Supplementary Provisions, Article 7-3Early Payment of Employees' Old-Age Pensions
第七条の三（老齢厚生年金の支給の繰上げ）
For the time being, a person set forth in the following items who has an insured period and is 60 years of age or older and under 65 years of age (limited to a person who is not an insured under the National Pension pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the National Pension Act) may, pursuant to Cabinet Order, before reaching the age of 65, make to an implementing organization a request for early payment of an employees' old-age pension based on the insured period for the person's insured category, according to the classification of persons set forth in the relevant item; provided, however, that this does not apply if the person does not fall under Article 42, item (ii) on the day before the day on which the request was made:
a man or woman (limited to a person who is a category II EPI insured or has a category II EPI insured period, a person who is a category III EPI insured or has a category III EPI insured period, or a person who is a category IV EPI insured or has a category IV EPI insured period) who was born on or after April 2, 1961 (excluding persons set forth in item (iii) and item (iv));
男子又は女子（第二号厚生年金被保険者であり、若しくは第二号厚生年金被保険者期間を有する者、第三号厚生年金被保険者であり、若しくは第三号厚生年金被保険者期間を有する者又は第四号厚生年金被保険者であり、若しくは第四号厚生年金被保険者期間を有する者に限る。）であつて昭和三十六年四月二日以後に生まれた者（第三号及び第四号に掲げる者を除く。）
a woman (limited to a person who is a category I EPI insured or has a category I EPI insured period) who was born on or after April 2, 1966 (excluding persons set forth in the following item and item (iv));
女子（第一号厚生年金被保険者であり、又は第一号厚生年金被保険者期間を有する者に限る。）であつて昭和四十一年四月二日以後に生まれた者（次号及び第四号に掲げる者を除く。）
a person for whom the total of the period of being an insured who is employed at a workplace of an undertaking prescribed in Article 4 of the Mining Act (Act No. 289 of 1950) and is regularly engaged in underground work (hereinafter referred to as an "insured mine worker") and the period of being an insured who is employed on a ship as a mariner (hereinafter referred to as a "mariner insured") is 15 years or more, and who was born on or after April 2, 1966 (excluding persons set forth in the following item);
a person who is a specified police officer, etc. (meaning, among insureds or former insureds who are police officers or Imperial Guard officers, or fire service officers or full-time members of a volunteer fire corps (limited to those of a rank at or below the rank specified by Cabinet Order), a person who, at the time when the person came to fall under every item of Article 8 of the Supplementary Provisions (for a person who has already lost status as an insured at that time, on the day before the day on which the person lost status as an insured), had continuously served for 20 years or more as a police officer or Imperial Guard officer, or as a fire service officer or full-time member of a volunteer fire corps, and any other person specified by Cabinet Order as equivalent to such a person; the same applies hereinafter) who was born on or after April 2, 1967.
特定警察職員等（警察官若しくは皇宮護衛官又は消防吏員若しくは常勤の消防団員（これらの者のうち政令で定める階級以下の階級である者に限る。）である被保険者又は被保険者であつた者のうち、附則第八条各号のいずれにも該当するに至つたとき（そのときにおいて既に被保険者の資格を喪失している者にあつては、当該被保険者の資格を喪失した日の前日）において、引き続き二十年以上警察官若しくは皇宮護衛官又は消防吏員若しくは常勤の消防団員として在職していた者その他これらに準ずる者として政令で定める者をいう。以下同じ。）である者で昭和四十二年四月二日以後に生まれたもの
A request under the preceding paragraph must, for a person who is able to make a request for early payment as prescribed in Article 9-2, paragraph (1) or Article 9-2-2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the National Pension Act, be made at the same time as those requests.
前項の請求は、国民年金法附則第九条の二第一項又は第九条の二の二第一項に規定する支給繰上げの請求を行うことができる者にあつては、これらの請求と同時に行わなければならない。
If a request under paragraph (1) is made, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 42, the employees' old-age pension is paid to the person from the month that includes the day on which the request was made.
The amount of the employees' old-age pension under the provisions of the preceding paragraph is, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (1), the amount arrived at when the amount specified by Cabinet Order is subtracted from the amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph.
When a beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension under the provisions of paragraph (3) who has an insured period on or after the day on which the request under paragraph (1) was made reaches the age of 65, the period during which the person was an insured before the month that includes the day on which the person reached the age of 65 is the basis for calculating the amount of that employees' old-age pension, 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.
When the provisions of Article 44, and of Article 44-2 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, are applied to the amount of an employees' old-age pension under the provisions of paragraph (3): the phrase "at the time that the beneficiary acquired the right to receive benefits (or" in Article 44, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "at the time that the beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension under the provisions of Article 7-3, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions reached the age of 65 (or"; the phrase "at the time that the beneficiary acquired the right to receive those benefits" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "at the time that the beneficiary reached the age of 65"; the phrase "or (3)" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "or (3), or Article 7-3, paragraph (5) of the Supplementary Provisions"; the phrase "Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 43," in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 43, paragraphs (2) and (3) and Article 7-3, paragraphs (4) and (5) of the Supplementary Provisions,", and the phrase "is calculated by adding an additional amount of pension to the amount provided for in that Article" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "is calculated by adding an additional amount of pension to the amount provided for in those provisions, 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, or from the month in which the number of months came to be 240 or more pursuant to the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (2) or (3)"; the phrase "at the time the beneficiary acquired the right to receive benefits" in paragraph (3) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "at the time the beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension under the provisions of Article 7-3, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions reached the age of 65"; and the phrase "Article 43, paragraph (1)" in 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, is deemed to be replaced with "Article 7-3, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions", and the phrase "Article 132, paragraph (2)" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "Article 132, paragraph (2) 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 the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act, as replaced in Article 7-6, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions".
第三項の規定による老齢厚生年金の額について、第四十四条及び平成二十五年改正法附則第八十六条第一項の規定によりなおその効力を有するものとされた平成二十五年改正法第一条の規定による改正前の第四十四条の二の規定を適用する場合には、第四十四条第一項中「受給権者がその権利を取得した当時（その権利を取得した当時」とあるのは「附則第七条の三第三項の規定による老齢厚生年金の受給権者が六十五歳に達した当時（六十五歳に達した当時」と、「又は第三項」とあるのは「若しくは第三項又は附則第七条の三第五項」と、「第四十三条の規定にかかわらず、同条に定める額に加給年金額を加算した額とする」とあるのは「第四十三条第二項及び第三項並びに附則第七条の三第四項及び第五項の規定にかかわらず、これらの規定に定める額に加給年金額を加算するものとし、六十五歳に達した日の属する月の翌月又は第四十三条第二項若しくは第三項の規定により当該月数が二百四十以上となるに至つた月から、年金の額を改定する」と、同条第三項中「受給権者がその権利を取得した当時」とあるのは「附則第七条の三第三項の規定による老齢厚生年金の受給権者が六十五歳に達した当時」と、平成二十五年改正法附則第八十六条第一項の規定によりなおその効力を有するものとされた平成二十五年改正法第一条の規定による改正前の第四十四条の二第一項中「第四十三条第一項」とあるのは「附則第七条の三第四項」と、「第百三十二条第二項」とあるのは「附則第七条の六第一項の規定により読み替えられた公的年金制度の健全性及び信頼性の確保のための厚生年金保険法等の一部を改正する法律（平成二十五年法律第六十三号）附則第五条第一項の規定によりなおその効力を有するものとされた同法第一条の規定による改正前の第百三十二条第二項」とする。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 7-4Adjustment of Employees' Old-Age Pension Paid Early with Basic Allowance, etc.
第七条の四（繰上げ支給の老齢厚生年金と基本手当等との調整）
An employees' old-age pension under the provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article is suspended in each month from the month following the month that includes the day on which its beneficiary (limited to a person who has the recipient qualification prescribed in Article 14, paragraph (2), item (i) of the Employment Insurance Act (Act No. 116 of 1974) and is under the age of 65) made an application for employment pursuant to the provisions of Article 15, paragraph (2) of that Act until the month in which the person comes to fall under any of the following items:
前条第三項の規定による老齢厚生年金は、その受給権者（雇用保険法（昭和四十九年法律第百十六号）第十四条第二項第一号に規定する受給資格を有する者であつて六十五歳未満であるものに限る。）が同法第十五条第二項の規定による求職の申込みをしたときは、当該求職の申込みがあつた月の翌月から次の各号のいずれかに該当するに至つた月までの各月において、その支給を停止する。
when the benefit period prescribed in Article 24, paragraph (2) of the Employment Insurance Act pertaining to that recipient qualification has elapsed;
当該受給資格に係る雇用保険法第二十四条第二項に規定する受給期間が経過したとき。
when the beneficiary has finished receiving payment of the basic allowance (meaning the basic allowance under the Employment Insurance Act; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) for the number of days equivalent to the prescribed duration of benefits prescribed in Article 22, paragraph (1) of that Act pertaining to that recipient qualification (for a person who receives the extended benefits prescribed in Article 28, paragraph (1) of that Act, when those extended benefits have ended).
当該受給権者が当該受給資格に係る雇用保険法第二十二条第一項に規定する所定給付日数に相当する日数分の基本手当（同法の規定による基本手当をいう。以下この条において同じ。）の支給を受け終わつたとき（同法第二十八条第一項に規定する延長給付を受ける者にあつては、当該延長給付が終わつたとき。）。
If, for the months from the month following the month in which the application for employment prescribed in the preceding paragraph was made until the month in which the person came to fall under any of the items of that paragraph, there is a month falling under any of the following items, the provisions of that paragraph do not apply to the employees' old-age pension for that month:
in that month, there is no day that is deemed, as specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, to be a day on which the beneficiary of the employees' old-age pension received payment of the basic allowance, and no day specified by Cabinet Order as equivalent to such a day;
payment of the whole or part of the employees' old-age pension for that month is suspended pursuant to the provisions of 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.
その月の分の老齢厚生年金について、第四十六条第一項及び平成二十五年改正法附則第八十六条第一項の規定によりなおその効力を有するものとされた平成二十五年改正法第一条の規定による改正前の第四十六条第五項の規定により、その全部又は一部の支給が停止されていること。
If a person has come to fall under any of the items of paragraph (1), and the number obtained by subtracting the number obtained by dividing by 30 the number of days that are deemed, as specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare prescribed in item (i) of the preceding paragraph, to be days on which the beneficiary of the employees' old-age pension received payment of the basic allowance (if a fraction of less than one arises, it is rounded up to one) from the number of the months, among the months from the month following the month in which the application for employment prescribed in that paragraph was made until the month in which the person came to fall under any of the items of that paragraph, in which payment of the employees' old-age pension was suspended pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph (hereinafter referred to in this paragraph as "months of pension suspension") is one or more, then for the most recent months of pension suspension, corresponding to the number of months equal to the number so obtained by subtraction, the suspension of payment of the employees' old-age pension under the provisions of paragraph (1) is deemed not to have been carried out.
第一項各号のいずれかに該当するに至つた場合において、同項に規定する求職の申込みがあつた月の翌月から同項各号のいずれかに該当するに至つた月までの各月のうち同項の規定により老齢厚生年金の支給が停止された月（以下この項において「年金停止月」という。）の数から前項第一号に規定する厚生労働省令で定めるところにより当該老齢厚生年金の受給権者が基本手当の支給を受けた日とみなされる日の数を三十で除して得た数（一未満の端数が生じたときは、これを一に切り上げるものとする。）を控除して得た数が一以上であるときは、年金停止月のうち、当該控除して得た数に相当する月数分の直近の各月については、第一項の規定による老齢厚生年金の支給停止が行われなかつたものとみなす。
If a person who has the recipient qualification prescribed in Article 14, paragraph (2), item (i) of the Employment Insurance Act and has made an application for employment pursuant to the provisions of Article 15, paragraph (2) of that Act (limited to a person who has not come to fall under any of the items of paragraph (1)) acquires the right to receive benefits from an employees' old-age pension under the provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article, payment of that employees' old-age pension is suspended in each month from the month following the month in which the person acquired that right until the month in which the person comes to fall under any of the items of paragraph (1).
雇用保険法第十四条第二項第一号に規定する受給資格を有する者であつて、同法第十五条第二項の規定による求職の申込みをしたもの（第一項各号のいずれにも該当するに至つていない者に限る。）が、前条第三項の規定による老齢厚生年金の受給権を取得したときは、当該受給権を取得した月の翌月から第一項各号のいずれかに該当するに至つた月までの各月において、当該老齢厚生年金の支給を停止する。
The provisions of paragraphs (2) and (3) apply mutatis mutandis to the case referred to in the preceding paragraph. In such a case, the phrase "the month in which the application for employment prescribed in the preceding paragraph was made" in paragraph (2) is deemed to be replaced with "the month in which the person prescribed in paragraph (4) acquired the right to receive benefits from an employees' old-age pension under the provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article", the phrase "the items of that paragraph" with "the items of the preceding paragraph", and the phrase "the provisions of that paragraph" with "the provisions of paragraph (4)"; and the phrase "the month in which the application for employment prescribed in that paragraph was made" in paragraph (3) is deemed to be replaced with "the month in which the person prescribed in the following paragraph acquired the right to receive benefits from an employees' old-age pension under the provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article", the phrase "the items of that paragraph" with "the items of paragraph (1)", the phrase "the provisions of that paragraph" with "the provisions of the following paragraph", and the phrase "the provisions of paragraph (1)" with "the provisions of the following paragraph".