①When a person prescribed in each paragraph of Article 8-2 of the Supplementary Provisions acquires the right to receive benefits from an employees' old-age pension under the provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article (for a person prescribed in Article 8-2, paragraph (1), (2) or (4) of the Supplementary Provisions, limited to the case where, at the time the request under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article was made, the person was not an insured and was either in a state of having a disability or had an insured period of 44 years or more), the amount obtained by subtracting the amount specified by Cabinet Order from the amount prescribed in Article 9-2, paragraph (2), item (i) of the Supplementary Provisions, calculated based on the insured period that is the basis for calculating the amount of that employees' old-age pension (hereinafter referred to in this Article as the "early payment adjustment amount"), is added to the amount of that employees' old-age pension.

②The provisions of Article 43, paragraph (3) do not apply to the early payment adjustment amount.

③If, in the month that includes the day on which a beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension to which an early payment adjustment amount (limited to one for which the number of months of the insured period that is the basis for its calculation is less than 480; the same applies in the following paragraph) has been added reaches the age listed in the lower column of the table in each paragraph of Article 8-2 of the Supplementary Provisions, the number of months of the insured period before the month that includes the day on which the person reached that age (if that number of months exceeds 480, it is 480) exceeds the number of months of the insured period that is the basis for calculating that early payment adjustment amount, then, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), the early payment adjustment amount is the amount obtained by adding, to the amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph, the amount prescribed in Article 9-2, paragraph (2), item (i) of the Supplementary Provisions calculated based on the insured period for the excess number of months, and that amount is revised from the month following the month that includes the day on which the person reached that age.

④If, for a beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension to which an early payment adjustment amount has been added, the amount of that pension (excluding the early payment adjustment amount) is revised pursuant to the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (3) on or after the month following the month that includes the day on which the person reached the age listed in the lower column of the table in each paragraph of Article 8-2 of the Supplementary Provisions, then, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) and paragraph (3), the amount prescribed in Article 9-2, paragraph (2), item (i) of the Supplementary Provisions, calculated based on the insured period for the number of months obtained by subtracting the number of months of the insured period that is the basis for calculating that early payment adjustment amount from the number of months of the insured period that is the basis for calculating the amount of the employees' old-age pension relating to that revision (excluding the early payment adjustment amount) (if that number of months exceeds 480, it is 480), is to be added for that early payment adjustment amount, and its amount is to be revised at the same time as that revision.

⑤With respect to an employees' old-age pension to which an early payment adjustment amount has been added by reason of having a disability, if its beneficiary ceases to have a disability, payment of the portion equivalent to that early payment adjustment amount is suspended while the beneficiary does not have a disability; provided, however, that this does not apply if, at the time the beneficiary ceased to have a disability, the beneficiary fell under any of the following items:

⑥Payment of the portion equivalent to the early payment adjustment amount of an employees' old-age pension to which an early payment adjustment amount has been added (excluding one to which an early payment adjustment amount has been added by reason of the person being a person prescribed in Article 8-2, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions; the same applies in the following paragraph and paragraph (8)) is suspended, with respect to its beneficiary, in the month that includes the day on which the person is an insured, etc.

⑦If a beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension to which an early payment adjustment amount has been added (limited to a person whose combined period as an insured mine worker and period as a mariner insured is 15 years or more; the same applies in the following paragraph) reaches the age listed in the lower column of the table in Article 8-2, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Supplementary Provisions, and the amount of pension is revised pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (5) of the preceding Article, then, on or after the month in which that revision is made, that employees' old-age pension is deemed, for the purposes of the application of the provisions of paragraph (8) of the preceding Article and the preceding paragraph, to be an employees' old-age pension to which an early payment adjustment amount has been added by reason of the person being a person prescribed in Article 8-2, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions.

⑧The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis where the amount of pension is revised pursuant to the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (3) for a beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension to which an early payment adjustment amount has been added.

⑨With respect to an employees' old-age pension whose amount is added to pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), when its beneficiary reaches the age of 65, notwithstanding the provisions of that paragraph, the early payment adjustment amount in that paragraph pertaining to that person is not added, and the amount of pension is revised from the month following the month that includes the day on which the person reached the age of 65.

①In the case of a beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension under the provisions of Article 13-4, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions (limited to a person who has not reached the age of 65), in the month that includes a day on which the person is an insured, etc., if the total of the person's amount equivalent to total monthly remuneration and the amount obtained by dividing the amount of the employees' old-age pension (excluding the additional amount of pension prescribed in Article 44, paragraph (1); the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph) by 12 (hereinafter referred to in this paragraph as the "base monthly amount") exceeds the amount of the adjustment for the suspension of payment, then, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 46, paragraph (1), payment of the employees' old-age pension for that month is suspended for the portion equivalent to the amount obtained by multiplying by 12 the amount equivalent to one-half of the amount obtained by subtracting the amount of the adjustment for the suspension of payment from the total of the amount equivalent to total monthly remuneration and the base monthly amount (hereinafter referred to in this paragraph as the "standard amount for a payment suspension"); provided, however, that if the standard amount for a payment suspension is equal to or more than the amount of the employees' old-age pension, payment of the whole of the employees' old-age pension is to be suspended.

②With regard to the employees' old-age pension under the provisions of Article 13-4, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions that is paid to a person whose period as an insured is, in whole or in part, a period as a member of an employees' pension Fund, the phrase "the amount equivalent to total monthly remuneration and the amount obtained by dividing the amount of the employees' old-age pension" in the preceding paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "the amount equivalent to total monthly remuneration and the amount obtained by dividing the amount of the employees' old-age pension calculated on the assumption that the provisions of Article 44-2, paragraph (1) 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, do not apply", the phrase "excluding the additional amount of pension prescribed in Article 44, paragraph (1); the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph" is deemed to be replaced with "excluding the additional amount of pension prescribed in Article 44, paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to in this paragraph as the "additional amount of pension"); hereinafter referred to in this paragraph as the "amount of the employees' old-age pension without Fund membership"", the phrase "Article 46, paragraph (1)" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 46, paragraph (1) and Article 46, paragraph (5) 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 "equal to or more than the amount of the employees' old-age pension" is deemed to be replaced with "equal to or more than the amount of the employees' old-age pension (excluding the additional amount of pension)", and the phrase "the whole" is deemed to be replaced with "the whole (excluding the additional amount of pension if the standard amount for a payment suspension is less than the amount of the employees' old-age pension without Fund membership)".

③The provisions of Article 7-4 of the Supplementary Provisions apply mutatis mutandis to the employees' old-age pension under the provisions of Article 13-4, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions. In such a case, the phrase "Article 46, paragraph (1) and Article 46, paragraph (5) 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" in Article 7-4, paragraph (2), item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions is deemed to be replaced with "Article 13-6, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Supplementary Provisions".

④In the case of a beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension under the provisions of Article 13-4, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions, if, for the month that includes a day on which the person is an insured, the person is able to receive basic continuous employment benefits for the elderly, then, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2), payment of the employees' old-age pension for that month is suspended, in accordance with the cases set out in each of the following items, for the portion equivalent to the total (hereinafter referred to in this paragraph as the "adjusted standard amount for a payment suspension") of the standard amount for a payment suspension under those provisions, where the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) are applied to that employees' old-age pension, and the amount obtained by multiplying by 12 the amount specified in the relevant item (or, if the amount obtained by multiplying that amount by 10/4 and adding the standard monthly remuneration of the beneficiary exceeds the payment amount limit, the amount obtained by multiplying by 4/10 the amount obtained by subtracting that standard monthly remuneration from the payment amount limit) (referred to in paragraph (7) as the "adjustment amount"); provided, however, that if the adjusted standard amount for a payment suspension is equal to or more than the amount of the employees' old-age pension (excluding the additional amount of pension prescribed in Article 44, paragraph (1)), payment of the whole of the employees' old-age pension is to be suspended:

⑤With regard to the employees' old-age pension under the provisions of Article 13-4, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions that is paid to a person whose period as an insured is, in whole or in part, a period as a member of an employees' pension Fund, the phrase "additional amount of pension" in the preceding paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "additional amount of pension (hereinafter referred to in this paragraph as the "additional amount of pension")", and the phrase "the whole" is deemed to be replaced with "the whole (excluding the additional amount of pension if the adjusted standard amount for a payment suspension is less than the amount of the employees' old-age pension (excluding the additional amount of pension) calculated on the assumption that the provisions of Article 44-2, paragraph (1) 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, do not apply)".

⑥With regard to the employees' old-age pension under the provisions of Article 13-4, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs do not apply if any of the following items applies:

⑦The handling of fractions of less than one yen that arise in calculating the adjustment amount is specified by Cabinet Order.

⑧The provisions of paragraph (4) through the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to the case where a beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension under the provisions of Article 13-4, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions is able, for the month that includes a day on which the person is an insured, to receive re-employment benefits for the elderly under the provisions of the Employment Insurance Act. In such a case, the phrase "the amount deemed to be the daily amount of wages" in paragraph (4), item (i) is deemed to be replaced with "the daily amount of wages under the provisions of Article 61-2, paragraph (1) of the Employment Insurance Act (hereinafter referred to in this Article as the "daily amount of wages")", and the phrase "the amount deemed to be the daily amount of wages" in item (ii) of that paragraph and paragraph (6), item (i) is deemed to be replaced with "the daily amount of wages".