A person who falls under any of the following items is an insured person of the National Pension.
次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、国民年金の被保険者とする。
A person who has a domicile in Japan and is 20 years of age or older but under 60 years of age, and who does not fall under either the following item or item (iii) (excluding a person who is able to receive an insurance benefit that is a pension whose ground for payment is old age under the Employees' Pension Insurance Act (Act No. 115 of 1954), or any other benefit whose ground for payment is old age or retirement, specified by Cabinet Order (hereinafter referred to as "old-age benefits, etc. under the Employees' Pension Insurance Act"), or any other person specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as a person for whom there is a special reason for excluding the application of this Act; hereinafter referred to as a "category 1 insured person");
An insured person of Employees' Pension Insurance (hereinafter referred to as a "category 2 insured person");
厚生年金保険の被保険者（以下「第二号被保険者」という。）
The spouse of a category 2 insured person (limited to a person who has a domicile in Japan, or a student studying abroad or any other person who, although not having a domicile in Japan, is found — taking into account the purpose of travel and other circumstances — to have the basis of their life in Japan, as specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) who maintains their livelihood mainly through the income of the category 2 insured person (excluding a person who is a category 2 insured person, or any other person specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as a person for whom there is a special reason for excluding the application of this Act; hereinafter referred to as a "dependent spouse"), and who, among such persons, is 20 years of age or older but under 60 years of age (hereinafter referred to as a "category 3 insured person").
第二号被保険者の配偶者（日本国内に住所を有する者又は外国において留学をする学生その他の日本国内に住所を有しないが渡航目的その他の事情を考慮して日本国内に生活の基礎があると認められる者として厚生労働省令で定める者に限る。）であつて主として第二号被保険者の収入により生計を維持するもの（第二号被保険者である者その他この法律の適用を除外すべき特別の理由がある者として厚生労働省令で定める者を除く。以下「被扶養配偶者」という。）のうち二十歳以上六十歳未満のもの（以下「第三号被保険者」という。）
For the purposes of applying the provisions of item (iii) of the preceding paragraph, the matters necessary for determining whether a person's livelihood is maintained mainly through the income of a category 2 insured person are specified by Cabinet Order.
The provisions of Chapter III (excluding Article 12 and Article 14) of the Administrative Procedure Act (Act No. 88 of 1993) do not apply to the determination referred to in the preceding paragraph.