National Pension Act

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).