The widow's pension is paid to a wife under 65 years of age who was maintained by her husband's livelihood at the time of the husband's death and whose marital relationship with the husband (including a case where no notification has been made but the circumstances are the same as a de facto marital relationship) had continued for 10 years or more, if there is such a wife, in the case where a husband dies who, as of the day preceding the date of death, has a period of 10 years or more combining the premium-paid period and the premium exemption period relating to the insured period as a category 1 insured person up to the month preceding the month that contains the date of death (limited to a person having a premium-paid period, or a premium exemption period other than a period relating to a premium not required to be paid under Article 90-3, paragraph (1)); provided, however, that this does not apply where the husband who died had ever received payment of an old-age basic pension or a disability basic pension.
寡婦年金は、死亡日の前日において死亡日の属する月の前月までの第一号被保険者としての被保険者期間に係る保険料納付済期間と保険料免除期間とを合算した期間が十年以上である夫（保険料納付済期間又は第九十条の三第一項の規定により納付することを要しないものとされた保険料に係る期間以外の保険料免除期間を有する者に限る。）が死亡した場合において、夫の死亡の当時夫によつて生計を維持し、かつ、夫との婚姻関係（届出をしていないが、事実上婚姻関係と同様の事情にある場合を含む。）が十年以上継続した六十五歳未満の妻があるときに、その者に支給する。ただし、老齢基礎年金又は障害基礎年金の支給を受けたことがある夫が死亡したときは、この限りでない。
The provisions of Article 37-2, paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to the case referred to in the preceding paragraph. In this case, the term "insured person or person who had been an insured person" in paragraph (3) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "husband".
第三十七条の二第三項の規定は、前項の場合に準用する。この場合において、同条第三項中「被保険者又は被保険者であつた者」とあるのは、「夫」と読み替えるものとする。
Notwithstanding Article 18, paragraph (1), payment of the widow's pension paid to a wife under 60 years of age begins from the month following the month that contains the day on which the wife reaches 60 years of age.
六十歳未満の妻に支給する寡婦年金は、第十八条第一項の規定にかかわらず、妻が六十歳に達した日の属する月の翌月から、その支給を始める。