Where a request is made by an insured person, etc. who falls under any of the following items, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may provide that the premium for the period the Minister designates (excluding a period to which paragraphs (1) through (3) of the following Article apply, and a period during which the person is, or has been, a high school student prescribed in Article 50 of the School Education Act (Act No. 26 of 1947), a university student prescribed in Article 83 of that Act, or another pupil or student specified by Cabinet Order (hereinafter referred to as "students")) is not required to be paid, excluding a premium already paid, and may, on and after the day on which the request was made, count the period relating to that premium as a full premium exemption period prescribed in Article 5, paragraph (3) (excluding, where a retroactive payment has been made under Article 94, paragraph (1), the period relating to that retroactive payment); provided, however, that this does not apply where neither the head of household nor the spouse falls under any of the following items.
次の各号のいずれかに該当する被保険者等から申請があつたときは、厚生労働大臣は、その指定する期間（次条第一項から第三項までの規定の適用を受ける期間又は学校教育法（昭和二十二年法律第二十六号）第五十条に規定する高等学校の生徒、同法第八十三条に規定する大学の学生その他の生徒若しくは学生であつて政令で定めるもの（以下「学生等」という。）である期間若しくは学生等であつた期間を除く。）に係る保険料につき、既に納付されたものを除き、これを納付することを要しないものとし、申請のあつた日以後、当該保険料に係る期間を第五条第三項に規定する保険料全額免除期間（第九十四条第一項の規定により追納が行われた場合にあつては、当該追納に係る期間を除く。）に算入することができる。ただし、世帯主又は配偶者のいずれかが次の各号のいずれにも該当しないときは、この限りでない。
When the income for the year preceding the year that contains the month for which the premium is to be treated as not required to be paid (for the premium for the months from January to the month specified by Ministerial Order, the income for the year before the preceding year; the same applies below in this Chapter) is equal to or less than the amount specified by Cabinet Order according to whether the person has dependents and similar persons and their number;
当該保険料を納付することを要しないものとすべき月の属する年の前年の所得（一月から厚生労働省令で定める月までの月分の保険料については、前々年の所得とする。以下この章において同じ。）が、その者の扶養親族等の有無及び数に応じて、政令で定める額以下であるとき。
When the insured person, or another member of the household to which the insured person belongs, receives assistance other than livelihood assistance under the Public Assistance Act, or other assistance specified by Ministerial Order;
被保険者又は被保険者の属する世帯の他の世帯員が生活保護法による生活扶助以外の扶助その他の援助であつて厚生労働省令で定めるものを受けるとき。
When the person is a person with a disability, a widow, or another person specified by Cabinet Order as a person on whom the municipal inhabitant tax is not imposed under the provisions of the Local Tax Act (Act No. 226 of 1950), as prescribed in that Act, and the income for the year preceding the year that contains the month for which the premium is to be treated as not required to be paid is equal to or less than the amount specified by Cabinet Order;
地方税法（昭和二十五年法律第二百二十六号）に定める障害者、寡婦その他の同法の規定による市町村民税が課されない者として政令で定める者であつて、当該保険料を納付することを要しないものとすべき月の属する年の前年の所得が政令で定める額以下であるとき。
When there is a natural disaster or other cause specified by Ministerial Order as a case where payment of the premium is extremely difficult.
保険料を納付することが著しく困難である場合として天災その他の厚生労働省令で定める事由があるとき。
When a disposition is made under the preceding paragraph, for the purpose of applying the provisions concerning the requirements for payment and the amount of a pension benefit, that disposition is deemed to have been made on the day on which the request was made.
Where an insured person who has received a disposition under paragraph (1) requests the rescission of that disposition, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may rescind that disposition with respect to the premium for each month on and after the month preceding the month that contains the day on which that request was made.
第一項の規定による処分を受けた被保険者から当該処分の取消しの申請があつたときは、厚生労働大臣は、当該申請があつた日の属する月の前月以後の各月の保険料について、当該処分を取り消すことができる。
The scope of the income prescribed in paragraph (1), items (i) and (iii), and the method of calculating its amount, are specified by Cabinet Order.
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The purpose of high school is to provide high-level professional education and regular education, in accordance with the students' mental and physical development and career…
高等学校は、中学校における教育の基礎の上に、心身の発達及び進路に応じて、高度な普通教育及び専門教育を施すことを目的とする。
Open this provisionThe purpose of universities, as the core of scholarly activities, are to have the purpose of broadly imparting knowledge, teaching and researching specialized arts and sciences in depth…
大学は、学術の中心として、広く知識を授けるとともに、深く専門の学芸を教授研究し、知的、道徳的及び応用的能力を展開させることを目的とする。
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In this Act, "full premium exemption period" means the total of the insured periods, as an insured person prescribed in Article 7, paragraph (1), item (i)…
この法律において、「保険料全額免除期間」とは、第七条第一項第一号に規定する被保険者としての被保険者期間であつて第八十九条第一項、第九十条第一項又は第九十条の三第一項の規定により納付することを要しないものとされた保険料に係るもののうち…
Open this provisionWhere a request is made by an insured person, etc. who falls under any of the following items, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may provide that three-quarters of the premium for the period…
次の各号のいずれかに該当する被保険者等から申請があつたときは、厚生労働大臣は、その指定する期間（前条第一項若しくは次項若しくは第三項の規定の適用を受ける期間又は学生等である期間若しくは学生等であつた期間を除く。）に係る保険料につき、既に納付されたものを除き、その四分の三を納付することを要しないものとし…
Open this provisionWhere a request is made by an insured person, etc. who falls under any of the following items, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may provide that half of the premium for the period the…
次の各号のいずれかに該当する被保険者等から申請があつたときは、厚生労働大臣は、その指定する期間（前条第一項若しくは前項若しくは次項の規定の適用を受ける期間又は学生等である期間若しくは学生等であつた期間を除く。）に係る保険料につき、既に納付されたものを除き、その半額を納付することを要しないものとし、申請のあつた日以後…
Open this provisionWhere a request is made by an insured person, etc. who falls under any of the following items, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may provide that one-quarter of the premium for the period…
次の各号のいずれかに該当する被保険者等から申請があつたときは、厚生労働大臣は、その指定する期間（前条第一項若しくは前二項の規定の適用を受ける期間又は学生等である期間若しくは学生等であつた期間を除く。）に係る保険料につき、既に納付されたものを除き、その四分の一を納付することを要しないものとし、申請のあつた日以後…
Open this provisionWhere a request is made by an insured person, etc. who falls under any of the following items, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may provide that the premium for the period the Minister…
次の各号のいずれかに該当する被保険者等から申請があつたときは、厚生労働大臣は、その指定する期間（次条第一項から第三項までの規定の適用を受ける期間又は学校教育法（昭和二十二年法律第二十六号）第五十条に規定する高等学校の生徒、同法第八十三条に規定する大学の学生その他の生徒若しくは学生であつて政令で定めるもの（以下「学生等…
Open this provisionWhen the income for the year preceding the year that contains the month for which the premium is to be treated as not required to be paid…
当該保険料を納付することを要しないものとすべき月の属する年の前年の所得（一月から厚生労働省令で定める月までの月分の保険料については、前々年の所得とする。以下この章において同じ。）が、その者の扶養親族等の有無及び数に応じて、政令で定める額以下であるとき。
Open this provisionWhen the person is a person with a disability, a widow, or another person specified by Cabinet Order as a person on whom the municipal inhabitant tax is not imposed under the provisions of the Local…
地方税法（昭和二十五年法律第二百二十六号）に定める障害者、寡婦その他の同法の規定による市町村民税が課されない者として政令で定める者であつて、当該保険料を納付することを要しないものとすべき月の属する年の前年の所得が政令で定める額以下であるとき。
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An insured person or a person who had been an insured person (excluding a person entitled to receive the old-age basic pension) may, with the approval of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare…
被保険者又は被保険者であつた者（老齢基礎年金の受給権者を除く。）は、厚生労働大臣の承認を受け、第八十九条第一項、第九十条第一項又は第九十条の三第一項の規定により納付することを要しないものとされた保険料及び第九十条の二第一項から第三項までの規定によりその一部の額につき納付することを要しないものとされた保険料（承認の日の…
Open this provisionfull premium exemption periodmachine translation
「保険料全額免除期間」
Time as a category 1 insured person (第一号被保険者) for which the whole premium did not have to be paid — by law under Article 89, paragraph (1), or on application under Article 90, paragraph (1) or the student rule of Article 90-3, paragraph (1) — other than months later paid up by retroactive payment (追納) under Article 94.
Defined inArticle 5, paragraph (3)
head of householdmachine translation
「世帯主」
The head of the household (世帯) an insured person belongs to, who may make the insured person's notifications under Article 12, paragraph (1) — of becoming or ceasing to be insured, a change of category, name or address — on the insured person's behalf.
Short name set inArticle 12, paragraph (2)
pension benefitmachine translation
「年金給付」
A benefit paid as a pension (年金たる給付) (Article 17).
Short name set inArticle 17, paragraph (1)
dependents and similar personsmachine translation
「扶養親族等」
The spouse in the same household (同一生計配偶者) and the dependents (扶養親族) of a person, as defined in the Income Tax Act, whose number sets the income limit above which a disability basic pension (障害基礎年金) under Article 30-4 is suspended in whole or in half (Article 36-3); premium exemptions under Articles 90 to 90-3 use the same measure.
Short name set inArticle 36-3, paragraph (1)
spousemachine translation
「配偶者」
In Article 37-2 and the provisions after it, the spouse of an insured person or former insured person, as a possible recipient of the survivors' basic pension (遺族基礎年金); under Article 5, paragraph (7), a spouse includes a partner in a de facto marriage that has not been registered.
Short name set inArticle 37-2, paragraph (1)
insured persons, etc.machine translation
「被保険者等」
In Article 108, paragraph (1) and Articles 89 to 90-3, an insured person or former insured person; in Article 74, insured persons, persons entitled to benefits and others concerned.
Short name set inArticle 89, paragraph (2)· applies only in this provision and in Articles 90 to 90-3
studentsmachine translation
「学生等」
High school students (Article 50 of the School Education Act), university students (Article 83 of that Act) and other pupils or students of a kind a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies (Article 90, paragraph (1)).
Short name set inArticle 90, paragraph (1)