The surviving family members who may receive an employees' pension for surviving family are the spouse, child, parent, grandchild, or grandparent of an insured or former insured (hereinafter simply referred to as the "spouse", "child", "parent", "grandchild", and "grandparent"), who was receiving financial support from the person at the time of the person's death (in the case of a former insured who was subject to an adjudication of disappearance, at the time that the whereabouts of the person became unknown; the same applies hereinafter in this Article); provided, however, that for persons other than a wife, this is limited to a case in which that person satisfies the following requirements:
遺族厚生年金を受けることができる遺族は、被保険者又は被保険者であつた者の配偶者、子、父母、孫又は祖父母（以下単に「配偶者」、「子」、「父母」、「孫」又は「祖父母」という。）であつて、被保険者又は被保険者であつた者の死亡の当時（失踪の宣告を受けた被保険者であつた者にあつては、行方不明となつた当時。以下この条において同じ。）その者によつて生計を維持したものとする。ただし、妻以外の者にあつては、次に掲げる要件に該当した場合に限るものとする。
if the person is the husband, parent, or grandparent of the insured or former insured, the requirement of being 55 years of age or older; and
if the person is the child or grandchild of the insured or former insured, the requirement of either being within the period from birth until the first March 31 after the day on which the person reaches the age of 18, or of being under the age of 20 and having a disability classified as Grade 1 or Grade 2 of the disability grades; and also, the requirement of not being married at the time in question, in either case.
子又は孫については、十八歳に達する日以後の最初の三月三十一日までの間にあるか、又は二十歳未満で障害等級の一級若しくは二級に該当する障害の状態にあり、かつ、現に婚姻をしていないこと。
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if the person's spouse or child has acquired the right to receive benefits from an employees' pension for surviving family, the person's parent does not constitute a surviving family member who may receive an employees' pension for surviving family; if the spouse, child, or parent has acquired the right to receive those benefits, the person's grandchild does not constitute a surviving family member who may receive that pension; and if the person's spouse, child, parent, or grandchild has acquired the right to receive those benefits, the person's grandparent does not constitute a surviving family member who may receive that pension.
To apply the provisions of paragraph (1) when a child is born who was in utero at the time of the insured's or former insured's death, the child is deemed, prospectively, to have been receiving financial support from the insured or former insured at the time of death thereof.
被保険者又は被保険者であつた者の死亡の当時胎児であつた子が出生したときは、第一項の規定の適用については、将来に向つて、その子は、被保険者又は被保険者であつた者の死亡の当時その者によつて生計を維持していた子とみなす。
Cabinet Order provides for the necessary particulars in connection with certifying that a person was receiving financial support from the insured or former insured in order to apply the provisions of paragraph (1).
第一項の規定の適用上、被保険者又は被保険者であつた者によつて生計を維持していたことの認定に関し必要な事項は、政令で定める。