If it is not known for three months whether a worker who was on board a vessel when it sank, capsized, was lost or went missing or who was on board a vessel and went missing during its navigation is dead or alive, or if the death of such worker becomes apparent within three months but the time of death is not known, the worker shall, with respect to the application of the provisions relating to the payment of compensation benefits for surviving family, funeral service fee, survivors benefits and funeral rite benefits, presuming that the worker has died on the date on which the vessel sank, capsized, was lost or went missing or on the date on which the worker went missing. The same applies in the cases where it is not known for three months whether a worker who was on board an aircraft when it crashed, was lost or went missing or who was on board an aircraft and went missing during its flight is dead or alive, or where the death of such worker becomes apparent within three months but the time of death is not known.

①If a person who has the right to receive payment of insurance proceeds under this Act dies and any payment of the insurance proceeds payable to the deceased person remains unpaid, their spouse (including a person who did not register the marriage but has been in a de facto marital relationship with the deceased person; the same applies hereinafter), children, parents, grandchildren, grandparents or siblings who makes a living together with the deceased person at the time of their death (in the case of the compensation pension for surviving family, other surviving family members eligible to receive the survivor compensation pension, in the case of the pension for surviving family of multiple-job workers, other surviving family members eligible to receive the pension for surviving family of multiple-job workers, and in the case of the pension for surviving family, other surviving family members eligible to receive the pension for surviving family) may claim payment of the unpaid insurance proceeds in their own names.

②In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the deceased person had not claimed payment of insurance proceeds before their death, those persons prescribed in that paragraph may claim payment of the insurance proceeds in their own names.

③The order of priority of those who are to receive any unpaid insurance proceeds depends on the order prescribed in paragraph (1) (in the case of the compensation pension for surviving family, the order priority depends on the order prescribed in Article 16-2, paragraph (3), in the case of the pension for surviving family of multiple-job workers, the order prescribed in Article 16-2, paragraph (3), as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 20-6, paragraph (3), and in the case of the pension for surviving family, the order prescribed in Article 16-2, paragraph (3), as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-4, paragraph (3)).

④If there are two or more persons who hold the same rank in the order of priority of persons who are to receive any unpaid insurance proceeds, a claim made by one of the relevant persons is deemed to have been made on behalf of all relevant persons for the total amount, and a payment made to one of the relevant persons is deemed to have been made to all relevant persons.

①When, even though the grounds to suspend the payment of employees' pension insurance proceeds occurred, any employees' pension insurance proceeds have been paid for the period in which the payment should have been suspended, the insurance proceeds which have been paid may be deemed to be an advance payment of the employees' pension insurance proceeds which are to be paid after that period. Despite the fact that the grounds for changing the amount of insurance proceeds by reducing its amount have occurred, the insurance proceeds of which amount is not reduced have been paid for the period from the month following the month in which the grounds occurred, the same applies to the amount of the insurance proceeds should have been reduced.

②Where a worker who has the right to receive employees' pension insurance proceeds (excluding the compensation pension for surviving family, the pension for surviving family of multiple-job workers and the pension for surviving family; hereinafter referred to as "Pension B" in this paragraph) has become eligible to receive other employees' pension insurance proceeds (excluding the compensation pension for surviving family, the pension for surviving family of multiple-job workers and the pension for surviving family; hereinafter referred to as "Pension A" in this paragraph) for the same injury or illness caused in the course of their duties, by reasons attributable to the work of two or more businesses of a multiple-job worker, or while commuting to or from work (hereinafter referred to as the "same illness or injury" in this Article), and the right to receive Pension B has been extinguished, if Pension B has been paid for the period from the month following the month in which the relevant right was extinguished, that payment of Pension B is deemed to be an advanced payment of Pension A. If a worker who has the right to receive payment of employees' pension insurance proceeds (excluding the compensation pension for surviving family, the pension for surviving family of multiple-job workers and the pension for surviving family) is eligible for the compensation payment for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work, payment for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work for multiple-job workers or payment for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work, or a disability compensation lump-sum payment, a disability lump-sum payments for multiple-job workers or a lump-sum payment for disability for the same illness or injury, and the right to receive the employees' pension insurance proceeds has been extinguished, the same applies if the employees' pension insurance proceeds have been paid for the period as the payment for the month after the month in which the relevant right was extinguished.

③If, for the same illness or injury, a worker receiving the compensation payment for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work, the payment for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work for multiple-job workers or the payment for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work has the right to receive a disability compensation benefit or an illness or injury compensation pension, a disability benefit for multiple-job workers or an illness or injury pension for multiple-job workers, or a disability benefit or an illness or injury pension, and it was decided that the compensation payment for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work, payment for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work for multiple-job workers or payment for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work would not be paid, if the compensation payment for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work, payment for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work for multiple-job workers or payment for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work is continued to be paid to the worker thereafter, such compensation payment for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work, payment for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work for multiple-job workers or payment for loss of salary during a temporary absence from work paid is deemed to be an advanced payment of the disability compensation benefit or illness or injury compensation pension, disability benefit for multiple-job workers or illness or injury pension for multiple-job workers, or disability benefit or illness or injury pension.

If a person who has the right to receive the payment of insurance proceeds has died, and despite the fact that the right to receive the payment is extinguished, employees' pension insurance proceeds have been overpaid for the period after the month in which the date of the death is recorded, if there are any insurance proceeds that are to be paid to the person who is to perform obligations under the claim for the return of monies that has resulted from the overpayment (hereinafter referred to as the "claim for the return of monies" in this Article), the amount of payment under the insurance proceeds may be appropriated as the amount of the claim for the return of monies that resulted from the overpayment, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

①When a worker has intentionally caused an accident which is the direct cause of injury, illness, disability or death, the government does not pay insurance proceeds.

②When a worker has, by an intentional criminal act or gross negligence or by not following directions as to medical treatment without any just cause, caused an injury, illness, disability or death or an accident that was the cause thereof, or progressed the stage of injury, illness or disability or hindered their recovery, the government may decide not to pay the whole or a part of the insurance proceeds.

①When a person has received insurance proceeds by deception or other wrongful means, the government may collect the amount equivalent to the cost for the payment of the insurance proceeds in whole or in part from the person.

②In the cases referred to in the preceding paragraph, when the insurance proceeds was paid due to a false report or certification submitted by an employer (in cases where an original contractor is deemed to be an employer pursuant to the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) of the Premiums Collection Act, the original contractor; the same applies hereinafter), the government may order the employer to pay the money to be collected as set forth in the preceding paragraph jointly and severally with the person who has received the insurance proceeds.

③The provisions of Article 27, Article 29, Article 30 and Article 41 of the Premiums Collection Act apply mutatis mutandis to the money to be collected pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs.

①When the government has paid insurance proceeds in cases where an accident which is the cause of payment of insurance proceeds is caused by an act of a third party, the government acquires the right to claim compensation for damages held by the person who has received the insurance proceeds against the third party, at a maximum of the payment amount thereof.

②In the cases referred to in the preceding paragraph, when the person who are to receive insurance proceeds has received compensation for damages for the same reason from the third party, the government may decide not to pay the insurance proceeds, at a maximum of the amount of the compensation.

①The right to receive insurance proceeds will not be affected by the retirement of the worker.

②The right to receive insurance proceeds may not be assigned, offered as security or seized.

Taxes and other public charges may not be imposed on the basis of money and goods received as payment of insurance proceeds.

A person who has the right to receive insurance proceeds must, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, notify the government of the particulars necessary for the payment of insurance proceeds specified by Orderance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, or submit the necessary documents for the payment of insurance proceeds or other items specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

①The payment of insurance proceeds for an occupational accident set forth in Article 7, paragraph (1), item (i) is the payment of insurance proceeds specified in the following:

②The insurance proceeds set forth in the preceding paragraph (excluding the illness or injury compensation pension and the nursing care compensation benefits), where the reason for compensation for accident prescribed in Article 75 through Article 77, and Article 79 and Article 80 of the Labor Standards Act or the reason for compensation for accident prescribed in Article 89, paragraph (1), Article 91, paragraph (1), the main clause of Article 92, Article 93 and Article 94 of the Mariners Act (Act No. 100 of 1947) (with regard to Article 91, paragraph (1) of that Act, limited to the part equivalent to the reason for compensation for accident prescribed in Article 76, paragraph (1) of the Labor Standards Act) have occurred, are paid to a worker or surviving family members who are to receive compensation or to a person who holds the funeral, based on their claims.

③A compensation benefit for workers who get injured or sick is paid to a worker who get injured or fall ill in the course of their duties when the worker falls under all of the following items on the day on which one year and six months have elapsed from the commencement of medical treatment for the injury or illness, or falls under all of the following items after that day, and the compensation benefit is l paid to the worker during the period when the worker suffers from the injury or illness:

④Nursing care compensation benefits are paid to a worker who has the right to receive a disability compensation benefit or illness or injury compensation benefit, based on their claim, when the worker having disability requires constant or occasional nursing care and is receiving constant or occasional nursing care service due to the disability which is the reason for the disability compensation benefit or illness and injury compensation benefit, due to the degree of disability specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and such compensation benefits are paid during the period when the worker is receiving the nursing care service (excluding the following periods):