①The age specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare under Article 20, paragraph (2) of the Act is 60 years.

②The reason specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare under Article 20, paragraph (2) of the Act is the arrival of a certain time limit, in the case where, after reaching a retirement age of 60 years or more, a person is to be continuously employed until that time limit through re-employment, etc.

①The application under Article 20, paragraph (2) of the Act is to be made by submitting a written application for extension, etc. of the benefit period to the Chief of the competent Public Employment Security Office, attaching the separation slip (where two or more separation slips are held, all of them).

②The application under the preceding paragraph must be made within two months counting from the day following the day of separation from service pertaining to that application; provided, however, that this does not apply where there is an unavoidable reason, such as a natural disaster, for not having made the application.

③When the Chief of the competent Public Employment Security Office finds that a person who has made the application under paragraph (1) falls under the persons prescribed in Article 20, paragraph (2) of the Act, the Chief must issue to that person a written notice of extension, etc. of the benefit period and, after entering the necessary particulars in the separation slip, return it.

④The provisions of Article 17-2, paragraph (4) apply mutatis mutandis to the case of paragraph (1) and to the application under paragraph (1) in the case of the proviso to paragraph (2), and the provisions of Article 31, paragraphs (4) and (5) apply mutatis mutandis to the application in the case of the proviso to paragraph (2).

The businesses specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare under Article 20-2 of the Act are to be those that fall under any of the following items.

The persons specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare under Article 20-2 of the Act are to be those who fall under any of the following items.

①The application under Article 20-2 of the Act is to be made by submitting a written application for extension, etc. of the benefit period to the Chief of the competent Public Employment Security Office, attaching a certificate of registered matters or other documents capable of proving that the person falls under the persons prescribed in that Article, and the qualified recipient's certificate (where the qualified recipient's certificate has not been issued (excluding where a notice of recipient qualification has been issued), the separation slip (where two or more separation slips are held, all of them); the same applies hereinafter in this Article) (and, where the person making the application has been issued a notice of recipient qualification, presenting the Individual Number Card together with attaching those documents).

②Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, a qualified recipient may, in addition to the case prescribed in the proviso to Article 22, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (6), omit attaching the qualified recipient's certificate (or, where the qualified recipient has been issued a notice of recipient qualification, presenting the Individual Number Card), as specified by the Director-General of the Employment Security Bureau.

③The application under paragraph (1) must be made within two months counting from the day following the day on which the person concerned commenced the business prescribed in Article 20-2 of the Act or the day on which the person began to engage exclusively in that business; provided, however, that this does not apply where there is an unavoidable reason, such as a natural disaster, for not having made the application.

④When the Chief of the competent Public Employment Security Office finds that a person who has made the application under paragraph (1) falls under the persons prescribed in Article 20-2 of the Act, the Chief must issue to that person a written notice of extension, etc. of the benefit period. In this case (excluding where the application under paragraph (1) is received without the qualified recipient's certificate attached pursuant to paragraph (2), or to the proviso to Article 22, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (6) (excluding where the person who made the application has made that submission without attaching the qualified recipient's certificate because the person was issued a notice of recipient qualification)), the Chief of the competent Public Employment Security Office must, after entering the necessary particulars in the qualified recipient's certificate, return it (or, where that person has been issued a notice of recipient qualification, after entering the necessary particulars in the notice of recipient qualification, issue it).

⑤A person who has been issued a written notice of extension, etc. of the benefit period under the preceding paragraph must, if falling under any of the following items, promptly report that fact to the Chief of the competent Public Employment Security Office and submit the documents listed in that item (and, where that person has been issued a notice of recipient qualification, also present the Individual Number Card). In this case, the Chief of the competent Public Employment Security Office must, after entering the necessary particulars in the documents submitted, return them (or, in the case prescribed in item (ii) where that person has been issued a notice of recipient qualification, after entering the necessary particulars in the written notice of extension, etc. of the benefit period submitted, return it, and after entering the necessary particulars in the notice of recipient qualification, issue it).

⑥The provisions of Article 17-2, paragraph (4) apply mutatis mutandis to the cases of paragraph (1) and the preceding paragraph and to the application under paragraph (1) in the case of the proviso to paragraph (3), the provisions of the proviso to Article 22, paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis to the cases of paragraph (1) and the preceding paragraph, and the provisions of Article 31, paragraphs (4) and (5) apply mutatis mutandis to the application in the case of the proviso to paragraph (3).

The persons who have difficulty in finding employment for reasons specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare under Article 22, paragraph (2) of the Act are as follows.

①The day specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare under Article 22, paragraph (5) of the Act is the earliest day on which it becomes evident that an amount equivalent to the amount to be borne by the insured person, as confirmed based on the documents specified in the items of the following Article, had been deducted from the wages paid to that person.

②Where the earliest day referred to in the preceding paragraph cannot be confirmed based on the documents specified in the items of the following Article, the first day of the earliest month in which it becomes evident that an amount equivalent to the amount to be borne by the insured person, as confirmed based on those documents, had been deducted from the wages paid to that person is deemed to be the earliest day prescribed in the preceding paragraph.

③Where, pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the first day of the earliest month has been deemed to be the earliest day under paragraph (1), if that first day precedes the day on which the person most recently ceased to be an insured person, then, notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, that day on which the person most recently ceased to be an insured person is deemed to be the earliest day under paragraph (1).

④A person prescribed in Article 22, paragraph (5) of the Act is deemed to have ceased to be an insured person on the day following the most recent day of the period in which it is evident that an amount equivalent to the amount to be borne by the insured person, as confirmed based on the documents specified in the items of the following Article, had been deducted from the wages paid to that person.

⑤Where, in the confirmation based on the documents specified in the items of the following Article, the most recent day referred to in the preceding paragraph cannot be confirmed, the person is deemed to have ceased to be an insured person on the day following the last day of the most recent month of the period in which it is evident that an amount equivalent to the amount to be borne by the insured person, as confirmed based on those documents, had been deducted from the wages paid to that person.

⑥Where, pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the day following the last day of that most recent month has been deemed to be the day on which the person ceased to be an insured person, if there is a day within that most recent month on which the person became an insured person, then, notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, the person is deemed to have ceased to be an insured person on that day on which the person became an insured person.

⑦The provisions of paragraphs (4) through (6) do not apply to the period up to two years before the day on which the confirmation of having become an insured person under Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Act was made.

The documents specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare under Article 22, paragraph (5), item (ii) of the Act are as follows:

The reason specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare under Article 23, paragraph (2), item (i) of the Act is that, at a clearing house, a public announcement of a fact that causes the financial institutions conducting bill clearing at that clearing house to suspend financial transactions is made to those financial institutions.

The persons specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare under Article 23, paragraph (2), item (i) of the Act are as follows: