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Order for Enforcement of the National Pension Act

国民年金法施行令(こくみんねんきんほうせこうれい)

Every term this law . Its definitions bind only this law — each entry says where the definition applies and links to the sentence that settles it. 121 terms: 0 with the Ministry of Justice's English, 121 in our translation, marked as such.

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1985 Amendment Act

昭和六十年改正法(しょうわろくじゅうねんかいせいほう)

Short name for the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 34 of 1985).

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the former Act

旧法(きゅうほう)

The National Pension Act as it stood before Article 1 of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 34 of 1985) amended it.

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Japan Pension Service

機構(きこう)

The Japan Pension Service (日本年金機構).

Article 4, paragraph (1)
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category 1 insured person

第一号被保険者(だいいちごうひほけんしゃ)

A category 1 insured person as Article 7, paragraph (1), item (i) of the National Pension Act defines one, including here persons insured under Article 5, paragraph (1) of that Act's supplementary provisions (附則), Article 11, paragraph (1) of those of Act No. 95 of 1994, Article 23, paragraph (1) of those of Act No. 104 of 2004 and Article 40, paragraph (1) of those of Act No. 74 of 2025, and persons insured under the former Act (旧法).

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2012 Pension Unification Act

平成二十四年一元化法(へいせいにじゅうよねんいちげんかほう)

Short name for the Act Partially Amending the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, etc. to Unify, etc. the Employees' Pension Systems (Act No. 63 of 2012), the 2012 Act to unify the employees' pension systems (被用者年金制度).

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relevant fiscal year

当該年度(とうがいねんど)

In Article 6-2 and the provisions after it, the fiscal year that includes 1 April of the year in question; Article 6-2 counts a person's income from the amounts on which that fiscal year's prefectural inhabitant tax (道府県民税) is assessed.

Article 6-2, paragraph (1)
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mutual aid association

共済組合(きょうさいくみあい)

A mutual aid association (共済組合) as Article 3, paragraph (2) of the National Pension Act defines it: one organised under an Act (法律).

Article 1, paragraph (1), item (i)
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category 3 insured person

第三号被保険者(だいさんごうひほけんしゃ)

A category 3 insured person as Article 7, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the National Pension Act defines one: a dependent spouse (被扶養配偶者) of a category 2 insured person (第二号被保険者) — one who mainly lives on that person's income and lives in Japan or is treated as based there — aged 20 to 59.

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2004 Amendment Act

平成十六年改正法(へいせいじゅうろくねんかいせいほう)

Short name for the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 104 of 2004).

Article 1-2, paragraph (1), item (i)
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2001 Integration Act

平成十三年統合法(へいせいじゅうさんねんとうごうほう)

Short name for Act No. 101 of 2001, the 2001 Act that abolished the law on the mutual aid association for employees of agricultural, forestry and fishery organisations and other laws, to integrate that association's system into Employees' Pension Insurance (厚生年金保険).

Article 3, paragraph (1), item (vi)
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member

組合員(くみあいいん)

A member of a mutual aid association (共済組合) as provided in Article 3, paragraph (2) of the National Pension Act.

Article 1, paragraph (1), item (i)
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former premium exemption period

旧保険料免除期間(きゅうほけんりょうめんじょきかん)

A premium exemption period (保険料免除期間) as defined in Article 5, paragraph (4) of the former Act (旧法), the National Pension Act as it stood before Article 1 of Act No. 34 of 1985 amended it.

旧法第五条第四項に規定する保険料免除期間

Article 14-29, paragraph (1)
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former premium-paid period

旧保険料納付済期間(きゅうほけんりょうのうふずみきかん)

A premium-paid period (保険料納付済期間) as defined in Article 5, paragraph (3) of the former Act (旧法), the National Pension Act as it stood before Article 1 of Act No. 34 of 1985 amended it.

旧法第五条第三項に規定する保険料納付済期間

Article 14-29, paragraph (1)
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basic pension paid by mutual aid associations

共済払いの基礎年金(きょうさいばらいのきそねんきん)

An old-age basic pension (老齢基礎年金), disability basic pension (障害基礎年金) or survivors' basic pension (遺族基礎年金) of the kinds in Article 1, paragraph (1), items (i) to (iii) that a Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Order (厚生労働省令) names, whose payment may be entrusted to the mutual aid associations (共済組合) or the Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation for Private Schools of Japan (日本私立学校振興・共済事業団).

Article 15, paragraph (1)
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mutual aid pensions before the 2012 unification

平成二十四年一元化法改正前共済年金(へいせいにじゅうよねんいちげんかほうかいせいまえきょうさいねんきん)

Together, the pension benefits under the national public officers', local public officers' and private school personnel mutual aid Acts as they stood before Act No. 63 of 2012 (平成二十四年一元化法) amended them, as Article 37, paragraph (1), Article 61, paragraph (1) and Article 79 of that Act's supplementary provisions (附則) refer to them.

被用者年金制度の一元化等を図るための厚生年金保険法等の一部を改正する法律(平成二十四年法律第六十三号。以下「平成二十四年一元化法」という。)附則第三十七条第一項に規定する改正前国共済法による年金である給付(以下「平成二十四年一元化法改正前国共済年金」という。)、平成二十四年一元化法改正前地共済年金(平成二十四年一元化法附則第六十一条第一項に規定する改正前地共済法による年金である給付をいう。以下同じ。)及び平成二十四年一元化法改正前私学共済年金(平成二十四年一元化法附則第七十九条に規定する改正前私学共済法による年金である給付をいう。以下同じ。)

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claimable dependent

控除対象扶養親族(こうじょたいしょうふようしんぞく)

A dependent aged 16 or over; a dependent living outside Japan counts only if aged 16 to 29 or 70 or over, or aged 30 to 69 and studying abroad, disabled, or receiving at least 380,000 yen that year from the resident for living or education costs.

Article 5-4, paragraph (1)
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specified-age dependent

特定年齢扶養親族(とくていねんれいふようしんぞく)

In Article 5-4 and the provisions after it, a dependent (扶養親族) under the Income Tax Act aged 30 or over and under 70, who counts toward the income limit only if also a claimable dependent (控除対象扶養親族).

Article 5-4, paragraph (1)
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premiums, etc.

保険料等(ほけんりょうとう)

Premiums and similar payments as Article 109-11, paragraph (1) of the National Pension Act defines them: premiums and other money collected under that Act, repayments of pension benefits paid in error and similar items a Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Order (厚生労働省令) names, whose receipt the Japan Pension Service (日本年金機構) can be made to handle.

Article 11-13, paragraph (1), item (iv)
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National Public Officers Mutual Aid Association Act before the 2012 unification

平成二十四年一元化法改正前国共済法(へいせいにじゅうよねんいちげんかほうかいせいまえこっきょうさいほう)

The National Public Officers Mutual Aid Association Act as it stood before Article 2 of Act No. 63 of 2012 (平成二十四年一元化法) amended it, as kept in force by Article 36, paragraph (1), (3) or (5) or Article 37, paragraph (1) of that Act's supplementary provisions (附則), including where Article 48-2 of the Private School Personnel Mutual Aid Association Act applies them.

平成二十四年一元化法附則第三十六条第一項、第三項若しくは第五項又は第三十七条第一項(私立学校教職員共済法第四十八条の二の規定によりこれらの規定の例によることとされる場合を含む。)の規定によりなおその効力を有するものとされた平成二十四年一元化法第二条の規定による改正前の国家公務員共済組合法

Article 14-7, paragraph (1), item (iii)
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Local Public Officers, etc. Mutual Aid Association Act before the 2012 unification

平成二十四年一元化法改正前地共済法(へいせいにじゅうよねんいちげんかほうかいせいまえちきょうさいほう)

The Local Public Officers, etc. Mutual Aid Association Act as it stood before Article 3 of Act No. 63 of 2012 (平成二十四年一元化法) amended it, as kept in force by Article 60, paragraph (1), (3) or (5) or Article 61, paragraph (1) of that Act's supplementary provisions (附則).

平成二十四年一元化法附則第六十条第一項、第三項若しくは第五項又は第六十一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二十四年一元化法第三条の規定による改正前の地方公務員等共済組合法

Article 14-7, paragraph (1), item (iv)
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Private School Personnel Mutual Aid Association Act before the 2012 unification

平成二十四年一元化法改正前私学共済法(へいせいにじゅうよねんいちげんかほうかいせいまえしがくきょうさいほう)

The Private School Personnel Mutual Aid Association Act as it stood before Article 4 of Act No. 63 of 2012 (平成二十四年一元化法) amended it, as kept in force by Article 78 or 79 of that Act's supplementary provisions (附則).

平成二十四年一元化法附則第七十八条又は第七十九条の規定によりなおその効力を有するものとされた平成二十四年一元化法第四条の規定による改正前の私立学校教職員共済法

Article 14-7, paragraph (1), item (v)
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specified premium

特定保険料(とくていほけんりょう)

A specified premium as provided in Article 9-4-3, paragraph (1) of the supplementary provisions (附則) of the National Pension Act: a premium a person may pay, with approval and until the specified premium payment deadline (特定保険料納付期限日), for months of a specified period (特定期間) that are not premium-paid time, within the limits of age and time that article sets.

Article 14-9, paragraph (1)
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mutual aid associations, etc.

共済組合等(きょうさいくみあいとう)

In Article 15, the mutual aid associations (共済組合) — or, for an association belonging to the Federation of National Public Service Personnel Mutual Aid Associations (国家公務員共済組合連合会) or the National Federation of Mutual Aid Associations for Municipal Personnel (全国市町村職員共済組合連合会), that federation — and the Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation for Private Schools of Japan (日本私立学校振興・共済事業団), to which the payment of basic pensions paid by mutual aid associations (共済払いの基礎年金) may be entrusted.

Article 15, paragraph (1)
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New National Pension Order

新国年令(しんこくねんれい)

This Cabinet Order as amended by Article 1 of Cabinet Order No. 303 of 2021.

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1994 Amendment Act

平成六年改正法(へいせいろくねんかいせいほう)

Short name for the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 95 of 1994).

Article 1-2, paragraph (1), item (i)
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2014 Amendment Act

平成二十六年改正法(へいせいにじゅうろくねんかいせいほう)

Short name for Act No. 64 of 2014, the 2014 Act partially amending the National Pension Act and other laws to improve the running of the government-run pension programmes (政府管掌年金事業) and related programmes.

Article 1-2, paragraph (1), item (ix)
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former Mariners Insurance Act

旧船員保険法(きゅうせんいんほけんほう)

The Mariners Insurance Act (Act No. 73 of 1939) as it stood before Article 5 of Act No. 34 of 1985 (昭和六十年改正法) amended it.

Article 3, paragraph (1), item (ii)
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pre-1985 National Public Officers, etc. Mutual Aid Association Act

旧国家公務員等共済組合法(きゅうこっかこうむいんとうきょうさいくみあいほう)

The mutual aid association law for national public officers (国家公務員等共済組合法 (an Act), Act No. 128 of 1958) as it stood before Article 1 of Act No. 105 of 1985 (昭和六十年国家公務員共済改正法) amended it.

Article 3, paragraph (1), item (iii)
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War Victims Relief Act

遺族援護法(いぞくえんごほう)

Short name for the Act on Relief of War Victims and Survivors (Act No. 127 of 1952).

Article 4-8, paragraph (1), item (viii)
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pension benefit

年金給付(ねんきんきゅうふ)

In Article 5, a benefit paid as a pension (年金たる給付) of the kinds Article 4-8 lists under Article 36-2, paragraph (1), item (i) of the National Pension Act; Article 5 says how its amount is counted.

Article 5, paragraph (1)
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specified recipient

特定受給者(とくていじゅきゅうしゃ)

A specified recipient as provided in Article 9-4-4 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of the National Pension Act: a person who, on the date part of Act No. 63 of 2013 came into effect, was receiving an old-age basic pension (老齢基礎年金) or old-age benefits under the Employees' Pension Insurance Act (厚生年金保険法に基づく老齢給付等) counting as premium-paid a period that a later correction of the records made a time-barred inconsistent period (時効消滅不整合期間), including one whose benefits are wholly suspended.

法附則第九条の四の四に規定する特定受給者

Article 14-11-2, paragraph (1)
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Transitional Measures Cabinet Order

経過措置政令(けいかそちせいれい)

Short name for Cabinet Order No. 54 of 1986, the Cabinet Order on Transitional Measures Accompanying the Enforcement of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc.

Article 1, paragraph (1), item (ii)
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former Employees' Pension Insurance Act

旧厚生年金保険法(きゅうこうせいねんきんほけんほう)

The Employees' Pension Insurance Act as it stood before Article 3 of the Act partially amending the National Pension Act and other Acts (Act No. 34 of 1985) amended it.

Article 3, paragraph (1), item (i)
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pre-1985 Private School Personnel Mutual Aid Association Act

旧私立学校教職員共済組合法(きゅうしりつがっこうきょうしょくいんきょうさいくみあいほう)

The mutual aid association law for private school personnel (私立学校教職員共済組合法 (an Act), Act No. 245 of 1953) as it stood before Article 1 of Act No. 106 of 1985 amended it.

Article 3, paragraph (1), item (v)
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1996 Amendment Act

平成八年改正法(へいせいはちねんかいせいほう)

Short name for the Act Partially Amending the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, etc. (Act No. 82 of 1996).

Article 5-3, paragraph (1), item (vi)
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specified dependent, etc.

特定扶養親族等(とくていふようしんぞくとう)

A specified dependent (特定扶養親族) under the Income Tax Act, or a claimable dependent (控除対象扶養親族) under 19; for each one, Article 5-4 raises the income limit by 630,000 yen.

同法に規定する特定扶養親族又は控除対象扶養親族(十九歳未満の者に限る。)

Article 5-4, paragraph (1)
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provisional contribution apportionment rate

概算拠出金按分率(がいさんきょしゅつきんあんぶんりつ)

The estimated value, for the fiscal year, of the contribution apportionment rate (拠出金按分率) of a mutual aid association, etc. as an implementing body (実施機関たる共済組合等), by which its provisional basic pension contribution (概算基礎年金拠出金) is worked out.

Article 11-4, paragraph (1)
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dispositions for arrears and other dispositions

滞納処分等その他の処分(たいのうしょぶんとうそのたのしょぶん)

Dispositions for arrears, etc. (滞納処分等) and other dispositions as Article 109-5, paragraph (1) of the National Pension Act provides: the powers the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare has decided under Article 109-4, paragraph (3) of that Act to exercise personally, with further powers a Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Order (厚生労働省令) names, which the Minister may delegate to the Minister of Finance.

Article 11-10, paragraph (1), item (ii)
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Social Security Agreements Special Provisions Act

協定実施特例法(きょうていじっしとくれいほう)

Short name for the Act on Special Provisions for the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, etc. Incidental to Enforcement of International Social Security Agreements.

Article 14-7, paragraph (1), item (vii)
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the Effective Date

施行日(しこうび)

The date Cabinet Order No. 303 of 2021, the amending Cabinet Order these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to, comes into effect.

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Former National Pension Order

旧国年令(きゅうこくねんれい)

This Cabinet Order as it stood before Article 1 of Cabinet Order No. 303 of 2021 amended it.

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2025 Amendment Act

令和七年改正法(れいわななねんかいせいほう)

Short name for the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc., and Other Matters, to Strengthen the Functions of the Pension System in Light of Socioeconomic Changes (Act No. 74 of 2025).

Article 1-2, paragraph (1), item (i)
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former Local Enforcement Act

旧地方の施行法(きゅうちほうのしこうほう)

The Act for Enforcement in Relation to Long-term Benefit, etc. under the Local Public Officers, etc. Mutual Aid Association Act as it stood before Article 2 of Act No. 108 of 1985 (昭和六十年地方公務員共済改正法) amended it.

Article 3, paragraph (1), item (iv)
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former Local Public Officers, etc. Mutual Aid Association Act

旧地方公務員等共済組合法(きゅうちほうこうむいんとうきょうさいくみあいほう)

The Local Public Officers, etc. Mutual Aid Association Act (Act No. 152 of 1962), other than its Chapter 11, as it stood before Article 1 of Act No. 108 of 1985 (昭和六十年地方公務員共済改正法) amended it.

Article 3, paragraph (1), item (iv)
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transitional agricultural, forestry and fishery pension

移行農林年金(いこうのうりんねんきん)

A transitional agricultural, forestry and fishery pension (移行農林年金) as provided in Article 16, paragraph (6) of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 101 of 2001 (平成十三年統合法), the Act that integrated the mutual aid system for employees of agricultural, forestry and fishery organisations into Employees' Pension Insurance (厚生年金保険).

平成十三年統合法附則第十六条第六項に規定する移行農林年金

Article 3, paragraph (1), item (vi)
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former Court Enforcement Officer Act

旧執行官法(きゅうしっこうかんほう)

The Court Enforcement Officer Act (Act No. 111 of 1966) as it stood before the Act Partially Amending the Court Enforcement Officer Act (Act No. 18 of 2007) amended it.

Article 3, paragraph (1), item (ix)
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Diet Members' Mutual Aid Pension Abolition Act

互助年金廃止法(ごじょねんきんはいしほう)

Short name for Act No. 1 of 2006, the Act that abolished the law on mutual aid pensions for members of the Diet (国会議員互助年金法, Act No. 70 of 1958).

Article 3, paragraph (1), item (x)
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former Diet members' mutual aid pension law

旧国会議員互助年金法(きゅうこっかいぎいんごじょねんきんほう)

The law on mutual aid pensions for members of the Diet (国会議員互助年金法, Act No. 70 of 1958) as it stood before Act No. 1 of 2006 (互助年金廃止法) abolished it, as kept in force by Article 2, paragraph (1) of that Act's supplementary provisions (附則).

互助年金廃止法附則第二条第一項の規定によりなおその効力を有することとされる互助年金廃止法による廃止前の国会議員互助年金法

Article 3, paragraph (1), item (x)
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surviving mutual aid society

存続共済会(そんぞくきょうさいかい)

A surviving mutual aid society (存続共済会) as provided in Article 23, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the supplementary provisions (附則) of the Act Partially Amending the Local Public Officers, etc. Mutual Aid Association Act (Act No. 56 of 2011), which pays the former retirement pensions (旧退職年金) and special retirement pensions (特例退職年金) that Act's supplementary provisions provide for.

Article 3, paragraph (1), item (xi)
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Act No. 155

法律第百五十五号(ほうりつだいひゃくごじゅうごごう)

Short name for the Act Partially Amending the Public Officers Pension Act (Act No. 155 of 1953).

Article 5-3, paragraph (1), item (i)
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Act on Reciprocal Exemption for Income of Foreign Residents, etc.

外国居住者等所得相互免除法(がいこくきょじゅうしゃとうしょとくそうごめんじょほう)

Short name, used in Article 33, for the Act on Exemption, etc. of Income Tax, etc. on Income of Foreign Residents, etc. Based on the Principle of Reciprocity (Act No. 144 of 1962).

Article 6-2, paragraph (1)
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Act on Special Provisions for the Enforcement of Tax Treaties

租税条約等実施特例法(そぜいじょうやくとうじっしとくれいほう)

Short name for the Act on Special Provisions of the Income Tax Act, the Corporation Tax Act and the Local Tax Act Incidental to Enforcement of Tax Treaties, etc. (Act No. 46 of 1969).

Article 6-2, paragraph (1)
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category 2 insured person

第二号被保険者(だいにごうひほけんしゃ)

A category 2 insured person as Article 7, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the National Pension Act defines one: a person insured under Employees' Pension Insurance (厚生年金保険).

Article 9, paragraph (1), item (i), (b)
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contribution apportionment rate

拠出金按分率(きょしゅつきんあんぶんりつ)

The rate, worked out each fiscal year for the government and each implementing body (実施機関), by which the amount subject to premium and contribution calculation (保険料・拠出金算定対象額) is multiplied under Article 94-3, paragraph (1) of the National Pension Act to give its basic pension contribution (基礎年金拠出金): its counts of category 2 and category 3 insured persons (第二号被保険者, 第三号被保険者), divided by the total of those counts for all bodies plus the months of premiums paid by category 1 insured persons (第一号被保険者), with partly exempted months weighted.

Article 11-2, paragraph (1)
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adjustment amount

調整額(ちょうせいがく)

In Article 11-5, the investment income (運用収入) of the basic pension account (基礎年金勘定) of the Pension Special Account (年金特別会計) for the fiscal year — the part arising from transfers from its national pension and employees' pension accounts and from contributions the mutual aid associations, etc. paid — multiplied by a mutual aid association's contribution apportionment rate (拠出金按分率); it is deducted from any shortfall in its basic pension contribution (基礎年金拠出金) payments.

Article 11-5, paragraph (1)
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pension office

年金事務所(ねんきんじむしょ)

A pension office (年金事務所) as provided in Article 29 of the Japan Pension Organization Act: an office the Japan Pension Service (日本年金機構) sets up where needed to handle part of the work of its branch offices, with an eye to the convenience of insured persons, employers and beneficiaries.

日本年金機構法(平成十九年法律第百九号)第二十九条に規定する年金事務所

Article 11-12-2, paragraph (1)
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receiving employee

収納職員(しゅうのうしょくいん)

An employee of the Japan Pension Service (日本年金機構) appointed under Article 109-11, paragraph (2) of the National Pension Act to receive the premiums and other money that paragraph (1) of that Article lets the Service receive.

Article 11-13, paragraph (1), item (ii)
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special starting age for payment

特例支給開始年齢(とくれいしきゅうかいしねんれい)

In Article 12-3, the age, set by date of birth, that the tables in Article 8-2 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act put in place of age 60 for the old-age employees' pension (老齢厚生年金) paid before 65 under Article 8 of those provisions.

Article 12-3, paragraph (1)
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date of claim

請求日(せいきゅうび)

In Articles 12-3 and 12-4, the day on which a person made the claim under Article 9-2-2, paragraph (1) of the supplementary provisions (附則) of the National Pension Act for early payment of part of the old-age basic pension (老齢基礎年金).

Article 12-3, paragraph (1)
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time in one category

一の期間(いちのきかん)

For a person who has been insured in two or more of the insured categories (被保険者の種別) of Employees' Pension Insurance (厚生年金保険), the time they were insured in one of those categories, as Article 78-22 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act uses the phrase.

Article 12-3, paragraph (2)
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old-age benefits, etc. under the Employees' Pension Insurance Act

厚生年金保険法に基づく老齢給付等(こうせいねんきんほけんほうにもとづくろうれいきゅうふとう)

Old-age benefits, etc. under the Employees' Pension Insurance Act as Article 9-4-4 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of the National Pension Act uses the term, including here, for a specified recipient (特定受給者), the occupational add-on amounts (職域加算額) paid for retirement under the national and local public officers' mutual aid Acts as they stood before Act No. 63 of 2012, and the retirement benefits in Article 78, paragraph (3) of that Act's supplementary provisions.

同条に規定する厚生年金保険法に基づく老齢給付等

Article 14-11-2, paragraph (1)
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New Order for Enforcement of the National Pension Act

新国民年金法施行令(しんこくみんねんきんほうせこうれい)

This Cabinet Order as amended by Article 1 of Cabinet Order No. 53 of 1986.

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participant in the private school personnel mutual aid system

私学教職員共済制度の加入者(しがくきょうしょくいんきょうさいせいどのかにゅうしゃ)

In Article 1, paragraph (1), item (ii) and Article 2, paragraph (2), a participant in the mutual aid system for private school personnel (私立学校教職員共済制度) under the Private School Personnel Mutual Aid Association Act (Act No. 245 of 1953).

Article 1, paragraph (1), item (ii)
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national public officers' mutual aid pension before the 2012 unification

平成二十四年一元化法改正前国共済年金(へいせいにじゅうよねんいちげんかほうかいせいまえこっきょうさいねんきん)

A pension benefit under the National Public Officers Mutual Aid Association Act as it stood before Act No. 63 of 2012 (平成二十四年一元化法) amended it, as Article 37, paragraph (1) of that Act's supplementary provisions (附則) refers to it.

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local public officers' mutual aid pension before the 2012 unification

平成二十四年一元化法改正前地共済年金(へいせいにじゅうよねんいちげんかほうかいせいまえちきょうさいねんきん)

A pension benefit under the Local Public Officers, etc. Mutual Aid Association Act as it stood before Act No. 63 of 2012 (平成二十四年一元化法) amended it, as Article 61, paragraph (1) of that Act's supplementary provisions (附則) refers to it.

平成二十四年一元化法附則第六十一条第一項に規定する改正前地共済法による年金である給付

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private school personnel mutual aid pension before the 2012 unification

平成二十四年一元化法改正前私学共済年金(へいせいにじゅうよねんいちげんかほうかいせいまえしがくきょうさいねんきん)

A pension benefit under the Private School Personnel Mutual Aid Association Act as it stood before Act No. 63 of 2012 (平成二十四年一元化法) amended it, as Article 79 of that Act's supplementary provisions (附則) refers to it.

平成二十四年一元化法附則第七十九条に規定する改正前私学共済法による年金である給付

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former National Enforcement Act

旧国の施行法(きゅうくにのしこうほう)

The Act for Enforcement in Relation to Long-term Benefit under the National Public Officers Mutual Aid Association Act (Act No. 129 of 1958) as it stood before Article 2 of Act No. 105 of 1985 (昭和六十年国家公務員共済改正法) amended it.

Article 3, paragraph (1), item (iii)
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1985 National Public Officers Mutual Aid Amendment Act

昭和六十年国家公務員共済改正法(しょうわろくじゅうねんこっかこうむいんきょうさいかいせいほう)

Short name for Act No. 105 of 1985, the 1985 Act partially amending the mutual aid association law for national public officers and other laws.

Article 3, paragraph (1), item (iii)
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1985 Local Public Officers Mutual Aid Amendment Act

昭和六十年地方公務員共済改正法(しょうわろくじゅうねんちほうこうむいんきょうさいかいせいほう)

Short name for Act No. 108 of 1985, the 1985 Act partially amending the mutual aid association law for local public officers and other laws.

Article 3, paragraph (1), item (iv)
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old-system agricultural, forestry and fishery mutual aid law

旧制度農林共済法(きゅうせいどのうりんきょうさいほう)

The old-system agricultural, forestry and fishery mutual aid law (旧制度農林共済法) as Article 2, paragraph (1), item (v) of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 101 of 2001 (平成十三年統合法) defines it: an earlier form of the mutual aid law for employees of agricultural, forestry and fishery organisations, which that Act, as its title says, abolished.

平成十三年統合法附則第二条第一項第五号に規定する旧制度農林共済法

Article 3, paragraph (1), item (vi)
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transitional agricultural, forestry and fishery mutual aid pension

移行農林共済年金(いこうのうりんきょうさいねんきん)

A transitional agricultural, forestry and fishery mutual aid pension (移行農林共済年金) as provided in Article 16, paragraph (4) of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 101 of 2001 (平成十三年統合法), the Act that integrated the mutual aid system for employees of agricultural, forestry and fishery organisations into Employees' Pension Insurance (厚生年金保険).

厚生年金保険制度及び農林漁業団体職員共済組合制度の統合を図るための農林漁業団体職員共済組合法等を廃止する等の法律(平成十三年法律第百一号。以下「平成十三年統合法」という。)附則第十六条第四項に規定する移行農林共済年金

Article 3, paragraph (1), item (vi)
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2011 Local Public Officers Mutual Aid Amendment Act

平成二十三年地共済改正法(へいせいにじゅうさんねんちきょうさいかいせいほう)

Short name for the Act Partially Amending the Local Public Officers, etc. Mutual Aid Association Act (Act No. 56 of 2011).

Article 3, paragraph (1), item (xi)
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increase rate

増額率(ぞうがくりつ)

In Article 4-5, the rate by which an old-age basic pension whose payment is deferred (支給の繰下げ) is increased: 7/1000 times the number of months from the month the person became entitled to it to the month before the month of the request to defer payment (including a request treated as made under Article 28, paragraph (5) of the National Pension Act), counting at most 120 months.

千分の七に当該年金の受給権を取得した日の属する月から当該年金の支給の繰下げの申出(法第二十八条第五項の規定により同条第一項の申出があつたものとみなされた場合における当該申出を含む。)をした日の属する月の前月までの月数(当該月数が百二十を超えるときは、百二十)を乗じて得た率

Article 4-5, paragraph (1)
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Act No. 81

法律第八十一号(ほうりつだいはちじゅういちごう)

Short name for Act No. 81 of 1971, the 1971 Act partially amending the Public Officers Pension Act (恩給法) and other laws.

Article 5-3, paragraph (1), item (i)
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Act No. 27

法律第二十七号(ほうりつだいにじゅうしちごう)

Short name for the Act Partially Amending the Act on Relief of War Victims and Survivors, etc. (Act No. 27 of 1970).

Article 5-3, paragraph (1), item (iv)
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Act No. 51

法律第五十一号(ほうりつだいごじゅういちごう)

Short name for the Act Partially Amending the Act on Relief of War Victims and Survivors, etc. (Act No. 51 of 1971).

Article 5-3, paragraph (1), item (iv)
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Act No. 181

法律第百八十一号(ほうりつだいひゃくはちじゅういちごう)

Short name for Act No. 181 of 1953, the 1953 Act partially amending the Act on Relief of War Victims and Survivors.

Article 5-3, paragraph (1), item (iv)
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Act No. 144

法律第百四十四号(ほうりつだいひゃくよんじゅうよんごう)

Short name for the Act Partially Amending the Act on Relief of War Victims and Survivors (Act No. 144 of 1955).

Article 5-3, paragraph (1), item (iv)
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transitional disability mutual aid pension

移行障害共済年金(いこうしょうがいきょうさいねんきん)

In Article 6-5, a disability mutual aid pension (障害共済年金) among the transitional agricultural, forestry and fishery mutual aid pensions (移行農林共済年金).

Article 6-5, paragraph (1), item (ii)
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advance payment services

立替納付事務(たてかえのうふじむ)

In Article 6-14, the work of advancing and paying insured persons' premiums on their behalf as a designated proxy payer (指定代理納付者) under Article 92-2-2, paragraph (1) of the National Pension Act.

Article 6-14, paragraph (1), item (i)
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premium payment services

納付事務(のうふじむ)

Premium payment services as Article 92-3, paragraph (1) of the National Pension Act provides: handling the payment of premiums for insured persons who entrust it, here as done by a National Pension Fund (国民年金基金).

同項に規定する納付事務

Article 6-16, paragraph (1)
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provisional basic pension contribution

概算基礎年金拠出金(がいさんきそねんきんきょしゅつきん)

The basic pension contribution (基礎年金拠出金) that each mutual aid association, etc. as an implementing body (実施機関たる共済組合等) pays the government on account each fiscal year: the estimated amount (見込額) of that year's amount subject to premium and contribution calculation (保険料・拠出金算定対象額) multiplied by its provisional contribution apportionment rate (概算拠出金按分率).

Article 11-4, paragraph (1)
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employee

職員(しょくいん)

In Article 11-13, paragraph (1), items (ii) and (iii), a receiving employee (収納職員) of the Japan Pension Service (日本年金機構) who is also appointed as a collection officer (徴収職員) under Article 109-6, paragraph (2) of the National Pension Act.

Article 11-13, paragraph (1), item (ii)
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reduction rate

減額率(げんがくりつ)

The rate by which an old-age basic pension paid early (支給の繰上げ) is reduced: 4/1000 for each month from the month in which early payment was claimed to the month before the month the person turns 65.

千分の四に当該年金の支給の繰上げを請求した日の属する月から六十五歳に達する日の属する月の前月までの月数を乗じて得た率

Article 12, paragraph (1)
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specified period

特定期間(とくていきかん)

A specified period as provided in Article 9-4-2, paragraph (2) of the supplementary provisions (附則) of the National Pension Act: a time-barred inconsistent period (時効消滅不整合期間) that a person has reported to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, which from the day of the report is treated as time for which premiums did not have to be paid under the student rule of Article 90-3, paragraph (1) of that Act.

法附則第九条の四の二第二項に規定する特定期間

Article 14-7-2, paragraph (1)
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2011 Pension Security Support Act

平成二十三年年金確保支援法(へいせいにじゅうさんねんねんきんかくほしえんほう)

Short name for Act No. 93 of 2011, the 2011 Act partially amending the National Pension Act and other laws to support people in securing an income in old age through the national pension and corporate pensions.

Article 14-8, paragraph (1)
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former agricultural, forestry and fishery mutual aid law

旧農林共済法(きゅうのうりんきょうさいほう)

The former agricultural, forestry and fishery mutual aid law (旧農林共済法) as Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 101 of 2001 (平成十三年統合法) defines it: the mutual aid law for employees of agricultural, forestry and fishery organisations that Act, as its title says, abolished.

平成十三年統合法附則第二条第一項第二号に規定する旧農林共済法

Article 14-12, paragraph (1), item (v)
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specified reason

特定事由(とくていじゆう)

A specified reason as defined in Article 9-4-7, paragraph (1), item (i) of the supplementary provisions (附則) of the National Pension Act: a failure to carry out, or a grossly improper handling of, administrative work that the National Pension Act or other laws a Cabinet Order (政令) names required.

法附則第九条の四の七第一項第一号に規定する特定事由

Article 14-24, paragraph (1)
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period as a member of a former mutual aid association

旧共済組合員期間(きゅうきょうさいくみあいいんきかん)

A period of membership in the former Army Mutual Aid Association under the former Army Mutual Aid Association Order (旧陸軍共済組合令, Imperial Ordinance No. 947 of 1940) or in a mutual aid association under one of the imperial ordinances (勅令) Article 13 lists, counted as Article 14 provides: as national pension insured periods are counted, leaving out time already behind a retirement pension from a mutual aid association organised under an Act (法律).

Article 14-29, paragraph (1), item (v)
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New Enforcement Order

新施行令(しんせこうれい)

The Order for Enforcement of the National Pension Act as amended by Article 3 of Cabinet Order No. 43 of 2002.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (1)
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Former National Pension Act

旧国民年金法(きゅうこくみんねんきんほう)

The National Pension Act as it stood before Article 1 of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 34 of 1985) amended it, as kept in force by Article 32, paragraph (11) of that Act's supplementary provisions (附則).

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1985 Amendment Act

昭和六十年改正法(しょうわろくじゅうねんかいせいほう)

Short name for the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 34 of 1985).

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2007 Amendment of the National Pension Act, etc.

国民年金法等改正法(こくみんねんきんほうとうかいせいほう)

Short name, in the supplementary provisions (附則) of Cabinet Order No. 310 of 2007, for the 2007 Act partially amending the National Pension Act and other laws to improve the running of the national pension programme and related programmes (国民年金事業等の運営の改善のための国民年金法等の一部を改正する法律).

Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1)
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New Order for Enforcement of the National Pension Act

新国民年金法施行令(しんこくみんねんきんほうせこうれい)

This Cabinet Order as amended by Article 1 of Cabinet Order No. 99 of 2021.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)
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the Effective Date

施行日(しこうび)

The date Cabinet Order No. 229 of 2021, the amending Cabinet Order these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to, comes into effect.

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Special Disability Benefit Act

特別障害給付金法(とくべつしょうがいきゅうふきんほう)

Short name, in Article 7 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Cabinet Order No. 303 of 2021, for the Act on Provision of Special Disability Benefit to Specified Persons with Disabilities (Act No. 166 of 2004).

Supplementary Provisions, Article 7, paragraph (1)
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New Order for Enforcement of the National Pension Act

新国民年金法施行令(しんこくみんねんきんほうせこうれい)

The Order for Enforcement of the National Pension Act as amended by Article 1 of Cabinet Order No. 72 of 2023.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)
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New Order for Enforcement of the National Pension Act

新国民年金法施行令(しんこくみんねんきんほうせこうれい)

The Order for Enforcement of the National Pension Act as amended by Article 1 of Cabinet Order No. 355 of 2025, as to its item (i).

Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)
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category 3 employees' pension insured period

第三号厚生年金被保険者期間(だいさんごうこうせいねんきんひほけんしゃきかん)

In Article 1, paragraph (1), item (i), a category 3 insured period under Employees' Pension Insurance (厚生年金保険) as provided in Article 2-5, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act: time insured as a member of a local public officers' mutual aid association.

Article 1, paragraph (1), item (i)
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category 2 employees' pension insured period

第二号厚生年金被保険者期間(だいにごうこうせいねんきんひほけんしゃきかん)

In Article 1, paragraph (1), item (i), a category 2 insured period under Employees' Pension Insurance (厚生年金保険) as provided in Article 2-5, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act: time insured as a member of a national public officers' mutual aid association.

Article 1, paragraph (1), item (i)
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