Chapter I General Provisions
第一章 総則
第一条（この法律の目的）
The purpose of this Act is to provide insurance benefits for workers' old-age, disability, and death, so as to contribute to stabilizing the livelihoods and improving the welfare of workers and their surviving family.
この法律は、労働者の老齢、障害又は死亡について保険給付を行い、労働者及びその遺族の生活の安定と福祉の向上に寄与することを目的とする。
第二条（管掌）
Employees' pension insurance is administered by the government.
厚生年金保険は、政府が、管掌する。
Article 2-2Revisions to the Amount of Pension
第二条の二（年金額の改定）
If a significant change occurs in the national standard of living, wages, or other such circumstances, measures must be taken promptly to revise the amounts of pension insurance benefits under this Act so that they fit with the circumstances after the change.
この法律による年金たる保険給付の額は、国民の生活水準、賃金その他の諸事情に著しい変動が生じた場合には、変動後の諸事情に応ずるため、速やかに改定の措置が講ぜられなければならない。
第二条の三（財政の均衡）
The budget for employees' pension insurance services must allow balance to be maintained over the long term, and if a significant imbalance is projected, the necessary measures must be promptly taken.
厚生年金保険事業の財政は、長期的にその均衡が保たれたものでなければならず、著しくその均衡を失すると見込まれる場合には、速やかに所要の措置が講ぜられなければならない。
Article 2-4Compiling a Current Budget Status and Projections Report
第二条の四（財政の現況及び見通しの作成）
At least every five years, the government must compile a report on the current status of income and expenditures in connection with the budget for employees' pension insurance services, including the amounts of insurance premiums and state subsidies and the amount of expenses needed to provide insurance benefits under this Act and projections for the period subject to budget balancing (hereinafter referred to as a "current budget status and projections report"), at least every 5 years.
政府は、少なくとも五年ごとに、保険料及び国庫負担の額並びにこの法律による保険給付に要する費用の額その他の厚生年金保険事業の財政に係る収支についてその現況及び財政均衡期間における見通し（以下「財政の現況及び見通し」という。）を作成しなければならない。
The period subject to budget balancing referred to in the preceding paragraph (referred to as the "period subject to budget balancing" in Article 34, paragraph (1) and Article 84-6, paragraph (3), item (ii)) is the approximately 100-year period following the year in which the current budget status and projections report is compiled.
前項の財政均衡期間（第三十四条第一項及び第八十四条の六第三項第二号において「財政均衡期間」という。）は、財政の現況及び見通しが作成される年以降おおむね百年間とする。
Once the government has compiled the current budget status and projections report pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), it must publish this without delay.
政府は、第一項の規定により財政の現況及び見通しを作成したときは、遅滞なく、これを公表しなければならない。
Article 2-5Implementing Organizations
第二条の五（実施機関）
The implementing organizations referred to in this Act are the persons that each of the following items prescribes for the category of administrative function set forth in the relevant item:
この法律における実施機関は、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とする。
administrative functions connected with the status of insureds covered by employees' pension insurance other than the insureds specified in the following item through item (iv) (hereinafter each such a person is referred to as a "category I EPI insured"); the standardized remunerations (meaning the standardized remuneration as specified in Article 28; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph), places of business, and insured periods of category I EPI insureds; the provision of insurance benefits under this Act based on the period during which a person was a category I EPI insured (hereinafter referred to as the "category I EPI insured period"); the beneficiaries of those insurance benefits; the bearing of monetary contributions to the Basic Pension under the provisions of Article 94-2, paragraph (1) of the National Pension Act (Act No. 141 of 1959) in connection with category I EPI insureds; insurance premiums associated with category I EPI insured periods and other monies collected under the provisions of this Act; and the investment of insurance premiums of category I EPI insureds:the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.
次号から第四号までに規定する被保険者以外の厚生年金保険の被保険者（以下「第一号厚生年金被保険者」という。）の資格、第一号厚生年金被保険者に係る標準報酬（第二十八条に規定する標準報酬をいう。以下この項において同じ。）、事業所及び被保険者期間、第一号厚生年金被保険者であつた期間（以下「第一号厚生年金被保険者期間」という。）に基づくこの法律による保険給付、当該保険給付の受給権者、第一号厚生年金被保険者に係る国民年金法（昭和三十四年法律第百四十一号）第九十四条の二第一項の規定による基礎年金拠出金の負担、第一号厚生年金被保険者期間に係る保険料その他この法律の規定による徴収金並びに第一号厚生年金被保険者の保険料に係る運用に関する事務 厚生労働大臣
administrative functions connected with the status of insureds covered by employees' pension insurance who are members of the National Public Service Personnel Mutual Aid Association (hereinafter each such a person is referred to as a "category II EPI insured"); the standardized remunerations, places of business, and insured periods of category II EPI insureds; the provision of insurance benefits under this Act based on the period during which a person was a category II EPI insured (hereinafter referred to as the "category II EPI insured period"); the beneficiaries of those insurance benefits; the payment of monetary contributions to the Basic Pension under the provisions of Article 94-2, paragraph (2) of the National Pension Act and the payment of contributions under the provisions of Article 84-5, paragraph (1), in connection with category II EPI insureds; insurance premiums associated with category II EPI insured periods and other monies collected under the provisions of this Act; and the investment of insurance premiums of category II EPI insureds:national public service personnel mutual aid associations and the Federation of National Public Service Personnel Mutual Aid Associations.
国家公務員共済組合の組合員たる厚生年金保険の被保険者（以下「第二号厚生年金被保険者」という。）の資格、第二号厚生年金被保険者に係る標準報酬、事業所及び被保険者期間、第二号厚生年金被保険者であつた期間（以下「第二号厚生年金被保険者期間」という。）に基づくこの法律による保険給付、当該保険給付の受給権者、第二号厚生年金被保険者に係る国民年金法第九十四条の二第二項の規定による基礎年金拠出金の納付及び第八十四条の五第一項の規定による拠出金の納付、第二号厚生年金被保険者期間に係る保険料その他この法律の規定による徴収金並びに第二号厚生年金被保険者の保険料に係る運用に関する事務 国家公務員共済組合及び国家公務員共済組合連合会
administrative functions connected with the status of an insured covered by employees' pension insurance who is a member of a mutual aid association of local government officials (hereinafter referred to as a "category III EPI insured"); the standardized remunerations, places of business, and insured periods of category III EPI insureds; the provision of insurance benefits under this Act based on the period during which a person was a category III EPI insured (hereinafter referred to as the "category III EPI insured period"); the beneficiaries of those insurance benefits; the payment of monetary contributions to the Basic Pension under the provisions of Article 94-2, paragraph (2) of the National Pension Act and the payment of contributions under the provisions of Article 84-5, paragraph (1), in connection with category III EPI insureds; insurance premiums associated with category II EPI insured periods and other monies collected under the provisions of this Act; and the investment of insurance premiums of category III EPI insureds: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.
地方公務員共済組合の組合員たる厚生年金保険の被保険者（以下「第三号厚生年金被保険者」という。）の資格、第三号厚生年金被保険者に係る標準報酬、事業所及び被保険者期間、第三号厚生年金被保険者であつた期間（以下「第三号厚生年金被保険者期間」という。）に基づくこの法律による保険給付、当該保険給付の受給権者、第三号厚生年金被保険者に係る国民年金法第九十四条の二第二項の規定による基礎年金拠出金の納付及び第八十四条の五第一項の規定による拠出金の納付、第三号厚生年金被保険者期間に係る保険料その他この法律の規定による徴収金並びに第三号厚生年金被保険者の保険料に係る運用に関する事務 地方公務員共済組合、全国市町村職員共済組合連合会及び地方公務員共済組合連合会
administrative functions connected with the status of an insured covered by employees' pension insurance who is a member of a mutual aid system for private school personnel under the provisions of the Private School Personnel Mutual Aid Act (Act No. 245 of 1953) (hereinafter referred to as a "category IV EPI insured"); the standardized remunerations, places of business, and insured periods of category IV EPI insureds; the provision of insurance benefits under this Act based on the period during which a person was a category IV EPI insured (hereinafter referred to as the "category IV EPI insured period"); the beneficiaries of those insurance benefits; the payment of monetary contributions to the Basic Pension under the provisions of Article 94-2, paragraph (2) of the National Pension Act and the payment of contributions under the provisions of Article 84-5, paragraph (1), in connection with category IV EPI insureds; insurance premiums associated with category IV EPI insured periods and other monies collected under the provisions of this Act; and the investment of insurance premiums of category IV EPI insureds:the Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation for Private Schools of Japan.
私立学校教職員共済法（昭和二十八年法律第二百四十五号）の規定による私立学校教職員共済制度の加入者たる厚生年金保険の被保険者（以下「第四号厚生年金被保険者」という。）の資格、第四号厚生年金被保険者に係る標準報酬、事業所及び被保険者期間、第四号厚生年金被保険者であつた期間（以下「第四号厚生年金被保険者期間」という。）に基づくこの法律による保険給付、当該保険給付の受給権者、第四号厚生年金被保険者に係る国民年金法第九十四条の二第二項の規定による基礎年金拠出金の納付及び第八十四条の五第一項の規定による拠出金の納付、第四号厚生年金被保険者期間に係る保険料その他この法律の規定による徴収金並びに第四号厚生年金被保険者の保険料に係る運用に関する事務 日本私立学校振興・共済事業団
Those of the administrative functions set forth in item (ii) and item (iii) of the preceding paragraph that are connected with the provisions of Article 84-3, Article 84-5, Article 84-6, Article 84-8, and Article 84-9 are performed by the Federation of National Public Service Personnel Mutual Aid Associations or the Pension Fund Association for Local Government Officials, and those that are connected with other provisions are performed, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, by the person specified by Cabinet Order from among the persons prescribed in item (ii) and item (iii) of the preceding paragraph.
第三条（用語の定義）
In this Act, the meanings of the terms set forth in the following items are as prescribed in those items:
この法律において、次の各号に掲げる用語の意義は、それぞれ当該各号に定めるところによる。
"premium-paid period" means the premium-paid period prescribed in Article 5 paragraph (1) of the National Pension Act;
保険料納付済期間 国民年金法第五条第一項に規定する保険料納付済期間をいう。
"premium-exemption period" means the premium-exemption period prescribed in Article 5, paragraph (2) of the National Pension Act;
保険料免除期間 国民年金法第五条第二項に規定する保険料免除期間をいう。
"remuneration" means wages, pay, salary, allowances, bonuses, and all other earnings, whatever they may be called, received by a worker as compensation for the worker's labor; provided, however, that this does not apply to occasional earnings or those received at intervals that exceed every three months;
報酬 賃金、給料、俸給、手当、賞与その他いかなる名称であるかを問わず、労働者が、労働の対償として受ける全てのものをいう。ただし、臨時に受けるもの及び三月を超える期間ごとに受けるものは、この限りでない。
"bonus" means, among the wages, pay, salary, allowances, bonuses, and all other earnings, whatever they may be called, received by a worker as compensation for the worker's labor, those that a worker receives at intervals that exceed every three months.
賞与 賃金、給料、俸給、手当、賞与その他いかなる名称であるかを問わず、労働者が労働の対償として受ける全てのもののうち、三月を超える期間ごとに受けるものをいう。
In this Act, the terms "spouse"; "husband"; and "wife" include persons who have not registered a marriage but whose circumstances are, de facto, the same as those of a person in a marital relationship.
この法律において、「配偶者」、「夫」及び「妻」には、婚姻の届出をしていないが、事実上婚姻関係と同様の事情にある者を含むものとする。
No English for this paragraph yet.
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