implementing organization
実施機関（ じっしきかん ）
The body that runs the employees' pension insurance business for each group of insureds, as Article 2-5, paragraph (1) assigns it: the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare for category I EPI insureds; national public service personnel mutual aid associations and their Federation for category II; mutual aid associations of local government officials, the National Federation of Mutual Aid Associations for Municipal Personnel and the Pension Fund Association for Local Government Officials for category III; and the Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation for Private Schools of Japan for category IV.
次の各号に掲げる事務の区分に応じ、当該各号に定める者
Article 2-5, paragraph (1) See it in the glossary category II EPI insured
第二号厚生年金被保険者（ だいにごうこうせいねんきんひほけんしゃ ）
An insured covered by employees' pension insurance (厚生年金保険) who is a member of a national public service personnel mutual aid association (国家公務員共済組合), as Article 2-5, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act provides; for these insureds the implementing organizations (実施機関), which handle matters such as their status, insured periods, insurance benefits and insurance premiums, are those mutual aid associations and the Federation of National Public Service Personnel Mutual Aid Associations (国家公務員共済組合連合会).
Article 2-5, paragraph (1), item (ii) See it in the glossary category III EPI insured
第三号厚生年金被保険者（ だいさんごうこうせいねんきんひほけんしゃ ）
An insured covered by employees' pension insurance (厚生年金保険) who is a member of a mutual aid association of local government officials (地方公務員共済組合), as Article 2-5, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act provides; for these insureds the implementing organizations (実施機関), which handle matters such as their status, insured periods, insurance benefits and insurance premiums, are those mutual aid associations, the National Federation of Mutual Aid Associations for Municipal Personnel (全国市町村職員共済組合連合会) and the Pension Fund Association for Local Government Officials (地方公務員共済組合連合会).
Article 2-5, paragraph (1), item (iii) See it in the glossary place of business
事業所（ じぎょうしょ ）
Short for a place of business or an office (事業所又は事務所).
Article 6, paragraph (1) See it in the glossary insured's maternity leave
産前産後休業（ さんぜんさんごきゅうぎょう ）
Not working, for reasons of pregnancy or childbirth, during the period from 42 days (98 days for a multiple pregnancy) before childbirth — counted from the expected date where the birth comes later — to 56 days after it; for an insured who is a mariner (船員), other than one who is a member of a national or local public officers' mutual aid association, not serving under Article 87, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Mariners Act.
出産の日（出産の日が出産の予定日後であるときは、出産の予定日）以前四十二日（多胎妊娠の場合においては、九十八日）から出産の日後五十六日までの間において労務に従事しないこと（妊娠又は出産に関する事由を理由として労務に従事しない場合に限る。）をいい、船員（国家公務員共済組合の組合員たる船員及び地方公務員共済組合の組合員たる船員を除く。以下同じ。）たる被保険者にあつては、船員法第八十七条第一項又は第二項の規定により職務に服さないこと
Article 23-3, paragraph (1) See it in the glossary employer
事業主（ じぎょうぬし ）
Throughout this Act except Article 100, paragraphs (1) and (4), Article 102, paragraph (2) and Article 103, the employer (事業主) of a place of business covered by employees' pension insurance (適用事業所), or the employer of another place of business who has consented, under Article 10, paragraph (2), to a person under 70 employed there becoming insured with the approval of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.
Article 27, paragraph (1) See it in the glossary order of the competent ministry
主務省令（ しゅむしょうれい ）
In this Act, an order (命令) issued, as a Cabinet Order (政令) provides, by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology or the competent minister under Article 144-29, paragraph (1) of the Local Public Officers, etc. Mutual Aid Association Act — except that the order under Article 79-8, paragraphs (1) and (2) is issued by the minister with jurisdiction (所管大臣), and the order under Article 79-9, paragraph (1) by the Ministers of Health, Labour and Welfare, of Finance, of Internal Affairs and Communications, and of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
政令で定めるところにより、厚生労働大臣、財務大臣、文部科学大臣又は地方公務員等共済組合法第百四十四条の二十九第一項の規定による主務大臣の発する命令とする。ただし、次の各号に掲げる主務省令については、当該各号に定めるとおり
Article 100-3-3, paragraph (2) See it in the glossary