The reasons specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare under Article 37-3, paragraph (1) of the Act are the reasons listed in the items of Article 18.

①When the Chief of the competent Public Employment Security Office finds that a person who has submitted a separation slip pursuant to Article 19, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis in the following Article is an elderly qualified recipient, the Chief must determine the day on which that person is to receive the certification of unemployment under Article 37-4, paragraph (5) of the Act (hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "day of recognition of unemployment") and the day on which the job applicant benefits for the elderly are to be paid (hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "payment day"), notify that person thereof, and enter the necessary matters in, and issue, the elderly qualified recipient's certificate (in the case of a person who has made the submission under Article 19, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis in the following Article by presenting an Individual Number Card and who wishes to be issued an employment insurance notice of recipient qualification for the elderly (meaning a notice stating the person's name, insured person number, sex, date of birth, reason for separation from service, daily basic allowance amount, prescribed duration of benefits, 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 for the elderly"), the notice of recipient qualification for the elderly).

②If the Chief of the competent Public Employment Security Office finds it necessary, the Chief may change the day of recognition of unemployment and the payment day.

③When the Chief of the competent Public Employment Security Office has changed the day of recognition of unemployment and the payment day pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Chief must notify the elderly qualified recipient concerned to that effect.

The provisions of Article 19, paragraphs (1) and (4), Article 20, Article 22, Articles 44 through 47, Article 49, Article 50 and Article 54 apply mutatis mutandis to the payment of the job applicant benefits for the elderly. In this case, in those provisions, the phrase "Article 13, paragraph (1)" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 37-3, paragraph (1)"; the phrase "qualified recipient's certificate" is deemed to be replaced with "elderly qualified recipient's certificate"; the phrases "based on that recipient qualification" and "recipient qualification pertaining to" are deemed to be replaced with "based on that recipient qualification for the elderly" and "recipient qualification for the elderly pertaining to", respectively; the phrases "that qualified recipient" and "the qualified recipient has been issued" are deemed to be replaced with "that elderly qualified recipient" and "the elderly qualified recipient has been issued", respectively; the phrase "notice of recipient qualification" is deemed to be replaced with "notice of recipient qualification for the elderly prescribed in Article 65-4, paragraph (1)"; the phrase "day of recognition of unemployment" is deemed to be replaced with "day of the certification of unemployment under Article 37-4, paragraph (5) of the Act"; the phrases "receive recognition of unemployment", "made recognition of unemployment", "conducted recognition of unemployment" and "that recognition of unemployment" are deemed to be replaced with "receive the certification of unemployment under Article 37-4, paragraph (5) of the Act", "made the certification of unemployment under Article 37-4, paragraph (5) of the Act", "conducted the certification of unemployment under Article 37-4, paragraph (5) of the Act" and "that certification of unemployment under Article 37-4, paragraph (5) of the Act", respectively; the phrase "written declaration for recognition of unemployment (Form No. 14)" is deemed to be replaced with "elderly qualified recipient's written declaration for recognition of unemployment (Form No. 22-3)"; the phrases "for a qualified recipient" and "to a qualified recipient" are deemed to be replaced with "for an elderly qualified recipient" and "to an elderly qualified recipient", respectively; the phrases "of the qualified recipient" and "of a qualified recipient" are deemed to be replaced with "of the elderly qualified recipient" and "of an elderly qualified recipient", respectively; the phrases "a qualified recipient (" and "A qualified recipient who receives payment of the basic allowance by the method" are deemed to be replaced with "an elderly qualified recipient (" and "An elderly qualified recipient who receives payment of the basic allowance by the method", respectively; the phrase "qualified recipient paid by bank transfer" is deemed to be replaced with "elderly qualified recipient paid by bank transfer"; the phrase "Article 31, paragraph (1) of the Act" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 31, paragraph (1) of the Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 37-4, paragraph (6) of the Act"; the phrases "for the qualified recipient" and "for the deceased qualified recipient" are deemed to be replaced with "for the elderly qualified recipient" and "for the deceased elderly qualified recipient", respectively; the phrase "recognition of unemployment or" is deemed to be replaced with "the certification of unemployment under Article 37-4, paragraph (5) of the Act or"; the phrase "the provisions of this Subsection (excluding the provisions of Articles 19 and 20)" is deemed to be replaced with "the provisions of this Subsection as applied mutatis mutandis in Article 65-5 (excluding the provisions of Articles 19 and 20) and the provisions of Article 65-4"; and in Article 20, Article 22, Article 45, Article 49 and Article 50, the phrases "A qualified recipient who", "a qualified recipient who", "a qualified recipient intends" and "the qualified recipient must" are deemed to be replaced with "An elderly qualified recipient who", "an elderly qualified recipient who", "an elderly qualified recipient intends" and "the elderly qualified recipient must", respectively.

①The notification under Article 37-5, paragraph (1) of the Act is to be made by submitting to the Chief of the competent Public Employment Security Office a written notification stating the matters listed in the following items, accompanied by a written contract pertaining to the labor contract, a roster of workers, a wage ledger or other documents that can prove those matters, together with a notification of registration of Individual Number (Form No. 10-2).

②A person who makes the notification under the preceding paragraph must, where the employer pertaining to the notification is a relative living together (including a person who has not filed a notification of marriage but who is in fact in a situation equivalent to a marital relationship with that person) or another person specified by the Director-General of the Employment Security Bureau as particularly requiring confirmation, attach to the written notification prescribed in that paragraph, in addition to the documents prescribed in that paragraph, a certificate of registered information or other documents specified by the Director-General of the Employment Security Bureau.

③Notwithstanding the preceding two paragraphs, a person who makes the notification under paragraph (1) may, as specified by the Director-General of the Employment Security Bureau, omit attaching the documents prescribed in those paragraphs.

④When an employer is requested by a person who intends to make the notification under paragraph (1) to give the certification necessary for making that notification, the employer must give the certification promptly.

⑤The provisions of Article 11 apply mutatis mutandis to the written notification prescribed in paragraph (1). In this case, the phrase "having become or ceased to be an insured person" in Article 11, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "having become a special elderly insured person", and the phrase "employer that made" is deemed to be replaced with "employer pertaining to".

The number of hours specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare under Article 37-5, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the Act is five hours.

①The notification under Article 37-5, paragraph (2) of the Act is to be made, when a special elderly insured person has ceased to satisfy the requirements of the items of paragraph (1) of that Article, within 10 days counting from the day following the day on which that fact occurred, by submitting to the Chief of the competent Public Employment Security Office a written notification stating the matters listed in the following items, accompanied by a written contract pertaining to the labor contract, a roster of workers, a wage ledger, a certificate of registered information or other documents that can prove the fact of having ceased to satisfy those requirements and the date on which that fact occurred.

②A person who makes the notification under the preceding paragraph must, where the reason for having ceased to satisfy the requirements of the items of Article 37-5, paragraph (1) of the Act is separation from service, attach to the written notification prescribed in the preceding paragraph, in addition to the documents prescribed in that paragraph, the documents specified in each of the following items according to the following categories of persons; provided, however, that this does not apply where the special elderly insured person does not wish to be issued a separation slip when the written notification prescribed in that paragraph is submitted.

③Notwithstanding the preceding two paragraphs, a person who makes the notification under paragraph (1) may, as specified by the Director-General of the Employment Security Bureau, omit attaching the documents prescribed in those paragraphs.

④Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), when a special elderly insured person has ceased to be a special elderly insured person because of death or another unavoidable reason specified by the Director-General of the Employment Security Bureau, the employer that employs the special elderly insured person must submit the written notification prescribed in that paragraph within 10 days counting from the day following the day on which that fact occurred.

⑤When an employer is requested by a person who intends to make the notification under the provisions of paragraph (1) to give the certification necessary for making that notification, the employer must give the certification promptly.

⑥The provisions of Article 11 and Article 17 apply mutatis mutandis to the written notification prescribed in paragraph (1). In this case, the phrase "having become or ceased to be an insured person" in Article 11, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "having ceased to be a special elderly insured person", and the phrase "employer that made" is deemed to be replaced with "employer pertaining to".