An insured person or a person who was an insured person may, when the person considers that a specified National Pension record relating to themselves that is recorded in the National Pension register (meaning the content of the acquisition and loss of status as an insured person, change of category, the state of payment of premiums, or other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; the same applies in this paragraph) is not factual, or that a specified National Pension record relating to themselves is not recorded in the National Pension register, request the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare to correct the National Pension register, as specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
被保険者又は被保険者であつた者は、国民年金原簿に記録された自己に係る特定国民年金原簿記録（被保険者の資格の取得及び喪失、種別の変更、保険料の納付状況その他厚生労働省令で定める事項の内容をいう。以下この項において同じ。）が事実でない、又は国民年金原簿に自己に係る特定国民年金原簿記録が記録されていないと思料するときは、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、厚生労働大臣に対し、国民年金原簿の訂正の請求をすることができる。
The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis, where an insured person or a person who was an insured person has died, to a person listed in the left-hand column of the following table. In this case, the term "自己" (the person themselves) in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with the words listed in the right-hand column of that table, according to the category of person listed in the left-hand column of that table.
| A person who may claim payment of an unpaid pension under the provisions of Article 19 | the deceased person entitled to receive a pension benefit |
| A spouse or child who may receive a survivors' basic pension | the deceased insured person or person who was an insured person |
| A wife who may receive a widow's pension | the deceased husband |
| A surviving family member who may receive a death lump-sum payment | the deceased insured person or person who was an insured person |