The amount of the job applicant benefits for the elderly is to be the amount obtained by multiplying the daily amount of the basic allowance to be paid when the provisions of Articles 16 through 18 (excluding Article 17, paragraph (4), item (ii)) are applied to qualified recipients by deeming elderly qualified recipients as qualified recipients prescribed in Article 15, paragraph (1) by the number of days prescribed in the following items in accordance with the classification of the basic periods for calculation listed in each item (where the number of days from the day on which the certification referred to in paragraph (5) was obtained until the final day of the period prescribed in the same paragraph is less than the number of days prescribed in each item, the number of days equivalent to the number of days from the day on which the certification was obtained until the final day):
高年齢求職者給付金の額は、高年齢受給資格者を第十五条第一項に規定する受給資格者とみなして第十六条から第十八条まで（第十七条第四項第二号を除く。）の規定を適用した場合にその者に支給されることとなる基本手当の日額に、次の各号に掲げる算定基礎期間の区分に応じ、当該各号に定める日数（第五項の認定があつた日から同項の規定による期間の最後の日までの日数が当該各号に定める日数に満たない場合には、当該認定のあつた日から当該最後の日までの日数に相当する日数）を乗じて得た額とする。
one year or more:50 days; and
一年以上 五十日
less than one year:30 days.
一年未満 三十日
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if the daily amount of wages for elderly qualified recipients calculated pursuant to the provisions of the same paragraph exceeds the amount specified in Article 17, paragraph (4), item (ii), (d) (where the amount has been changed pursuant to the provisions of Article 18, the changed amount), this amount is to be the daily amount of wages.
前項の規定にかかわらず、同項の規定により算定した高年齢受給資格者の賃金日額が第十七条第四項第二号ニに定める額（その額が第十八条の規定により変更されたときは、その変更された額）を超えるときは、その額を賃金日額とする。
The basic period for calculation referred to in paragraph (1) is to be the period equivalent to the period calculated when the elderly qualified recipients are deemed to be qualified recipients prescribed in Article 15, paragraph (1) and the day of separation from service pertaining to the recipient qualification for the elderly is deemed to be the basis day prescribed in Article 20, paragraph (1), item (i), and the provisions of Article 22, paragraphs (3) and (4) are applied.
With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 22, paragraph (3) in the case prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the phrase "or a special lump sum payment" in item (ii) of that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with ", the job applicant benefits for the elderly or a special lump sum payment", and the phrase "or to the special recipient qualification prescribed in Article 39, paragraph (2)" with ", to the recipient qualification for the elderly prescribed in Article 37-3, paragraph (2) or to the special recipient qualification prescribed in Article 39, paragraph (2)".
An elderly qualified recipient seeking to receive payment of the job applicant benefits for the elderly must make an appearance at the Public Employment Security Office, by the day on which one year has elapsed from the day following the day of separation from service, apply for employment, and then obtain the certification of unemployment, as prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
The provisions of Article 21, Article 31, paragraph (1), Article 32, Article 33, paragraphs (1) and (2), and Article 34, paragraphs (1) through (3) apply mutatis mutandis with regard to the job applicant benefits for the elderly. In this case, the term "qualified recipients" and "recipient qualification" in these provisions are deemed to be replaced, respectively, with "elderly qualified recipients" and "recipient qualification for the elderly"; the terms "a period for which the recognition of unemployment could not be obtained" and "obtain the recognition of unemployment" in Article 31, paragraph (1) are deemed to be replaced, respectively, with "elderly qualified recipients when the certification referred to in Article 37-4, paragraph (5) could not be obtained" and "obtain the certification referred to in the same paragraph"; and the term "the period prescribed in Article 21" in Article 33, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "the period prescribed in Article 21 as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 37-4, paragraph (6)."
第二十一条、第三十一条第一項、第三十二条、第三十三条第一項及び第二項並びに第三十四条第一項から第三項までの規定は、高年齢求職者給付金について準用する。この場合において、これらの規定中「受給資格者」とあるのは「高年齢受給資格者」と、「受給資格」とあるのは「高年齢受給資格」と、第三十一条第一項中「失業の認定を受けることができなかつた期間」とあるのは「第三十七条の四第五項の認定を受けることができなかつた場合における当該高年齢受給資格者」と、「失業の認定を受けなければならない」とあるのは「同項の認定を受けなければならない」と、第三十三条第一項中「第二十一条の規定による期間」とあるのは「第三十七条の四第六項において準用する第二十一条の規定による期間」と読み替えるものとする。