In applying the provisions of Article 38 to a person who has spent time as an insured under two or more insured categories corresponding to a category I EPI insured period, category II EPI insured period, category III EPI insured period, or category IV EPI insured period (hereinafter each of these is referred to as a "category of EPI insured period") (hereinafter such a person is referred to as a "person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories"); and who is eligible to receive pension insurance benefits based on the time that the person spent as an insured under a single insured category (referred to as the person's "time in one category" hereinafter) and is also eligible to receive pension insurance benefits due to the same grounds for payment based on the time that the person spent as an insured under another insured category that differs from the single insured category in question (hereinafter referred to as the person's "time in another category"); the phrase "other than an employees' pension for surviving family" in paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to be the phrase "other than an employees' old-age pension paid based on the same grounds for payment as the employees' old-age pension in question or an employees' pension for surviving family" and the phrase " other than an employees' old-age pension" in that paragraph is deemed to be the phrase " other than an employees' old-age pension or an employees' pension for surviving family paid based on the same grounds for payment as the employees' pension for surviving family in question".

A beneficiary of the pension insurance benefits of a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories must file a request under the provisions of Article 38-2, paragraph (1) or withdrawing it as under the provisions of paragraph (3) of that Article regarding pension insurance benefits as prescribed in paragraph (1) of that Article that are based on the person's time in one category at the same time as filing such a request or withdrawing it regarding pension insurance benefits that are based on the person's time in another category and on the same grounds for payment as the grounds for payment of the pension insurance benefits that are based on the person's time in that one category.

When the provisions of Article 39, paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) are applied to a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories, the phrase "beneficiary of a first pension" in paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to be the phrases "beneficiary of a first pension (hereinafter referred to in this Article as the 'first pension') based on the person's time in one category as provided for in Article 78-22 (hereinafter referred to in this Article as the person's 'time in one category'), among the categories of EPI insured period provided for in Article 78-22 (hereinafter each of these is referred to in this Article as a 'category of EPI insured period')"; the phrase "right to receive benefits under a second pension" in that paragraph is deemed to be the phrase "right to receive benefits under a second pension based on the relevant time in one category (hereinafter referred to in this paragraph as 'a second pension')"; the phrase "the payment of a pension" in paragraph (2) of that Article is deemed to be the phrase "the payment of a pension based on the time in one category among the categories of EPI insured period"; the phrase "If... a pension has been paid" in that paragraph is deemed to be the phrase "If... the relevant pension has been paid"; the phrase "partial payment of the pension" in that paragraph is deemed to be the phrase "partial payment of the pension based on the relevant time in one category"; the phrase "by reducing its amount" in that paragraph is deemed to be the phrase "by reducing the amount of the pension based on the time in one category, among the categories of EPI insured period"; the phrase "if... a pension has been paid" in that paragraph is deemed to be the phrase "if... a pension based on the relevant time in one category has been paid".

When the provisions of Article 40, paragraph (2) are applied to the insurance benefits of a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories, the phrase "the value of that compensation" in that paragraph is deemed to be the phrase "the value arrived at when the value of that compensation is allocated in proportion to the value of each insurance benefit".

①When the provisions of Article 42 are applied (including when these are cited in this Act and other laws and regulations, are applied mutatis mutandis to this Act and other laws and regulations, or govern this Act and other laws and regulations) to the employees' old-age pension of a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories, those provisions apply to each insured period that constitutes a category of EPI insured period.

②When the provisions of Article 43 (including when these are cited in this Act and other laws and regulations, are applied mutatis mutandis to this Act and other laws and regulations, or govern this Act and other laws and regulations) are applied to the employees' old-age pension of a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories, the whole period during which the person was an insured as provided in paragraph (1) of that Article and the periods during which the person was an insured as provided for in paragraphs (2) and (3) of that Article are applied in each category of EPI insured period; the insured period as provided in paragraph (1) of that Article is applied in each insured period that constitutes a category of EPI insured period; and the person's status as an insured as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) of that Article is applied in each insured category.

For a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories, the insured periods associated with the time that the person spent as an insured under two or more insured categories are added together, the person is deemed to have only the insured period associated with the time in one category, and the provisions of Article 44 (including when these are cited in this Act and other laws and regulations, are applied mutatis mutandis to this Act and other laws and regulations, or govern this Act and other laws and regulations) apply to the amount of employees' old-age pension associated with that person. In such a case, the amount of additional pension as provided for in paragraph (1) of that Article is, as specified by Cabinet Order, added to the amount of the employees' old-age pension calculated based on the insured period associated with the person's time in one category, among the categories of EPI insured period.

①The provisions of Article 44-3 apply to the employees' old-age pension of a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories. In such a case, the phrase "other pension insurance benefits" in the proviso to paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "other pension insurance benefits (excluding an employees' old-age pension paid based on the same grounds for payment as the relevant employees' old-age pension)"; the phrase "Article 46, paragraph (1)" in paragraph (4) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "Article 46, paragraph (1) as applied following a deemed replacement of terms pursuant to the provisions of Article 78-29"; and Cabinet Order provides for the necessary technical replacement of terms and other necessary particulars in connection with the application of the provisions of that Article.

②When the provisions of Article 44-3, paragraph (1) are applied pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the request under the provisions of that paragraph concerning an employees' old-age pension based on the person's time in one category must be made at the same time as that request concerning an employees' old-age pension based on the person's time in another category.

③When the provisions of Article 44-3, paragraph (5) are applied pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), a claim for an employees' old-age pension based on time in one category, made without filing the request under paragraph (1) of that Article after the day that marks the passage of five years from the day on which the right to benefits from an employees' old-age pension based on that time in one category was acquired, must be made at the same time as a claim for an employees' old-age pension based on that time in another category, made without filing the request under that paragraph after the day that marks the passage of five years from the day on which the right to benefits from an employees' old-age pension based on time in another category was acquired.

When the provisions of Article 46 are applied to a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories, the phrase "beneficiary of the employees' old-age pension" in paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to be the phrase "beneficiary of the employees' old-age pension calculated based on the insured period associated with the person's time in one category as provided for in Article 78-22 (referred to in paragraph (6) as 'the person's time in one category') among each of the categories of EPI insured period as provided for in that Article (hereinafter each of these is referred to in this paragraph as a 'category of EPI insured period')"; the phrase "the amount of employees' old-age pension" is deemed to be the phrase "the amount arrived at when the amount of employees' old-age pension calculated based on the insured periods that constitute the categories of EPI insured periods is added up"; the phrase "excluding... additional amounts provided for in Article 44-3, paragraph (4); the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph" is deemed to be the phrase "excluding... the amount arrived at when the additional amounts provided for in Article 44-3, paragraph (4) calculated based on the insured periods that constitute the categories of EPI insured periods are added up"; the phrase "the employees' old-age pension" is deemed to be the phrase "the employees' old-age pension calculated based on the insured period associated with the person's time in one category"; the phrase "the amount equivalent to total monthly remuneration is added to the base monthly amount, the amount of the adjustment for the suspension of payment is subtracted from the sum, and the amount equivalent to one-half of the difference is multiplied by 12 (hereinafter referred to in this paragraph as the "standard amount for a payment suspension");" in that paragraph is deemed to be the phrase " the amount equivalent to total monthly remuneration is added to the base monthly amount; the amount of the adjustment for the suspension of payment is subtracted from the sum; the difference is multiplied by the number that is arrived at when, first, the amount of an employees' old-age pension calculated based on the insured period associated with the person's time in one category (excluding the amount of additional pension provided for in Article 44, paragraph (1) and additional amounts provided for in Article 44-3, paragraph (4); the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph) is divided by 12, and then the quotient is divided by the base monthly amount; and the amount equivalent to one-half of the production thus calculated is multiplied by 12 (hereinafter referred to in this paragraph as the "standard amount for a payment suspension"):"; the phrase "equal to or greater than the amount of the employees' old-age pension" is deemed to be the phrase "equal to or greater than the amount of the employees' old-age pension calculated based on the insured period associated with the person's time in one category"; the phrase "employees' old-age pension" in that paragraph is deemed to be the phrase "the employees' old-age pension calculated based on the insured period associated with the person's time in one category"; and, in paragraph (6) of that Article, the phrase "limited to one calculated based on an insured period of 240 months or more" is deemed to be the phrase "limited to one calculated based on an insured period of 240 months or more (the number of months counted into that insured period is the number of months that constitute the relevant person's insured period associated with the time in one category if the insured periods associated with the time that the relevant person has spent as an insured under two or more insured categories are added together and that person is deemed to have had only the insured period associated with the time in one category"; and Cabinet Order provides for the necessary technical replacement of terms and other necessary particulars in connection with the application of the provisions of that Article.

For a person who is a beneficiary of an employees' disability pension and who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories as of the day of disability assessment associated with the relevant disability, the time that person spent as an insured under two or more insured categories is added up, the person is deemed to have only the insured period that is associated with the person's time in one category, and the provisions concerning the calculation of the amount of an employees' disability pension, the suspension of payment thereof, and any other provisions specified by Cabinet Order apply to the amount of employees' disability pension associated with that person.

The provisions of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the amount of disability allowance of a person who is a beneficiary of an employees' disability pension and who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories as of the day of disability assessment for the disability in question. Cabinet Order provides for the necessary technical replacement of terms and other necessary particulars in such a case.

①For the surviving family of a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories, the time that the deceased spent as an insured under two or more insured categories is added up, the deceased is deemed to have only the insured period that is associated with the time in one category, and the provisions concerning the calculation of the amount of an employees' pension for surviving family and the suspension of payment thereof and any other provisions specified by Cabinet Order apply to the amount of the employees' pension for surviving family associated with the deceased's surviving family (limited to one that is paid due to the relevant person falling under any of items (i) through (iii) of Article 58, paragraph (1)). Cabinet Order provides for the necessary replacement of terms and other necessary particulars in such a case.

②The employees' pension for surviving family associated with the surviving family of a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories (that pension is limited to one that is paid due to the relevant person falling under item (iv) of Article 58 paragraph (1)) is paid for each insured period that constitutes a category of EPI insured period, and for each amount thereof; the time that the deceased spent as an insured under two or more insured categories is added up; the deceased is deemed to have only the insured period that is associated with the time in one category; and each of their amounts is the amount arrived at when the amount calculated in accordance with the provisions concerning the calculation of the amount of employees' pension for surviving family is allocated in proportion to the value calculated pursuant to the provisions of Article 60, paragraph (1), item (i) based on the insured periods associated with each of the periods of time in one category. Cabinet Order provides for the necessary replacement of terms and other necessary particulars in such a case.

③In a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph, the additional amount under the provisions of Article 62, paragraph (1) is to be added, as specified by Cabinet Order, to the amount of the employees' pension for surviving family calculated based on the insured period associated with the person's time in one category among the categories of EPI insured periods.

④Beyond as specified in the preceding three paragraphs, Cabinet Order provides for the necessary particulars in connection with calculating the amounts of employees' pensions for surviving family and suspending payment.

①Pursuant to Cabinet Order, the person specified in the items of Article 2-5, paragraph (1) for the insured category of the insured on the day of initial examination for the disability in question carries out the administrative functions connected with the payment of an employees' disability pension under the provisions of Article 78-30 and an employees' disability allowance under the provisions of Article 78-31.

②The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to the administrative functions connected with the payment of the employees' pension for surviving family pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article.

If a surviving family member of a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories is eligible to receive an employees' pension for surviving family based on the time that the relevant person spent as an insured under two or more insured categories, the surviving family member must file an application under the provisions of Article 67, or Article 68, paragraph (1) or (2) for the employees' pension for surviving family based on the person's time in one category at the same time as filing any application for the employees' pension for surviving family based on the person's time in another category that is based on the same grounds for payment as the grounds for payment of the employees' pension for surviving family based on the person's time in that one category.

①When the provisions of Article 78-2, paragraph (1) are applied to a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories, a request under the provisions of that paragraph concerning the standardized remuneration for the person's time in one category of the categories of EPI insured period must be made at the same time as the relevant request concerning the standardized remuneration for time in another category.

②In a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph, the time that the person spent as an insured under two or more insured categories is added up, the person is deemed to be a person who has only the insured period associated with the time in one category, and the provisions of Article 78-2 and Article 78-3 apply; the provisions of Article 78-6, and Article 17-10 of the Supplementary Provisions apply to each insured period that constitutes a category of EPI insured period. Cabinet Order provides for the necessary technical replacement of terms and other necessary particulars in such a case.

①When the provisions of Article 78-14, paragraph (1) are applied to a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories, a request under the provisions of that paragraph concerning the standardized remuneration for the time in one category, among the categories of EPI insured period, must be made at the same time as the relevant request concerning the standardized remuneration for time in another category.

②In a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph, the time that the person spent as an insured under two or more insured categories is added up, the person is deemed to be either a person who has spent time in one category only or a person who has only the insured period associated with that time in one category, and the provisions of Article 78-14, paragraph (1) and Article 78-20, paragraph (1) apply; the provisions of Article 78-14, paragraph (2) and paragraph (3), and Article 78-20, paragraph (2) and paragraph (5), and the provisions of Article 17-11 through Article 17-13 of the Supplementary Provisions apply to each insured period constituting a category of EPI insured period. Cabinet Order provides for the necessary technical replacement of terms and other necessary particulars in such a case.

Beyond as provided for in this Chapter, Cabinet Order provides for the necessary particulars in connection with calculating the amount of insurance benefits associated with a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories, suspending payment of those benefits, and otherwise applying this Act.