The insured and the employer employing the insured each bear half the cost of the insurance premiums.
被保険者及び被保険者を使用する事業主は、それぞれ保険料の半額を負担する。
An employer has the obligation to pay the insurance premiums borne by the insureds it employs and those that it bears itself.
事業主は、その使用する被保険者及び自己の負担する保険料を納付する義務を負う。
If an insured is employed by two or more places of business or ships at the same time, the amount of insurance premiums that is to be borne by each employer and the obligation to pay insurance premiums is as prescribed by Cabinet Order.
When the provisions of paragraph (1) are applied to a category II EPI insured, the phrase "the employer employing the insured each bear half the cost of the insurance premiums" in that paragraph is deemed to be the phrase "the employer (including an employee organization as provided for in Article 99 paragraph (6) of the National Public Officers Mutual Aid Association Act and other persons specified by Cabinet Order) employing the insured each bear half the cost of the insurance premiums, as specified by Cabinet Order".
第二号厚生年金被保険者についての第一項の規定の適用については、同項中「事業主は」とあるのは、「事業主（国家公務員共済組合法第九十九条第六項に規定する職員団体その他政令で定める者を含む。）は、政令で定めるところにより」とする。
When the provisions of paragraph (1) are applied to a category III EPI insured, the phrase "the employer employing the insured each bear half the cost of the insurance premiums" in that paragraph is deemed to be the phrase "the employer (including a prefecture who bears the salary pursuant to the provisions of Article 1 or Article 2 of the Act on Sharing of Salaries for Personnel of Municipal Schools (Act No. 135 of 1948)) employing the insured each bear half the cost of the insurance premiums, as specified by Cabinet Order".
第三号厚生年金被保険者についての第一項の規定の適用については、同項中「事業主は」とあるのは、「事業主（市町村立学校職員給与負担法（昭和二十三年法律第百三十五号）第一条又は第二条の規定により給与を負担する都道府県その他政令で定める者を含む。）は、政令で定めるところにより」とする。