National Pension Act

The right When applying the provisions of Article 27-6 to receive a widow's the amount of an old-age basic pension is extinguished when under paragraph (3), in paragraph (1) of that Article, the phrase "the person entitled to receive it acquires the a benefit acquired that right " is deemed to be replaced with "the person entitled to receive an old-age basic pension under Article 9-2, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions reaches 65 years of age"; the phrase "notwithstanding the provisions of , that Article" is deemed to be replaced with "and notwithstanding the provisions of Article 9-2, paragraph (3)4) of the Supplementary Provisions, these provisions"; the phrase "shall be the amount obtained by adding" is deemed to be replaced with "is to be added, and the amount of the pension is revised from the month following the month containing the day of reaching 65 years of age"; and in paragraph (3) of that Article, the phrase "the person entitled to receive a benefit acquired that right" is deemed to be replaced with "the person entitled to receive an old-age basic pension under Article 9-2, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions reaches 65 years of age".

The provisions of paragraph (4) apply mutatis mutandis to the amount ofright to receive a widow's pension is extinguished when the additional pension in a case where a person entitledperson entitled to receive it acquires the right to receive an old-age basic pension under the provisions of paragraph (3) has a premium-paid period relating to premiums under the provisions of Article 87-2. In this case, the term "Article 27" in paragraph (4) is to be read as "Article 44".

The provisions of paragraph (4) apply mutatis mutandis to the amount of the additional pension in a case where a person entitled to receive an old-age basic pension under the provisions of paragraph (3) has a premium-paid period relating to premiums under the provisions of Article 87-2. In this case, the term "Article 27" in paragraph (4) is to be read as "Article 44".

The When applying the provisions of Article 27-6 to the amount of an old-age basic pension under paragraph (5) and3), in paragraph (61) of that Article, the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis phrase "the person entitled to receive a benefit acquired that right" is deemed to be replaced with "the person entitled to receive an old-age basic pension under the provisions ofArticle 9-2-2, paragraph (3). In this case, the phrase "the provisions of the Supplementary Provisions reaches 65 years of paragraph (4)" in paragraph (6) ofage"; the phrase "notwithstanding the provisions of, that Article" is deemed to be read as "replaced with "and notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph Article 9-2-2, paragraphs (4) and paragraph (5) of the following Article", and Supplementary Provisions, these provisions"; the phrase "in paragraph (4)shall be the amount obtained by adding" is deemed to be read as "in replaced with "is to be added, and the provisionsamount of the pension is revised from the month following the month containing the day of reaching 65 years of age"; and in paragraph (4) and 3) of that Article, the phrase "the person entitled to receive a benefit acquired that right" is deemed to be replaced with "the person entitled to receive an old-age basic pension under Article 9-2-2, paragraph (53) of the following ArticleSupplementary Provisions reaches 65 years of age".

The provisions of paragraph (6) and paragraph (7) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the old-age basic pension under the provisions of paragraph (3). In this case, the phrase "the provisions of paragraph (4)" in paragraph (7) of that Article is to be read as "the provisions of paragraph (4) and paragraph (5) of the following Article", and the phrase "in paragraph (4)" is to be read as "in the provisions of paragraph (4) and paragraph (5) of the following Article".

The periods listed in the items of the preceding paragraph that are deemed to be premium-paid periods of the National Pension pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph (where, in calculating the insured period listed in item (i) of that paragraph, the provisions of Article 47, paragraph (2) or paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions or Article 5, paragraph (2) or paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, etc. (Act No. 82 of 1996; hereinafter referred to as the "1996 Amendment Act") have been applied, the insured period calculated as if they had not been applied; where, in calculating the period as a member listed in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph, the provisions of Article 32, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Public Officers, etc. Mutual Aid Association Act, etc. (Act No. 105 of 1985; hereinafter referred to as the "1985 National Public Officers Mutual Aid Amendment Act") or Article 7, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2012 Pension Unification Act have been applied, the period as a member calculated as if they had not been applied; and where, in calculating the period as a member listed in item (iii) of the preceding paragraph, the provisions of Article 35, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Local Public Officers, etc. Mutual Aid Association Act, etc. (Act No. 108 of 1985; hereinafter referred to as the "1985 Local Public Officers Mutual Aid Amendment Act") or Article 7, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2012 Pension Unification Act have been applied, the period as a member calculated as if they had not been applied) are included in the premium-paid period for the purpose of applying the provisions of Article 27 and Article 27-6, paragraph (2) of the National Pension Act.

For the time being, the premium-paid period of a person who has a premium-paid period relating to the insured period of the National Pension as a category 2 insured person, to the extent that it relates to periods before the month that includes the day on which the person reached 20 years of age and periods on and after the month that includes the day on which the person reached 60 years of age, is, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (1) of the National Pension Act, not included in the premium-paid period for the purpose of applying the provisions of Articles 26 and 27 and Article 27-6, paragraph (2) of that Act and Article 9, paragraph (1), Article 9-2, paragraph (1) and Article 9-2-2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act, and is included in the credited period for the purpose of applying the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act.

Where the person entitled to receive it (excluding a person who falls under paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) of the following Article or Article 18, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions) is a person born between April 2, 1926 and April 1, 1966 and, on the day on which the person reached 65 years of age, was maintaining their livelihood through their spouse (including a person who has not notified the marriage but is in circumstances similar to a de facto marital relationship; the same applies hereinafter in this Article, the following Article and Article 18 of the Supplementary Provisions) who falls under any of the following items (limited to where, on the day before that day on which the person reached 65 years of age, the person had been taken into account as a basis for calculating the supplementary pension amount of the benefit paid as a pension listed in the following items that that spouse had the right to receive), the amount of the old-age basic pension is, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 17 of the Supplementary Provisions, Articles 27, 27-6 and 28 of the National Pension Act and Articles 9-2, 9-2-2 and 9-4-5 of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act, the amount obtained by adding, to the amount specified in those provisions, the amount obtained by multiplying the amount obtained by multiplying 224,700 yen by the revision rate prescribed in Article 27 of that Act (hereinafter referred to as the "revision rate") (where that amount includes a fraction of less than 50 yen, the fraction is to be rounded down, and where it includes a fraction of 50 yen or more but less than 100 yen, the fraction is to be rounded up to 100 yen) by the rate specified by Cabinet Order according to that person's date of birth. However, this does not apply when that person is able to receive an old-age employees' pension, a retirement mutual aid pension or any other benefit whose ground for payment is old age or retirement that is specified by Cabinet Order.

Where the spouse of a person born between April 2, 1926 and April 1, 1966 has come to fall under any of the items of the preceding paragraph on or after the day on which that person reached 65 years of age, if that person was at that time maintaining their livelihood through their spouse, the amount of the old-age basic pension for that person is, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 17 of the Supplementary Provisions, Articles 27, 27-6 and 28 of the National Pension Act and Articles 9-2, 9-2-2 and 9-4-5 of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act, the amount obtained by adding the additional amount prescribed in that paragraph to the amount specified in those provisions. However, this does not apply when that person falls under the proviso to that paragraph.

The amount of the old-age basic pension paid to a person who is listed in the left-hand column of Appended Table 5 of the Supplementary Provisions, whose insured period of the National Pension as a category 1 insured person (including a period deemed to be that insured period pursuant to the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions, and the insured period of the National Pension as an insured person under the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the National Pension Act; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) is less than 25 years, and for whom the period obtained by combining the premium-paid period relating to the insured period of the National Pension as a category 1 insured person (including a period deemed to be that premium-paid period pursuant to the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) and the premium exemption period (including a period deemed to be that premium exemption period pursuant to the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) is the period listed in the middle column of that Table for the respective person, or more, is, where the amount listed in item (i) exceeds the amount listed in item (ii), notwithstanding the provisions of Article 27 and Article 27-6 of that Act, the amount obtained by adding, to the amount specified in that Articlethose provisions, the amount obtained by deducting the amount listed in item (ii) from the amount listed in item (i). However, this is limited to when that person is 65 years of age or older but less than 70 years of age and is in a state of disability to the extent of falling under the disability grade prescribed in Article 30, paragraph (2) of that Act, or when that person is 70 years of age or older.

For a person whose amount of the old-age basic pension is calculated pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the phrase "the amount specified in that Articlethose provisions" in Article 28, paragraph (4) of the National Pension Act is deemed to be replaced with "the amount specified in Article 17, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 34 of 1985; hereinafter referred to as the '1985 Amendment Act')", and the phrase "the amount specified in that Article" in Article 9-2, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act is deemed to be replaced with "the amount specified in Article 17, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act".

Where the person entitled to receive it is a person born between April 2, 1926 and April 1, 1966 and, at the time of acquiring that right, was maintaining their livelihood through their spouse who falls under any of the items of Article 14, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions, the amount of the old-age basic pension under the preceding paragraph is, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 27 of the National Pension Act , Article 27-6 of that Act as replaced under paragraph (5) and Article 28 of that Act as replaced under paragraph (56), the amount obtained by adding the additional amount prescribed in Article 14, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions to the amount specified in those provisions. However, this does not apply when that person falls under the proviso to that paragraph.

Where the person entitled to receive it is a person born between April 2, 1926 and April 1, 1966, and, after the day on which the person acquired that right, the spouse of that person has come to fall under any of the items of Article 14, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions and that person was at that time maintaining their livelihood through their spouse, the amount of the old-age basic pension under paragraph (1) is, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 27 of the National Pension Act , Article 27-6 of that Act as replaced under paragraph (5) and Article 28 of that Act as replaced under paragraph (56), the amount obtained by adding the additional amount prescribed in Article 14, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions to the amount specified in those provisions. However, this does not apply when the case falls under the proviso to that paragraph.

For With regard to the purposeapplication of applying the provisions of Article 2827-6 of the National Pension Act to a person entitled to receive thean old-age basic pension under paragraph (1), the phrase "reaching 66 years of ageacquired that right" in paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the day on which one year has passed, counted from the day on which the person acquired that right to receive (hereinafter referredcame to in this Article asfall under any of the 'day on which one year has passed')", the phrase "reached 65 yearsitems of Article 18, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of age" with "acquired the right to receive that old-age basic pension", and the phrase "reached 66 yearsAct Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 34 of age" with "one year has passed";1985; referred to as the phrase "reached 66 years of age"1985 Amendment Act" in paragraph (2) of that Article is deemed3)) by coming to be replaced with "one year has passed", the phrase "the day on which the person reaches 75 years of age" with "the day on which 10 years have passed, counted from the day on which the person acquired the right to receive the old-age basic pension (referred to as the 'dayan insured period on which 10 years have passed' in the following item)", and the phrase "or after the day on which the person reached 75 years of age" with "the day on which 10 years have passed";age of 65", and the phrase "the day on which the person reached 70 years of ageacquired that right" in paragraph (53) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the day on which five years have passed, counted from the day on whichcame to fall under any of the person acquired that right to receive", the phrase "the day on which the person reached 80 yearsitems of Article 18, paragraph (1) of age" with "the day on which 15 years have passed, counted fromSupplementary Provisions of the day on which the person acquired the right1985 Amendment Act by coming to receive that old-age basic pension", and the phrase "the dayhave an insured period on which the person reached 65 years of age" with "or after the day on which the person acquiredreached the right to receive that old-age basic pensionage of 65".

The For the purpose of applying the provisions of Article 9, 28 of the National Pension Act to a person entitled to receive the old-age basic pension under paragraph (1), the phrase "reaching 66 years of age" in paragraph (21) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the Supplementary Provisions of day on which one year has passed, counted from the National Pension Act apply mutatis mutandis day on which the person acquired that right to receive (hereinafter referred to in this Article as the calculation 'day on which one year has passed')", the phrase "reached 65 years of age" with "acquired the credited period prescribed right to receive that old-age basic pension", and the phrase "reached 66 years of age" with "one year has passed"; the phrase "reached 66 years of age" in paragraph (1), 2) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "one year has passed", the phrase "the day on which the person reaches 75 years of age" with "the day on which 10 years have passed, counted from the day on which the person acquired the right to receive the old-age basic pension (referred to as the 'day on which 10 years have passed' in the following item (i))", and the phrase "the day on which the person reached 75 years of age" with "the day on which 10 years have passed"; and the phrase "the day on which the person reached 70 years of age" in paragraph (5) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the day on which five years have passed, counted from the day on which the person acquired that right to receive", the phrase "the day on which the person reached 80 years of age" with "the day on which 15 years have passed, counted from the day on which the person acquired the right to receive that old-age basic pension", and the phrase "the day on which the person reached 65 years of age" with "the day on which the person acquired the right to receive that old-age basic pension".

The right to receive the old-age pension underprovisions of Article 9-39, paragraph (12) of the Supplementary Provisions of the new National Pension Act is extinguished when the person entitledapply mutatis mutandis to receive it acquires the right to receivecalculation of the old-age basic pension undercredited period prescribed in paragraph (1), item (i).

The right to receive an old-age pension under Article 9-3, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the new National Pension Act is extinguished when the person entitled to receive a benefit acquires the right to receive an old-age basic pension under paragraph (1).

The provisions of Article 29-2, Article 33 and Article 33-2 of the National Pension Act apply mutatis mutandis to disability pensions among the benefits paid as a pension prescribed in paragraph (1). In this case, the necessary technical replacement of terms is specified by Cabinet Order.

The provisions of Article 9-2, paragraph (56) of the Supplementary Provisions of the National Pension Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 9-2-2, paragraph (67) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act) do not apply to a widow's pension under the Former National Pension Act.

The provisions of Article 18, paragraph (56) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 National Pension Act Amendment Act after the amendment under the provisions of Article 42 of the Supplementary Provisions apply to a person for whom, as of the day preceding the Effective Date, five years have not elapsed since the day on which the person acquired the right to receive the old-age basic pension.

The provisions of Article 18, paragraph (56) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 National Pension Act Amendment Act after the amendment under the provisions of Article 43 of the Supplementary Provisions apply to a person for whom, as of the day preceding the item (ix) Effective Date, six years have not elapsed since the day on which the person acquired the right to receive the old-age basic pension.

The provisions of Article 27-6, paragraph (1) of the National Pension Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1 (limited to the amending provisions set forth in item (viii) of Article 1, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions; the same applies in the following paragraph) (hereinafter referred to as the "National Pension Act after the amendment under item (viii)") do not apply to a person who has the right to receive an old-age basic pension before the effective date of the provisions set forth in that item (hereinafter referred to as the "Effective Date of item (viii)").

The provisions of Article 29-2, paragraph (1) of the National Pension Act after the amendment under item (viii), as applied mutatis mutandis under Article 36-5 of the National Pension Act after the amendment under item (viii), do not apply to a person (excluding a person specified by Cabinet Order) who, at the time the provisions set forth in item (viii) of Article 1, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect, currently has the right to receive a disability basic pension whose amount has been added to under Article 33-2, paragraph (1) of the National Pension Act before the amendment by the provisions of Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "National Pension Act before the amendment under item (viii)") (including a case of application mutatis mutandis under Article 32, paragraph (5) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. before the amendment under Article 7 (referred to in Article 12, paragraph (4) and Article 20, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions as the "1985 Amendment Act before the amendment under Article 7"); the same applies in paragraph (4) and Article 12, paragraph (7) of the Supplementary Provisions).

The provisions of Article 33-2, paragraph (1) of the National Pension Act after the amendment under item (viii) (including a case of application mutatis mutandis under Article 32, paragraph (5) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. after the amendment by the provisions of Article 7 (hereinafter referred to as the "1985 Amendment Act After the Amendment under Article 7"); the same applies in the following paragraph and paragraph (5)), Article 39, paragraph (1), and Article 39-2, paragraph (1) apply to the amount added for a child under these provisions for months from and after April 2028, and the provisions then in force continue to govern the amount added for a child for months on or before March of that year.

The provisions of the proviso to Article 33-2, paragraph (1) (limited to the part pertaining to item (i)), the proviso to Article 39, paragraph (1) (limited to the part pertaining to item (i)), and the proviso to Article 39-2, paragraph (1) (limited to the part pertaining to item (i)) of the National Pension Act after the amendment under item (viii) do not apply to a person who has the right to receive a disability basic pension whose amount has been added to, at the time the provisions set forth in that item come into effect, for a child (limited to a child who does not currently have an address in Japan at the time the provisions set forth in item (viii) of Article 1, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) under Article 33-2, paragraph (1) of the National Pension Act before the amendment under item (viii), or a survivors' basic pension whose amount has been added to, at the time the provisions set forth in that item come into effect, for a child under Article 39, paragraph (1) or Article 39-2, paragraph (1) of the National Pension Act before the amendment under item (viii); provided, however, that payment of the part corresponding to the amount added for those children is suspended for the period from the month following the month containing the day on which, on or after the day those children come to have an address in Japan on or after the Effective Date of item (viii), those children first cease to have an address in Japan (excluding a case of coming to fall under a student studying abroad or any other person specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as a person who does not have an address in Japan but is found, in consideration of the purpose of travel and other circumstances, to have the basis of daily life in Japan (referred to in the proviso to Article 12, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions as "students studying abroad")) until the month containing the day those children come to have an address in Japan.

The provisions of the proviso to Article 33-2, paragraph (1) (limited to the part pertaining to item (ii)), the proviso to Article 39, paragraph (1) (limited to the part pertaining to item (ii)), and the proviso to Article 39-2, paragraph (1) (limited to the part pertaining to item (ii)) of the National Pension Act after the amendment under item (viii) apply to the suspension of payment of the part corresponding to the amount added for a child prescribed in these provisions for months from and after April 2028, and do not apply to the suspension of payment of the part corresponding to the amount added for that child for months on or before March of that year.

The affairs pertaining to the suspension of payment of the part corresponding to the amount added for a child under the proviso to paragraph (4) (excluding a decision pertaining to that suspension of payment) of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare are to be performed by the Japan Pension Organization. In this case, in Article 23, paragraph (3) of the Japan Pension Organization Act (Act No. 109 of 2007), the term "the National Pension Act" is deemed to be replaced with "the National Pension Act or 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)"; in Article 26, paragraph (2) of that Act, the term "the National Pension Act" is deemed to be replaced with "the National Pension Act or 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"; in Article 27, paragraph (1), item (ii) of that Act, the phrase "affairs prescribed in, that Act" is deemed to be replaced with "affairs prescribed in, the affairs prescribed in Article 4, paragraph (6) of the Supplementary Provisions of 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, the National Pension Act"; and in Article 48, paragraph (1) of that Act, the term "the National Pension Act" is deemed to be replaced with "the National Pension Act or 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".

The provisions of Article 28, paragraph (1) of the National Pension Act after the amendment under item (viii) apply to a person who does not have the right to receive a survivors' employees' pension (limited to a person prescribed in Article 6 of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2020 Amendment Act) and a person who has the right to receive a survivors' employees' pension (limited to a person who has not reached 65 years of age as of that day), as of the day preceding the Effective Date of item (viii), and the provisions then in force continue to govern a person who does not have the right to receive a survivors' employees' pension (excluding a person prescribed in Article 6 of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2020 Amendment Act) and a person who has the right to receive a survivors' employees' pension (limited to a person who has reached 65 years of age as of that day), as of that day.

The provisions of Article 41, paragraph (2) of the National Pension Act after the amendment under item (viii) apply to the suspension of payment of a survivors' basic pension for months from and after April 2028, and the provisions then in force continue to govern the suspension of payment of a survivors' basic pension for months on or before March of that year.

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The provisions of Article 52-2, and Article 52-3, paragraphs (1) and (2), of the National Pension Act after the amendment under item (viii) apply to a case where the date of death of a deceased person prescribed in Article 52-2, paragraph (1) of the National Pension Act is on or after the Effective Date of item (viii), and the provisions then in force continue to govern the requirement for payment of a death lump-sum payment under that Act, and the scope and order of priority of surviving family members, for which the ground for payment arose before the Effective Date of item (viii).