①The job applicant benefits for the elderly are paid, pursuant to the provisions of this Section, if an insured person who is 65 years old or older (excluding specially insured persons in short-term employment prescribed in Article 38, paragraph (1) and insured day workers prescribed in Article 43, paragraph (1); hereinafter referred to as "elderly insured persons") has become unemployed.

②The provisions of the preceding Section (excluding Article 14), the following Section and Section 4 do not apply to elderly insured persons.

①The job applicant benefits for the elderly are paid, pursuant to the provisions of the following Article, when an elderly insured person becomes unemployed and the total insured period under Article 14 during the one-year period preceding the day of separation from service (for an insured person who is an elderly insured person who was continuously unable to receive payment of wages for 30 days or more during that period due to disease, injury or other reasons specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the period obtained by adding the number of days for which the person was unable to receive payment of wages for those reasons to one year (if the period exceeds four years, four years)) is six months or more. In this case, with regard to the application of the provisions of Article 14, the phrase "12 months (six months, in the case where the terms are replaced pursuant to paragraph (2) of the preceding Article)" in paragraph (3) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "six months".

②If a person who is qualified to receive payment of the job applicant benefits for the elderly pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as "recipient qualification for the elderly") (hereinafter the person is referred to as "elderly qualified recipient"), has taken up employment without receiving the job applicant benefits for the elderly during the period prescribed in paragraph (5) of the following Article and thereafter became unemployed again (excluding the case where the person has newly obtained a recipient qualification for the elderly or a special recipient qualification prescribed in Article 39, paragraph (2)), when the person has obtained the certification referred to in paragraph (5) of the following Article after making an appearance at the Public Employment Security Office and applying for employment during the period, the person may receive payment of the job applicant benefits for the elderly based on the recipient qualification for the elderly.

①The amount of the job applicant benefits for the elderly is to be the amount obtained by multiplying the daily amount of the basic allowance to be paid when the provisions of Articles 16 through 18 (excluding Article 17, paragraph (4), item (ii)) are applied to qualified recipients by deeming elderly qualified recipients as qualified recipients prescribed in Article 15, paragraph (1) by the number of days prescribed in the following items in accordance with the classification of the basic periods for calculation listed in each item (where the number of days from the day on which the certification referred to in paragraph (5) was obtained until the final day of the period prescribed in the same paragraph is less than the number of days prescribed in each item, the number of days equivalent to the number of days from the day on which the certification was obtained until the final day):

②Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if the daily amount of wages for elderly qualified recipients calculated pursuant to the provisions of the same paragraph exceeds the amount specified in Article 17, paragraph (4), item (ii), (d) (where the amount has been changed pursuant to the provisions of Article 18, the changed amount), this amount is to be the daily amount of wages.

③The basic period for calculation referred to in paragraph (1) is to be the period equivalent to the period calculated when the elderly qualified recipients are deemed to be qualified recipients prescribed in Article 15, paragraph (1) and the day of separation from service pertaining to the recipient qualification for the elderly is deemed to be the basis day prescribed in Article 20, paragraph (1), item (i), and the provisions of Article 22, paragraphs (3) and (4) are applied.

④With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 22, paragraph (3) in the case prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the phrase "or a special lump sum payment" in item (ii) of that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with ", the job applicant benefits for the elderly or a special lump sum payment", and the phrase "or to the special recipient qualification prescribed in Article 39, paragraph (2)" with ", to the recipient qualification for the elderly prescribed in Article 37-3, paragraph (2) or to the special recipient qualification prescribed in Article 39, paragraph (2)".

⑤An elderly qualified recipient seeking to receive payment of the job applicant benefits for the elderly must make an appearance at the Public Employment Security Office, by the day on which one year has elapsed from the day following the day of separation from service, apply for employment, and then obtain the certification of unemployment, as prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

⑥The provisions of Article 21, Article 31, paragraph (1), Article 32, Article 33, paragraphs (1) and (2), and Article 34, paragraphs (1) through (3) apply mutatis mutandis with regard to the job applicant benefits for the elderly. In this case, the term "qualified recipients" and "recipient qualification" in these provisions are deemed to be replaced, respectively, with "elderly qualified recipients" and "recipient qualification for the elderly"; the terms "a period for which the recognition of unemployment could not be obtained" and "obtain the recognition of unemployment" in Article 31, paragraph (1) are deemed to be replaced, respectively, with "elderly qualified recipients when the certification referred to in Article 37-4, paragraph (5) could not be obtained" and "obtain the certification referred to in the same paragraph"; and the term "the period prescribed in Article 21" in Article 33, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "the period prescribed in Article 21 as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 37-4, paragraph (6)."

①A person who falls under all of the following requirements may, by notifying the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare as prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, become an elderly insured person from the day on which the notification was made:

②A person who has become an elderly insured person pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must, when the person no longer satisfies the requirements set forth in the items of that paragraph, notify the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare as prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

③With regard to a worker who has made the notification under the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, the confirmation under the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (1) is deemed to have been made.

④When a notification under the provisions of paragraph (1) or (2) has been made, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must notify the two employers referred to in paragraph (1), item (iii) that the worker has become an insured person or has ceased to be an insured person.

①With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 61-4, paragraph (1), Article 61-7, paragraph (1), Article 61-8, paragraph (1), Article 61-10, paragraph (1) and Article 61-12, paragraph (1) to a person who has become an elderly insured person pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the phrase "has taken" in these provisions is deemed to be replaced with "has taken in all of the covered undertakings".

②Beyond what is provided for in the preceding paragraph, with regard to the application of the provisions of Article 37-4, paragraph (1) and Article 56-3, paragraph (3), item (ii) in the case where a person who has become an elderly insured person pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article has separated from service in any one of the covered undertakings pertaining to the notification under the provisions of that paragraph, the phrase "Article 17, paragraph (4), item (ii)" in Article 37-4, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "Article 17, paragraph (4)", and the phrase "is to be the amount" with "is to be the amount. In this case, with regard to the application of the provisions of Article 17, the phrase 'wages (' in paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with 'wages (limited to wages paid in the covered undertaking from which the person separated from service, and'"; and the phrase "Articles 16 through 18" in Article 56-3, paragraph (3), item (ii), (b) is deemed to be replaced with "Articles 16 through 18 (excluding Article 17, paragraph (4), item (i))".

①If an insured person who is employed on a seasonal basis and does not fall under any of the following items (excluding insured day workers prescribed in Article 43, paragraph (1); hereinafter referred to as "specially insured person in short-term employment") has become unemployed, a special lump sum payment is to be made, pursuant to the provisions of this Section:

②The confirmation as to whether or not an insured person falls under any of the items of the preceding paragraph is made by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.

③The provisions of Section 2 (excluding Article 14), the preceding Section and the following Section do not apply to specially insured persons in short-term employment.

①A special lump sum payment is made pursuant to the provisions of the following Article, when a specially insured person in short-term employment has become unemployed and the person's total insured period under Article 14 during the one-year period preceding the day of separation from service has been six months or more (for insured persons who are specially insured persons in short-term employment who were continuously unable to receive payment of wages for 30 days or more during that period due to disease, injury or other reasons specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the period obtained by adding the number of days for which they were unable to receive payment of wages for those reasons to one year (when the total period exceeds four years, four years)). In this case, with regard to the application of the provisions of Article 14, the phrase "12 months (six months, in the case where the terms are replaced pursuant to paragraph (2) of the preceding Article)" in paragraph (3) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "six months".

②If a person who is qualified to receive the special lump sum payment pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as "special recipient qualification") (hereinafter the person is referred to as "specially qualified recipient") has obtained employment without receiving the special lump sum payment within the period prescribed in paragraph (3) of the following Article and has subsequently become unemployed again (excluding the case where the person has newly obtained a recipient qualification prescribed in Article 14, paragraph (2), item (i), recipient qualification for the elderly, or special recipient qualification), when the person, within that period, has obtained the recognition referred to in paragraph (3) of the following Article after making an appearance at the Public Employment Security Office and applying for employment, the person is able to receive the special lump sum payment based on the special recipient qualification.

①The amount of the special lump sum payment is to be an amount equivalent to the daily amount of the basic allowance that would be payable to a specially qualified recipient when the recipient is deemed as a qualified recipient prescribed in Article 15, paragraph (1) and the provisions of Articles 16 through 18 are applied to the recipient, multiplied by 30 days (when the number of days from the day on which the recognition referred to in paragraph (3) was made until the last day of the period under the same paragraph is less than 30 days, the number of days equivalent to that number of days).

②With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 17, paragraph (4) in the case prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the term "under 30 years old" in item (ii), (d) of the same paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "under 30 years old or 65 years old or older."

③A specially qualified recipient who seeks to receive the special lump sum payment must, before the day on which six months have elapsed from the day following the day of separation from service and as prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, obtain the certification of unemployment by making an appearance at the Public Employment Security Office and applying for employment.

④The provisions of Article 21, Article 31, paragraph (1), Article 32, Article 33, paragraphs (1) and (2), and Article 34, paragraphs (1) through (3) apply mutatis mutandis to the special lump sum payment. In this case, the terms "qualified recipient" and "recipient qualification" in Article 21 are deemed to be replaced, respectively, with "specially qualified recipient" and "special recipient qualification"; the terms "qualified recipient", "a period for which the certification of unemployment could not be obtained" and "obtain the certification of unemployment" in Article 31, paragraph (1) are deemed to be replaced, respectively, with "specially qualified recipient", "the specially qualified recipients where the certification of unemployment referred to in Article 40, paragraph (3) could not be obtained" and "must obtain the recognition referred to in the same paragraph"; the term "qualified recipient" in Article 32 is deemed to be replaced with "specially qualified recipient"; the term "provided, however, that this does not apply to the following qualified recipients (limited, for those listed in item (i), to a period during which the person takes public vocational training, etc. as directed by the chief of the Public Employment Security Office and a period after the day of completion of the public vocational training, etc., and, for those listed in item (iii), to a period during which the person takes the training prescribed in item (ii) and a period after the day of completion of that training)" in Article 33, paragraph (1) is deleted; the term "qualified recipient" in paragraph (2) of the same Article is deemed to be replaced with "specially qualified recipient"; the term "recipient qualification" in Article 34, paragraph (2) is deemed to be replaced with "special recipient qualification" and the terms "qualified recipient" and "recipient qualification" in paragraph (3) of the same Article are deemed to be replaced, respectively, with "specially qualified recipient" and "special recipient qualification".