①With regard to the amount of pension insurance benefits under the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, if the amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article is less than the amount obtained by multiplying the sum of the amounts set forth in the following items by the previous-amount revision rate, the amount obtained by multiplying the sum of the amounts set forth in those items by the previous-amount revision rate is, notwithstanding the provisions of that Article, the amount prescribed in that Article.

②If the whole of the period of being an insured covered by employees' pension insurance is on or after April 1, 2003, and the amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act (including as followed in Article 50, paragraph (1) and Article 60, paragraph (1), item (i) of that Act, and including as applied in Article 44, paragraph (1) and Article 44-3, paragraph (4) of that Act (including as applied with terms read pursuant to Article 87 of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act), Article 59, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act, Article 44-3, paragraph (4) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by Article 5 that remains in force pursuant to Article 17, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions, Article 44-2, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by Article 1 of the 2013 Amendment Act that remains in force pursuant to Article 86, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act as read pursuant to Article 17-5 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, and Article 7-3, paragraph (4) and Article 13-4, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act) and Article 9-2, paragraph (2), item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act (including as followed in Article 9-3, paragraphs (1) and (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act (including as followed in paragraph (5) of that Article), Article 9-4, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act (including as followed in Article 28-3, paragraph (2) and Article 28-4, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act) and Article 9-4, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act (including as followed in Article 9-4, paragraph (6) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act), and Article 18, paragraph (2), Article 19, paragraphs (2) and (4), Article 20, paragraphs (2) and (4), and Article 20-2, paragraphs (2) and (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1994 Amendment Act) is less than the amount obtained by multiplying, by the previous-amount revision rate, the amount obtained by multiplying the amount equal to 5.769/1,000 of the average standardized amount of remuneration for the period of being an insured by the number of months in that insured period, then, notwithstanding those provisions, that latter amount is the amount prescribed in those provisions.

③The previous-amount revision rate referred to in the preceding two paragraphs is 1.001 for fiscal year 2004.

④The previous-amount revision rate referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) is revised each fiscal year following the example of the provisions of Article 43-3, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act (for a term under adjustment prescribed in Article 34, paragraph (1) of that Act, Article 43-5, paragraph (1), (4) or (5) of that Act).

⑤With regard to the standardized monthly amount of remuneration and the standardized amount of bonuses forming the basis for calculating the average standardized monthly amount of remuneration and the average standardized amount of remuneration in the case of calculating the amounts set forth in the items of paragraph (1) or the amount prescribed in paragraph (2), notwithstanding Article 43, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by Article 6, Article 43, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act as amended by Article 7 of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 104 of 2004; hereinafter referred to as the "2004 Amendment Act"), and Article 17-2, paragraphs (1) through (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, the amount is the amount obtained by multiplying the standardized monthly amount of remuneration and the standardized amount of bonuses for each month of the period of being an insured by the rate set forth in the lower column of Appended Table 1 of the Supplementary Provisions corresponding to the category of period set forth in the upper column of that table.

⑥With regard to the standardized monthly amount of remuneration forming the basis for calculating the average standardized monthly amount of remuneration for the period as an insured under mariners' insurance in the case of calculating the amount set forth in paragraph (1), item (i), notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, Article 43, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by Article 6, and Article 17-2, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, the amount is the amount obtained by multiplying the standardized monthly amount of remuneration for each month of the period as an insured under mariners' insurance by the rate set forth in the lower column of Appended Table 2 of the Supplementary Provisions corresponding to the category of period set forth in the upper column of that table.

⑦With regard to the application of paragraph (5) to a person who has a period of former applicable corporation mutual aid membership falling within the period up to September 1985, the phrase "the amount obtained" in paragraph (5) is deemed to be replaced with "the amount obtained (or, if that month is a month that formed the basis for calculating a period of former applicable corporation mutual aid membership falling within the period up to September 1985 (excluding a period added to the period of former applicable corporation mutual aid membership pursuant to Article 32, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Public Officers, etc. Mutual Aid Association Act, etc. (Act No. 105 of 1985), the amount obtained by multiplying the standardized monthly amount of remuneration for that month by 1.22)".

⑧With regard to the application of paragraph (5) to a person who has a period of former agriculture, forestry and fishery mutual aid membership falling within the period up to September 1985, the phrase "the amount obtained" in paragraph (5) is replaced with "the amount obtained (or, if that month is a month that formed the basis for calculating a period of former agriculture, forestry and fishery mutual aid membership falling within the period up to September 1985, the amount obtained by multiplying the standardized monthly amount of remuneration for that month by 1.22)".

⑨With regard to the application of paragraph (5) to a person who has a period of former national public officers mutual aid membership falling within the period up to September 1985 (meaning the period of former national public officers mutual aid membership prescribed in Article 4, item (xi) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, etc. to Unify, etc. the Employees' Pension Systems (Act No. 63 of 2012; hereinafter referred to as the "2012 Pension Unification Act")), the phrase "the amount obtained" in paragraph (5) is replaced with "the amount obtained (or, if that month is a month that formed the basis for calculating the period of former national public officers mutual aid membership prescribed in paragraph (9) falling within the period up to September 1985 (excluding a period added to that period of former national public officers mutual aid membership pursuant to Article 32, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Public Officers, etc. Mutual Aid Association Act, etc. (Act No. 105 of 1985), the amount obtained by multiplying the standardized monthly amount of remuneration for that month by 1.22)".

⑩With regard to the application of paragraph (5) to a person who has a period of former local public officers mutual aid membership falling within the period up to September 1985 (meaning the period of former local public officers mutual aid membership prescribed in Article 4, item (xii) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2012 Pension Unification Act), the phrase "the amount obtained" in paragraph (5) is replaced with "the amount obtained (or, if that month is a month that formed the basis for calculating the period of former local public officers mutual aid membership prescribed in paragraph (10) falling within the period up to September 1985 (excluding a period added to that period of former local public officers mutual aid membership pursuant to Article 35, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Local Public Officers, etc. Mutual Aid Association Act, etc. (Act No. 108 of 1985), the amount obtained by multiplying the standardized monthly amount of remuneration for that month by 1.22)".

⑪With regard to the application of paragraph (5) to a person who has a period of former private school personnel mutual aid membership falling within the period up to September 1985 (meaning the period of former private school personnel mutual aid membership prescribed in Article 4, item (xiii) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2012 Pension Unification Act), the phrase "the amount obtained" in paragraph (5) is replaced with "the amount obtained (or, if that month is a month that formed the basis for calculating the period of former private school personnel mutual aid membership prescribed in paragraph (11) falling within the period up to September 1985, the amount obtained by multiplying the standardized monthly amount of remuneration for that month by 1.22)".

⑫The provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis where the amount of pension insurance benefits under the Employees' Pension Insurance Act is calculated pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1).

⑬The provisions of the preceding paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to disability allowances under the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, pension insurance benefits and disability allowances under the Former Employees' Pension Insurance Act, and pension insurance benefits and disability allowances under the Former Mariners Insurance Act. In this case, necessary technical replacement of terms for those provisions is specified by Cabinet Order.

⑭When the amounts set forth in the items of paragraph (1) are calculated, Article 59, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act prior to the amendment by Article 13 (hereinafter referred to as "Article 59, paragraph (1) of the supplementary provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act before the amendment" in this paragraph and the following paragraph) and Appended Table 7 of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act prior to the amendment by Article 13 remain in force. In this case, the phrase "Article 52 of the Supplementary Provisions, Article 43 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act (including as applied in Article 44, paragraph (1) and Article 44-3, paragraph (4) of that Act and including as followed in Article 60, paragraph (1) of that Act (limited to the case falling under Article 58, paragraph (1), item (iv) of that Act)) and Article 9-2, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act (including as followed in Article 9-3, paragraphs (1) and (3) (including as followed in paragraph (5) of that Article) and Article 9-4, paragraph (1) (including as followed in Article 28-3, paragraph (2) and Article 28-4, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act) and paragraph (4) (including as followed in Article 9-4, paragraph (6) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act, and in Article 18, paragraph (2), Article 19, paragraphs (2) and (4), Article 20, paragraphs (2) and (4), and Article 20-2, paragraphs (2) and (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1994 Amendment Act)" in Article 59, paragraph (1) of the supplementary provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act before the amendment is deemed to be replaced with "each item of Article 21, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 18 of 2000)", and, in addition, with regard to the application of Article 59, paragraph (1) of the supplementary provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act before the amendment where the amount set forth in paragraph (1), item (ii) is calculated, the phrase "7.5/1,000" in Article 59, paragraph (1) of the supplementary provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act before the amendment is deemed to be replaced with "5.769/1,000", and the phrase "as in the lower column of that table" with "at the rate specified by Cabinet Order".

⑮The rate specified by Cabinet Order prescribed in Article 59, paragraph (1) of the supplementary provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act before the amendment as read pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is to be determined on the basis of the rate obtained by dividing the rate set forth in the lower column of Appended Table 7 of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act prior to the amendment by Article 13 by 1.3.

⑯Measures for revising the previous-amount revision rate under the provisions of paragraph (4) are specified by Cabinet Order.

⑰In addition to what is provided for in the preceding paragraphs, necessary transitional measures concerning the amount of pension insurance benefits under the previous Employees' Pension Insurance Act are specified by Cabinet Order.