number of months pursuant to the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (2) or (3), if the insured period constituting the basis for the calculation of the amount of the employees' old-age pension was less than 240 months at the time that the beneficiary acquired the right to receive those benefits; , at the same applies in time that the number of months had reached 240 or more pursuant to the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (2) or (3))" in Article 44, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "continuously from the time that the beneficiary made the request under Article 9-2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions pertaining to the employees' old-age pension under the provisions of Article 8 of the Supplementary Provisions (or, if the number of months in the insured period constituting that constitutes the basis for the calculation ofcalculating the amount of that employees' old-age pension was less than 240 months at the time that the request was made, continuously from the time that the insured period number of months reached 240 or more)", the phrase "at the time that the beneficiary acquired the right to receive benefits (or, if that number of months was less than 120 at the time that the beneficiary acquired the right to receive those benefits, at the time that the number of months had reached 120 or more; the same applies in pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3))2) or (3) of that Article" in that paragraph with "continuously from the time that the beneficiary made the request under Article 9-2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions pertaining to the employees' old-age pension under the provisions of Article 8 of the Supplementary Provisions (or, if that number of months was less than 120 at the time that the request was made, continuously from the time that the number of months reached 120 or more", and the phrase "at the time the beneficiary acquired the right to receive benefits" in Article 44, paragraph (3) is deemed to be replaced with "continuously from the time that the beneficiary made the request under Article 9-2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions pertaining to the employees' old-age pension under the provisions of Article 8 of the Supplementary Provisions".

With regard to the employees' old-age pension to be paid when a person who was a beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension under the provisions of Article 8 of the Supplementary Provisions (limited to one the amount of which is calculated pursuant to the provisions of Article 9 of the Supplementary Provisions and either Article 9-3, paragraphs (1) and (2), or Article 9-4, paragraphs (1) and (3) of the Supplementary Provisions, and for which the number of months in the insured period that constitutes the basis for calculating the amount of the pension is 240120 or more) reaches the age of 65, the phrase "at the time that the beneficiary acquired the right to receive benefits (or at the time that, if the insured period had reached 240number of months pursuant to the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (2) or (3), if the insured period constituting the basis for the calculation of the amount of the employees' old-age pension was less than 240 months at the time that the beneficiary acquired the right to receive those benefits; , at the same applies in time that the number of months had reached 240 or more pursuant to the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (2) or (3))" in Article 44, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "continuously from the time that the person acquired the right to receive benefits from an employees' old-age pension under the provisions of Article 8 of the Supplementary Provisions (or, if the number of months in the insured period constituting that constitutes the basis for the calculation ofcalculating the amount of that employees' old-age pension was less than 240 months at the time that the person acquired that right, continuously from the time that the insured period number of months reached 240 or more)", the phrase "at the time that the beneficiary acquired the right to receive benefits (or, if that number of months was less than 120 at the time that the beneficiary acquired the right to receive those benefits, at the time that the number of months had reached 120 or more; the same applies in pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3))2) or (3) of that Article" in that paragraph with "continuously from the time that the person acquired the right to receive benefits from an employees' old-age pension under the provisions of Article 8 of the Supplementary Provisions (or, if that number of months was less than 120 at the time that the person acquired that right, continuously from the time that the number of months reached 120 or more", and in Article 44, paragraph (3), the phrase "in utero at the time the beneficiary acquired the right to receive benefits" is deemed to be replaced with "in utero continuously from the time that the person acquired the right to receive benefits from an employees' old-age pension under the provisions of Article 8 of the Supplementary Provisions", and the phrase "from the beneficiary at the time the beneficiary acquired the right to receive benefits" is deemed to be replaced with "from the person continuously from the time that the person acquired the right to receive benefits from an employees' old-age pension under the provisions of Article 8 of the Supplementary Provisions".

With regard to the employees' old-age pension to be paid when a person who was a beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension under the provisions of Article 8 of the Supplementary Provisions (limited to one the amount of which is calculated pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, Article 9-3, paragraphs (3) and (4) (including the case where the example of those provisions is followed under paragraph (5) of that Article), or Article 9-4, paragraphs (4) and (5) (including the case where the example of those provisions is followed under paragraph (6) of that Article) of the Supplementary Provisions, and for which the number of months in the insured period that constitutes the basis for calculating the amount of the pension is 240120 or more) reaches the age of 65, the phrase "at the time that the beneficiary acquired the right to receive benefits (or at the time that, if the insured period had reached 240number of months pursuant to the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (2) or (3), if the insured period constituting the basis for the calculation of the amount of the employees' old-age pension was less than 240 months at the time that the beneficiary acquired the right to receive those benefits; , at the same applies in time that the number of months had reached 240 or more pursuant to the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (2) or (3))" in Article 44, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "continuously from the time that one month has passed, counting from the day on which the person forfeited status as an insured relating to the revision of the amount of pension under the provisions of Article 9-3, paragraph (3) or (5) or Article 9-4, paragraph (4) or (6) of the Supplementary Provisions with regard to the employees' old-age pension under the provisions of Article 8 of the Supplementary Provisions (or, for the day on which the person has come to fall under any of items (ii) through (iv) of Article 14, that day) (or, if the number of months in the insured period constituting that constitutes the basis for the calculation ofcalculating the amount of that employees' old-age pension was less than 240 months at the time that one month had passed, continuously from the time that the insured period number of months reached 240 or more)", the phrase "at the time that the beneficiary acquired the right to receive benefits (or, if that number of months was less than 120 at the time that the beneficiary acquired the right to receive those benefits, at the time that the number of months had reached 120 or more; pursuant to the same applies provisions of paragraph (2) or (3) of that Article" in that paragraph with "continuously from the time that one month has passed, counting from the day on which the person forfeited status as an insured relating to the revision of the amount of pension under the provisions of Article 9-3, paragraph (3)) or (5) or Article 9-4, paragraph (4) or (6) of the Supplementary Provisions with regard to the employees' old-age pension under the provisions of Article 8 of the Supplementary Provisions (or, for the day on which the person has come to fall under any of items (ii) through (iv) of Article 14, that day) (or, if that number of months was less than 120 at the time that one month had passed, continuously from the time that the number of months reached 120 or more", and the phrase "at the time the beneficiary acquired the right to receive benefits" in Article 44, paragraph (3) is deemed to be replaced with "continuously from the time that one month has passed, counting from the day on which the person forfeited status as an insured relating to the revision of the amount of pension under the provisions of Article 9-3, paragraph (3) or (5) or Article 9-4, paragraph (4) or (6) of the Supplementary Provisions with regard to the employees' old-age pension under the provisions of Article 8 of the Supplementary Provisions (or, for the day on which the person has come to fall under any of items (ii) through (iv) of Article 14, that day)".

With regard to the standard monthly remuneration that forms the basis for calculating the average standardized monthly amount of remuneration for the period insured under mariners' insurance under the Mariners Insurance Act prior to the amendment by Article 5 of the 1985 Amendment Act that was deemed to be a period as an insured covered by employees' pension insurance pursuant to the provisions of Article 47, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act (hereinafter referred to in this paragraph, and Article 17-9, paragraph (1) and Article 17-13-3, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions as the "period insured under mariners' insurance"), notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, Article 20, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2000 Amendment Act and Article 43, paragraph (1) before the amendment, it is the amount obtained by multiplying the standard monthly remuneration for each month of the period insured under mariners' insurance by the rate specified in the relevant item for the category of beneficiary set forth in each item of Appended Table 1 of the Supplementary Provisions. In this case, the provisions of the proviso to the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis.

With regard to the standard monthly remuneration that forms the basis for calculating the average standardized monthly amount of remuneration for the period of former applicable corporation mutual aid membership falling within the period on or before September 1985 (meaning the period of former applicable corporation mutual aid membership prescribed in Article 3, item (viii) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, etc. (Act No. 82 of 1996); the same applies in this paragraph, and Article 17-9, paragraph (2) and Article 17-13-3, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions), notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), Article 20, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2000 Amendment Act and Article 43, paragraph (1) before the amendment, it is the amount obtained by multiplying the standard monthly remuneration for each month of that period of former applicable corporation mutual aid membership by the rate set forth in the lower column of Appended Table 2 of the Supplementary Provisions corresponding to the category of beneficiary set forth in the upper column of that Table; provided, however, that this does not apply to the standard monthly remuneration for each month falling within the period combined with that period of former applicable corporation mutual aid membership pursuant to the provisions of Article 32, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Public Officers, etc. Mutual Aid Association Act, etc. (Act No. 105 of 1985).

With regard to the standard monthly remuneration that forms the basis for calculating the average standardized monthly amount of remuneration for the period of former agriculture, forestry and fishery mutual aid membership falling within the period on or before September 1985 (meaning the period of former agriculture, forestry and fishery mutual aid membership prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (vii) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act to Abolish, etc. the Mutual Aid Association Act for Employees of Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Organizations, etc. for the Purpose of Integrating the Employees' Pension Insurance System and the Mutual Aid Association System for Employees of Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Organizations (Act No. 101 of 2001); the same applies in this paragraph, and Article 17-9, paragraph (3) and Article 17-13-3, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions), notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), Article 20, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2000 Amendment Act and Article 43, paragraph (1) before the amendment, it is the amount obtained by multiplying the standard monthly remuneration for each month of that period of former agriculture, forestry and fishery mutual aid membership by the rate set forth in the lower column of Appended Table 2 of the Supplementary Provisions corresponding to the category of beneficiary set forth in the upper column of that Table.

With regard to the standard monthly remuneration that forms the basis for calculating the average standardized monthly amount of remuneration for the period of former national public officers mutual aid membership falling within the period on or before September 1985 (meaning the period of former national public officers mutual aid membership prescribed in Article 4, item (xi) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, etc. to Unify, etc. the Employees' Pension Systems (Act No. 63 of 2012; hereinafter referred to as the "2012 Pension Unification Act"); the same applies in this paragraph, and Article 17-9, paragraph (4) and Article 17-13-3, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions), notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), Article 20, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2000 Amendment Act and Article 43, paragraph (1) before the amendment, it is the amount obtained by multiplying the standard monthly remuneration for each month of that period of former national public officers mutual aid membership by the rate set forth in the lower column of Appended Table 2 of the Supplementary Provisions corresponding to the category of beneficiary set forth in the upper column of that Table; provided, however, that this does not apply to the standard monthly remuneration for each month falling within the period combined with that period of former national public officers mutual aid membership pursuant to the provisions of Article 32, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Public Officers, etc. Mutual Aid Association Act, etc.

With regard to the standard monthly remuneration that forms the basis for calculating the average standardized monthly amount of remuneration for the period of former local public officers mutual aid membership falling within the period on or before September 1985 (meaning the period of former local public officers mutual aid membership prescribed in Article 4, item (xii) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2012 Pension Unification Act; the same applies in this paragraph, and Article 17-9, paragraph (5) and Article 17-13-3, paragraph (5) of the Supplementary Provisions), notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), Article 20, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2000 Amendment Act and Article 43, paragraph (1) before the amendment, it is the amount obtained by multiplying the standard monthly remuneration for each month of that period of former local public officers mutual aid membership by the rate set forth in the lower column of Appended Table 2 of the Supplementary Provisions corresponding to the category of beneficiary set forth in the upper column of that Table; provided, however, that this does not apply to the standard monthly remuneration for each month falling within the period combined with that period of former local public officers mutual aid membership pursuant to the provisions of Article 35, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Local Public Officers, etc. Mutual Aid Association Act, etc. (Act No. 108 of 1985).

With regard to the standard monthly remuneration that forms the basis for calculating the average standardized monthly amount of remuneration for the period of former private school personnel mutual aid membership falling within the period on or before September 1985 (meaning the period of former private school personnel mutual aid membership prescribed in Article 4, item (xiii) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2012 Pension Unification Act; the same applies in this paragraph, and Article 17-9, paragraph (6) and Article 17-13-3, paragraph (6) of the Supplementary Provisions), notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), Article 20, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2000 Amendment Act and Article 43, paragraph (1) before the amendment, it is the amount obtained by multiplying the standard monthly remuneration for each month of that period of former private school personnel mutual aid membership by the rate set forth in the lower column of Appended Table 2 of the Supplementary Provisions corresponding to the category of beneficiary set forth in the upper column of that Table.

For the purpose of applying the provisions of Article 78-21-2, paragraph (1) or (2), for the time being, the phrase "a former insured" in paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "a former insured or a person who has a period that is deemed to have been a period of being an insured pursuant to the provisions of Article 4 of the Supplementary Provisions or other laws and regulations".

When calculating the aggregate amount of standardized remuneration for the marriage-related subject period (meaning the aggregate amount of standardized remuneration for the marriage-related subject period provided for in Article 78-21-2, paragraph (8); the same applies hereinafter in this Article), for the period insured under mariners' insurance, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 78-21-2, paragraph (4), the calculation is made by multiplying the standard monthly remuneration for each month of the period insured under mariners' insurance by the rate specified in the relevant item for the category of person set forth in each item of Appended Table 1 of the Supplementary Provisions.

When calculating the aggregate amount of standardized remuneration for the marriage-related subject period, for the period of former applicable corporation mutual aid membership falling within the period on or before September 1985, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 78-21-2, paragraph (4), the calculation is made by multiplying the standard monthly remuneration for each month of that period of former applicable corporation mutual aid membership by the rate set forth in the lower column of Appended Table 2 of the Supplementary Provisions corresponding to the category of person set forth in the upper column of that Table; provided, however, that this does not apply to the standard monthly remuneration for each month falling within the period combined with that period of former applicable corporation mutual aid membership pursuant to the provisions of Article 32, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Public Officers, etc. Mutual Aid Association Act, etc.

When calculating the aggregate amount of standardized remuneration for the marriage-related subject period, for the period of former agriculture, forestry and fishery mutual aid membership falling within the period on or before September 1985, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 78-21-2, paragraph (4), the calculation is made by multiplying the standard monthly remuneration for each month of that period of former agriculture, forestry and fishery mutual aid membership by the rate set forth in the lower column of Appended Table 2 of the Supplementary Provisions corresponding to the category of person set forth in the upper column of that Table.

When calculating the aggregate amount of standardized remuneration for the marriage-related subject period, for the period of former national public officers mutual aid membership falling within the period on or before September 1985, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 78-21-2, paragraph (4), the calculation is made by multiplying the standard monthly remuneration for each month of that period of former national public officers mutual aid membership by the rate set forth in the lower column of Appended Table 2 of the Supplementary Provisions corresponding to the category of person set forth in the upper column of that Table; provided, however, that this does not apply to the standard monthly remuneration for each month falling within the period combined with that period of former national public officers mutual aid membership pursuant to the provisions of Article 32, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Public Officers, etc. Mutual Aid Association Act, etc.

When calculating the aggregate amount of standardized remuneration for the marriage-related subject period, for the period of former local public officers mutual aid membership falling within the period on or before September 1985, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 78-21-2, paragraph (4), the calculation is made by multiplying the standard monthly remuneration for each month of that period of former local public officers mutual aid membership by the rate set forth in the lower column of Appended Table 2 of the Supplementary Provisions corresponding to the category of person set forth in the upper column of that Table; provided, however, that this does not apply to the standard monthly remuneration for each month falling within the period combined with that period of former local public officers mutual aid membership pursuant to the provisions of Article 35, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Local Public Officers, etc. Mutual Aid Association Act, etc.

When calculating the aggregate amount of standardized remuneration for the marriage-related subject period, for the period of former private school personnel mutual aid membership falling within the period on or before September 1985, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 78-21-2, paragraph (4), the calculation is made by multiplying the standard monthly remuneration for each month of that period of former private school personnel mutual aid membership by the rate set forth in the lower column of Appended Table 2 of the Supplementary Provisions corresponding to the category of person set forth in the upper column of that Table.

For the purpose of applying Article 29, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions to insurance benefits for a person whose standardized remuneration has been revised or decided pursuant to the provisions of Article 78-21-2, paragraph (3) and paragraph (5), the phrase "insured period" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "insured period (excluding the deemed insured period of a bereaved spouse provided for in Article 78-21-3)".

Matters necessary for the determination of standardized remuneration under the provisions of Article 78-21-2, paragraph (5), and for the calculation and revision of the amount of insurance benefits, with regard to the insured period relating to a marriage-related subject period that is counted as a premium-paid period pursuant to the provisions of Article 7-3, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the National Pension Act, are specified by Cabinet Order.

With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 44, paragraph (1) and Article 62, paragraph (1), , for the time being, the phrase "number of months" in these provisionsthat paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "number of months (including the period as a member of a former mutual aid Association prescribed in Article 28-2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions (limited to that relating to the period from June 1942 to August 1945))".

With regard to insurance benefits paid in connection with old age, disability or death under the Employees' Pension Insurance Act (limited to employees' old-age pensions, employees' disability pensions or employees' pensions for surviving family) of a person prescribed in Article 4, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Employees' Pension Insurance Act and the Mariners Insurance Act (Act No. 78 of 1969), a part of whose period of having been an insured covered by employees' pension insurance before October 1957 is a period of having been a class 3 insured person prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1), item (v) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to its amendment by the provisions of Article 3 of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 34 of 1985; hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "1985 Amendment Act") (including the period deemed to be that period of having been a class 3 insured person, or the period for which the provisions concerning that period are to apply mutatis mutandis, pursuant to the provisions of Article 4, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to that amendment, the period deemed to be a period of having been an insured covered by employees' pension insurance pursuant to the provisions of Article 47, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act, and the period deemed to be a period of having been an insured covered by employees' pension insurance pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, etc. (Act No. 82 of 1996) (limited to the period of having been a former mariner member prescribed in paragraph (2) of that Article); hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "period as a former class 3 insured person, etc."), if the amount of those insurance benefits (excluding the additional amount of pension prescribed in Article 44 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 9-2, paragraph (3), Article 9-3, paragraphs (2) and (4) (including where followed pursuant to paragraph (5) of that Article) and Article 9-4, paragraphs (3) and (5) (including where followed pursuant to paragraph (6) of that Article) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act and Article 18, paragraph (3), Article 19, paragraphs (3) and (5), Article 20, paragraphs (3) and (5) and Article 27, paragraphs (13) and (14) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 95 of 1994); the same applies hereinafter in this Article) , Article 50-2, Article 62-2 and Article 50-262-3 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, the amount to be added pursuant to the provisions of Article 62, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, prior to its amendment by the provisions of Article 3 of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc., and Other Matters, to Strengthen the Functions of the Pension System in Light of Socioeconomic Changes (Act No. 74 of 2025; hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "2025 Amendment Act"), which remains in force as replaced pursuant to the provisions of Article 15, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2025 Amendment Act, and the amount to be added pursuant to the provisions of Article 73, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act and Article 74, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act) is less than the amount of those insurance benefits calculated by deeming the period as a former class 3 insured person, etc. before the month that includes the Effective Date to be a period of having been a former class 1 insured person (meaning a class 1 insured person prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to its amendment by the provisions of Article 3 of the 1985 Amendment Act; hereinafter in this Article referred to as a "former class 1 insured person") (excluding the additional amount of pension prescribed in Article 44 , Article 50-2, Article 62-2 and Article 50-262-3 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, the amount to be added pursuant to the provisions of Article 62, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to its amendment by Article 3 of the 2025 Amendment Act, which remains in force as replaced pursuant to the provisions of Article 15, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2025 Amendment Act, and the amount to be added pursuant to the provisions of Article 73, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act and Article 74, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act), then, at the person's request, the amount of those insurance benefits is to be calculated by deeming the period as a former class 3 insured person, etc. before the Effective Date to be a period of having been a former class 1 insured person, and the amount of those insurance benefits is revised from the month following the month that includes the day on which the request was made; provided, however, that this does not apply to an employees' old-age pension or employees' pension for surviving family (limited to one paid by reason of falling under Article 58, paragraph (1), item (iv) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act) for which the number of months of the insured period under employees' pension insurance that forms the basis for calculating its amount is less than 240 (excluding one paid by reason of falling under any of Article 12, paragraph (1), items (iv) through (vii) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act).

Of Out of the amount of anthe employees' pension for surviving family, the additional amount prescribed provided for in Article 62, paragraph (1) of the new Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to its amendment by the provisions of Article 3 of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc., and Other Matters, to Strengthen the Functions of the Pension System in Light of Socioeconomic Changes (Act No. 74 of 2025; hereinafter referred to as the "2025 Amendment Act"), which remains in force as replaced pursuant to the provisions of Article 15, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2025 Amendment Act: that paragraph;

For a person listed in the upper column of Appended Table 7 of the Supplementary Provisions, the phrase "5.481/1,000" in Article 43, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act (including as applied in Article 44, paragraph (1) and Article 44-3, paragraph (4) of that Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis in Article 44-4, paragraph (2) of that Act and as applied with replaced terms pursuant to the provisions of Article 87 of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act; the same applies in paragraph (5)), as applied in Article 44-3, paragraph (4) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to amendment by Article 5 of the 2000 Amendment Act that remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 17, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2000 Amendment Act, and as followed in Article 60, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act (limited to the case of falling under Article 58, paragraph (1), item (iv) of that Act)) and in Article 9-2, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act (including as followed in Article 9-3, paragraphs (1) and (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act (including as followed in paragraph (5) of that Article), Article 9-4, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act (including as followed in Article 28-3, paragraph (2) and Article 28-4, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act) and Article 9-4, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act (including as followed in paragraph (6) of that Article), and in Article 18, paragraph (2), Article 19, paragraphs (2) and (4), Article 20, paragraphs (2) and (4) and Article 20-2, paragraphs (2) and (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1994 Amendment Act), and in Article 20, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2000 Amendment Act (limited to the case of calculating the amount of an employees' old-age pension and an employees' pension for surviving family (limited to one paid by reason of falling under Article 58, paragraph (1), item (iv) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act)) is deemed to be replaced as shown in the lower column of that table, respectively.

With respect to the additional amount of pension for a spouse in an employees' old-age pension paid to a person listed in the upper column of the following table, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 44, paragraph (2) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis in Article 9-2, paragraph (3), Article 9-3, paragraphs (2) and (4) (including as followed in paragraph (5) of that Article) and Article 9-4, paragraphs (3) and (5) (including as followed in paragraph (6) of that Article) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act, and in Article 18, paragraph (3), Article 19, paragraphs (3) and (5), Article 20, paragraphs (3) and (5), Article 20-2, paragraphs (3) and (5) and Article 27, paragraphs (15) through (17) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1994 Amendment Act), the amount is the amount obtained by adding the amount listed in the lower column of that table (where a fraction of less than 50 yen arises, it is rounded down, and where a fraction of 50 yen or more but less than 100 yen arises, it is rounded up , to 100 yen) to the amount specified in Article 44, paragraph (2) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, respectively. A person born between April 2, 1934 and April 1, 1940 Thethe amount obtained by multiplying 33149,200 yen by the revision rate (meaning the revision rate revised as if the provisions of Articles 27-3 and 27-5 of the National Pension Act did not apply; the same applies hereinafter in this table) A person born between April 2, 1940 and April 1, 1941 The amount obtained by multiplying 66,300) (where a fraction of less than 50 yen by the revision rate A person born between April 2, 1941 and April 1, 1942 The amount obtained by multiplying 99,500 yen by the revision rate A person born between April 2, 1942 arises, it is rounded down, and April 1, 1943 The amount obtained by multiplying 132,600where a fraction of 50 yen by the revision rate A person born on or after April 2, 1943 The amount obtained by multiplying 165,800or more but less than 100 yen arises, it is rounded up to 100 yen by the revision rate).

With regard to the application of Article 46, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, Article 46, paragraph (5) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to amendment by the provisions of Article 1 of the 2013 Amendment Act that remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 86, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act, Article 133-2, paragraphs (2) and (3) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to amendment by the provisions of Article 1 of the 2013 Amendment Act that remain in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act, and Article 163-3, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to amendment by the provisions of Article 1 of the 2013 Amendment Act that remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 61, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act, relating to an employees' old-age pension (excluding one under the provisions of Article 8 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act and one specified by Cabinet Order), for the time being, the phrase "and additional amounts provided for in Article 44-3, paragraph (4) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 44-4, paragraph (2); the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph)" in Article 46, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act is deemed to be replaced with ", additional amounts provided for in Article 44-3, paragraph (4) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 44-4, paragraph (2)) (hereinafter referred to as the 'deferral addition') and additional amounts provided for in Article 59, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 34 of 1985) (hereinafter referred to as the 'transitional addition')", and the phrase "(excluding the additional amount provided for in Article 44-3, paragraph (4) of that Article)" in that paragraph with "(excluding the deferral addition and the transitional addition)"; the phrase "and additional amounts provided for in Article 44-3, paragraph (4)" in Article 46, paragraph (5) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to amendment by the provisions of Article 1 of the 2013 Amendment Act that remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 86, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act is deemed to be replaced with ", additional amounts provided for in Article 44-3, paragraph (4) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 44-4, paragraph (2)) (hereinafter referred to as the 'deferral addition') and additional amounts provided for in Article 59, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 34 of 1985) (hereinafter referred to as the 'transitional addition')", the phrase "and additional amounts provided for in Article 44-3, paragraph (4) (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as the 'deferral addition')" in that paragraph with ", additional amounts provided for in Article 44-3, paragraph (4) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 44-4, paragraph (2) and as applied with replaced terms pursuant to the provisions of Article 87 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 'deferral addition') and additional amounts provided for in Article 59, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 34 of 1985) (hereinafter referred to as the 'transitional addition')", the phrase "and the deferral addition" in that paragraph with ", the deferral addition and the transitional addition", the phrase "the additional amount provided for in that paragraph" in that paragraph with "the deferral addition and the transitional addition", and the phrase "(the deferral addition" in that paragraph with "(the deferral addition and the transitional addition"; the phrase "or additional amounts provided for in Article 44-3, paragraph (4) (hereinafter in this paragraph and the following paragraph referred to as the 'deferral addition')" in Article 133-2, paragraph (2) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to amendment by the provisions of Article 1 of the 2013 Amendment Act that remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act is deemed to be replaced with ", the deferral addition or the transitional addition", and the phrase "and the deferral addition" in that paragraph with ", the deferral addition and the transitional addition"; the phrase "and the deferral addition" in Article 133-2, paragraph (3) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to amendment by the provisions of Article 1 of the 2013 Amendment Act that remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act is deemed to be replaced with ", the deferral addition and the transitional addition", and the phrase "or the deferral addition" in that paragraph with ", the deferral addition or the transitional addition"; and the phrase "or additional amounts provided for in Article 44-3, paragraph (4) (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as the 'deferral addition')" in Article 163-3, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to amendment by the provisions of Article 1 of the 2013 Amendment Act that remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 61, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act is deemed to be replaced with ", the deferral addition or the transitional addition", and the phrase "and the deferral addition" in that paragraph with ", the deferral addition and the transitional addition".

When a beneficiary of an employees' pension for surviving family prescribed in Article 62, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 3 of the 2025 Amendment Act, which remains in force with its terms replaced pursuant to the provisions of Article 15, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2025 Amendment Act, who is listed in the upper column of Appended Table 9 of the Supplementary Provisions (limited to a person who was the wife of a deceased insured under employees' pension insurance or former insured) was 65 years of age or older at the time the person acquired that right, or when a beneficiary of an employees' pension for surviving family to which an amount has been added pursuant to the provisions of that Article 62, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment who is listed in the upper column of that table reaches 65 years of age, the amount of that employees' pension for surviving family is, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 60, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, the amount arrived at by applying the provisions of that paragraph, treating the amount prescribed in item (i) of that paragraph as the amount obtained by adding to that amount the amount obtained by deducting the amount set forth in item (ii) of this paragraph from the amount set forth in item (i) of this paragraph; provided, however, that if the beneficiary of that employees' pension for surviving family holds the right to receive benefits from a basic disability pension under the National Pension Act or a disability pension under the former National Pension Act (excluding while payment of it is suspended), payment of the portion equivalent to the amount to be added is suspended during that time.

The additional the amount arrived at when the amount prescribed of the basic pension for surviving family provided for in Article 62, paragraph (1) of38 of the National Pension Act is multiplied by three-quarters (rounded to the Employees' Pension Insurance Actnearest hundred, with amounts less than 50 yen being rounded down and amounts between 50 yen and 99 yen being rounded up);

In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the provisions of Article 65 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 3 of the 2025 Amendment Act, which remain in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 15, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2025 Amendment Act, apply mutatis mutandis.

When a beneficiary of an employees' pension for surviving family to which an amount has been added pursuant to the provisions of Article 62, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 3 of the 2025 Amendment Act, which remains in force with its terms replaced pursuant to the provisions of Article 15, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2025 Amendment Act, reaches 65 years of age, the revision of the amount of pension under the provisions of paragraph (1) is made from the month following the month that includes the day on which the person reaches 65 years of age.