The reasons specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare under Article 13, paragraph (1) of the Act are the following:

①A person who intends to receive payment of the basic allowance (excluding a person claiming unpaid benefits) must appear at the competent Public Employment Security Office and submit a separation slip (where the person who intends to receive payment of the basic allowance has an objection concerning the reason for separation from service stated in the separation slip, the separation slip and documents capable of proving the reason for separation from service), either with a driver's license or other document capable of confirming that the person intending to receive payment of the basic allowance is the person themselves attached, or by presenting an Individual Number Card (meaning the Individual Number Card prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (7) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures; the same applies hereinafter). In this case, where the person holds two or more separation slips, or has been issued a written notice of extension, etc. of the benefit period pursuant to Article 31, paragraph (6), Article 31-3, paragraph (3) or Article 31-6, paragraph (4), the person must also submit them.

②Where a person who intends to receive payment of the basic allowance referred to in the preceding paragraph falls under any of the items of Article 32, and the Chief of the competent Public Employment Security Office finds it necessary, the Chief may order that person to submit documents capable of proving that the person falls under any of those items.

③When the Chief of the competent Public Employment Security Office finds that a person who has submitted a separation slip falls under Article 13, paragraph (1) of the Act (including as applied with replaced terms pursuant to paragraph (2) of that Article; the same applies in the following paragraph), the Chief must determine the day on which that person is to receive recognition of unemployment pursuant to Article 15, paragraph (3) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as the "day of recognition of unemployment" in this Section), notify the person thereof, and enter the necessary matters in, and issue, the qualified recipient's certificate (in the case of a person who has made the submission under paragraph (1) by presenting an Individual Number Card and who wishes to be issued an employment insurance notice of recipient qualification (meaning a notice stating the person's name, insured person number, sex, date of birth, reason for separation from service, daily basic allowance amount (meaning the daily amount of the basic allowance under Article 16 of the Act; the same applies hereinafter), prescribed duration of benefits (meaning the prescribed duration of benefits prescribed in Article 22, paragraph (1) of the Act; the same applies hereinafter), processing status of benefits, and other matters specified by the Director-General of the Employment Security Bureau; hereinafter referred to as the "notice of recipient qualification"), the notice of recipient qualification).

④When the Chief of the competent Public Employment Security Office finds that a person who has submitted a separation slip does not fall under Article 13, paragraph (1) of the Act, the Chief must state that fact on the separation slip and return it.

The persons specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare under Article 13, paragraph (3) of the Act are persons who have separated from service for any of the following reasons:

①A qualified recipient who has been issued a qualified recipient's certificate must, where the recipient takes up employment within the benefit period prescribed in Article 24, paragraph (2) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as the "benefit period" in this Article), keep the qualified recipient's certificate in preparation for the case where the recipient separates from service again within that benefit period and receives payment of the basic allowance based on that recipient qualification.

②When a qualified recipient who has taken up employment within the benefit period and separated from service again within that benefit period intends to receive payment of the basic allowance based on the recipient qualification pertaining to that benefit period, the recipient must appear at the competent Public Employment Security Office and submit a separation slip or an employment insurance written notice of confirmation of loss of insured status, with the qualified recipient's certificate kept by the recipient attached (where the qualified recipient has been issued a notice of recipient qualification, by presenting an Individual Number Card). In this case, the Chief of the competent Public Employment Security Office must determine a new day of recognition of unemployment for that person, make the necessary revisions to the qualified recipient's certificate, and return it (where the qualified recipient has been issued a notice of recipient qualification, enter the necessary matters in the notice of recipient qualification and issue it).

①When a qualified recipient is to receive the public vocational training, etc. prescribed in Article 15, paragraph (3) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as "public vocational training, etc.") as directed by the Chief of the Public Employment Security Office, the qualified recipient must promptly submit a notification of taking public vocational training, etc. (Form No. 12; hereinafter referred to as the "notification of taking training") and a notification of commuting to public vocational training, etc. (Form No. 12; hereinafter referred to as the "commuting notification"), with the qualified recipient's certificate (where the qualified recipient lodges separately from the cohabiting relatives referred to in Article 36, paragraph (2) of the Act, a certificate of the head of the municipality as to the presence or absence of those relatives, and the qualified recipient's certificate) attached, to the Chief of the competent Public Employment Security Office via the head of the facility that provides the public vocational training, etc.; provided, however, that where it is found difficult to submit those notifications via the head of the facility that provides the public vocational training, etc. due to unavoidable reasons, they may be submitted without going via the head of that facility.

②A qualified recipient may, notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, in addition to where the recipient has been issued a notice of recipient qualification, omit attaching the qualified recipient's certificate as specified by the Director-General of the Employment Security Bureau.

③When the Chief of the competent Public Employment Security Office has received the notification of taking training and the commuting notification (excluding the case where they have been received without the qualified recipient's certificate attached pursuant to the preceding paragraph (excluding the case where the person who made the submission has made it without the qualified recipient's certificate attached because the person has been issued a notice of recipient qualification)), the Chief must enter the necessary matters in the qualified recipient's certificate and return it (where the person who made the submission has been issued a notice of recipient qualification, enter the necessary matters in the notice of recipient qualification and issue it).

④When there is a change in the matters stated in the notification of taking training or the commuting notification, a qualified recipient must promptly submit to the Chief of the competent Public Employment Security Office, with the qualified recipient's certificate attached (where the qualified recipient has been issued a notice of recipient qualification, by presenting an Individual Number Card), documents capable of proving the fact of the change and a notification stating that there has been a change in the matters stated in the notification of taking training or the commuting notification.

⑤When the Chief of the competent Public Employment Security Office has received the notification referred to in the preceding paragraph (excluding the case where it has been received without the qualified recipient's certificate attached pursuant to paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the following paragraph (excluding the case where the person who made the submission has made it without the qualified recipient's certificate attached because the person has been issued a notice of recipient qualification)), the Chief must make the necessary revisions to the qualified recipient's certificate and return it (where the person who made the submission has been issued a notice of recipient qualification, enter the necessary matters in the notice of recipient qualification and issue it).

⑥The provisions of Article 17-2, paragraph (4) apply mutatis mutandis to the cases under paragraph (1) and paragraph (4), and the provisions of paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to the case under paragraph (4). In this case, in paragraph (2), "notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, in addition to where the recipient has been issued a notice of recipient qualification" is deemed to be replaced with "notwithstanding the preceding paragraph", and "omit attaching the qualified recipient's certificate" is deemed to be replaced with "omit attaching the qualified recipient's certificate (where the qualified recipient has been issued a notice of recipient qualification, omit presenting an Individual Number Card)".

①When a qualified recipient intends to receive recognition of unemployment, the recipient must, on the day of recognition of unemployment, appear at the competent Public Employment Security Office, submit a written declaration for recognition of unemployment (Form No. 14) with the qualified recipient's certificate attached (where the qualified recipient has been issued a notice of recipient qualification, by presenting an Individual Number Card), and request job placement; provided, however, that where there are legitimate grounds why the recipient cannot submit it with the qualified recipient's certificate attached (where the qualified recipient has been issued a notice of recipient qualification, by presenting an Individual Number Card), the recipient may omit attaching the qualified recipient's certificate (where the qualified recipient has been issued a notice of recipient qualification, omit presenting an Individual Number Card).

②When the Chief of the competent Public Employment Security Office has made recognition of unemployment for a qualified recipient, the Chief must enter the matters concerning that disposition in the qualified recipient's certificate and return it (where the qualified recipient has been issued a notice of recipient qualification, enter the matters concerning that disposition in the notice of recipient qualification and issue it).

①The qualified recipients specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare under Article 15, paragraph (3) of the Act are as follows.

②If the Chief of the competent Public Employment Security Office finds it necessary, the Chief may order a person who is about to make the report under item (i) of the preceding paragraph to submit documents capable of proving the unavoidable reasons, such as in order to take up employment.

①Recognition of unemployment for a qualified recipient who receives public vocational training, etc. as directed by the Chief of the Public Employment Security Office is to be conducted once a month, for each day belonging to the immediately preceding month (excluding days that have already been subject to recognition of unemployment).

②Recognition of unemployment for a person prescribed in the preceding Article is to be conducted, on the day on which the report under that Article is received, for the days listed in the following items:

③When recognition of unemployment has been conducted under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, recognition of unemployment on the first day of recognition of unemployment thereafter is to be conducted for each day from the day on which the report under the preceding Article was received to the day preceding that day of recognition of unemployment.