A person who falls under any of the following items is an insured person of the National Pension.
次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、国民年金の被保険者とする。
A person who has a domicile in Japan and is 20 years of age or older but under 60 years of age, and who does not fall under either the following item or item (iii) (excluding a person who is able to receive an insurance benefit that is a pension whose ground for payment is old age under the Employees' Pension Insurance Act (Act No. 115 of 1954), or any other benefit whose ground for payment is old age or retirement, specified by Cabinet Order (hereinafter referred to as "old-age benefits, etc. under the Employees' Pension Insurance Act"), or any other person specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as a person for whom there is a special reason for excluding the application of this Act; hereinafter referred to as a "category 1 insured person");
日本国内に住所を有する二十歳以上六十歳未満の者であつて次号及び第三号のいずれにも該当しないもの（厚生年金保険法（昭和二十九年法律第百十五号）に基づく老齢を支給事由とする年金たる保険給付その他の老齢又は退職を支給事由とする給付であつて政令で定めるもの（以下「厚生年金保険法に基づく老齢給付等」という。）を受けることができる者その他この法律の適用を除外すべき特別の理由がある者として厚生労働省令で定める者を除く。以下「第一号被保険者」という。）
An insured person of Employees' Pension Insurance (hereinafter referred to as a "category 2 insured person");
厚生年金保険の被保険者（以下「第二号被保険者」という。）
The spouse of a category 2 insured person (limited to a person who has a domicile in Japan, or a student studying abroad or any other person who, although not having a domicile in Japan, is found — taking into account the purpose of travel and other circumstances — to have the basis of their life in Japan, as specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) who maintains their livelihood mainly through the income of the category 2 insured person (excluding a person who is a category 2 insured person, or any other person specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as a person for whom there is a special reason for excluding the application of this Act; hereinafter referred to as a "dependent spouse"), and who, among such persons, is 20 years of age or older but under 60 years of age (hereinafter referred to as a "category 3 insured person").
For the purposes of applying the provisions of item (iii) of the preceding paragraph, the matters necessary for determining whether a person's livelihood is maintained mainly through the income of a category 2 insured person are specified by Cabinet Order.
The provisions of Chapter III (excluding Article 12 and Article 14) of the Administrative Procedure Act (Act No. 88 of 1993) do not apply to the determination referred to in the preceding paragraph.
前項の認定については、行政手続法（平成五年法律第八十八号）第三章（第十二条及び第十四条を除く。）の規定は、適用しない。
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Status as an Insured Person
An insured person of Employees' Pension Insurance (hereinafter referred to as a "category 2 insured person");
厚生年金保険の被保険者（以下「第二号被保険者」という。）
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The spouse of a category 2 insured person (limited to a person who has a domicile in Japan, or a student studying abroad or any other person who, although not having a domicile in Japan, is found…
第二号被保険者の配偶者（日本国内に住所を有する者又は外国において留学をする学生その他の日本国内に住所を有しないが渡航目的その他の事情を考慮して日本国内に生活の基礎があると認められる者として厚生労働省令で定める者に限る。）であつて主として第二号被保険者の収入により生計を維持するもの（第二号被保険者である者その他この法律…
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For the purposes of applying the provisions of item (iii) of the preceding paragraph, the matters necessary for determining whether a person's livelihood is maintained mainly through the income of a…
前項第三号の規定の適用上、主として第二号被保険者の収入により生計を維持することの認定に関し必要な事項は、政令で定める。
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An administrative agency must endeavor to establish disposition standards, and, publicize the standards.
行政庁は、処分基準を定め、かつ、これを公にしておくよう努めなければならない。
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In rendering an adverse disposition, an administrative agency must indicate the grounds for the adverse disposition to the person subject to the disposition at the same time; provided, however…
行政庁は、不利益処分をする場合には、その名あて人に対し、同時に、当該不利益処分の理由を示さなければならない。ただし、当該理由を示さないで処分をすべき差し迫った必要がある場合は、この限りでない。
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「配偶者」
Throughout this Act, a spouse, including a partner in an unregistered (de facto) marriage: a person who has not registered the marriage (婚姻の届出) but whose relationship is in fact the same as a marriage. Article 5, paragraph (7) says so.
Defined inArticle 5, paragraph (7)· applies throughout the law
old-age benefits, etc. under the Employees' Pension Insurance Actmachine translation
「厚生年金保険法に基づく老齢給付等」
Pensions paid for old age under the Employees' Pension Insurance Act (Act No. 115 of 1954) and other old-age or retirement benefits a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies; a person who can receive them is not a category 1 insured person (第一号被保険者).
Short name set inArticle 7, paragraph (1), item (i)
category 1 insured personmachine translation
「第一号被保険者」
A person living in Japan aged 20 to 59 who is neither a category 2 insured person (第二号被保険者) nor a category 3 insured person (第三号被保険者), other than one who can receive old-age benefits under the Employees' Pension Insurance Act and similar benefits (厚生年金保険法に基づく老齢給付等) or whom a Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Order (厚生労働省令) excludes (Article 7, paragraph (1), item (i)).
Short name set inArticle 7, paragraph (1), item (i)
category 2 insured personmachine translation
「第二号被保険者」
A person insured under Employees' Pension Insurance (厚生年金保険) (Article 7, paragraph (1), item (ii)).
Short name set inArticle 7, paragraph (1), item (ii)
category 3 insured personmachine translation
「第三号被保険者」
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 (Article 7, paragraph (1), item (iii)).
Short name set inArticle 7, paragraph (1), item (iii)
dependent spousemachine translation
「被扶養配偶者」
The spouse of a category 2 insured person (第二号被保険者) who mainly lives on that person's income and lives in Japan, or is treated as based there under a Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Order (厚生労働省令), other than one who is a category 2 insured person or is otherwise excluded (Article 7, paragraph (1), item (iii)).
Short name set inArticle 7, paragraph (1), item (iii)