# Social Security Council (社会保障審議会, しゃかいほしょうしんぎかい) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/social-security-council. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Group: Institutions, offices and documents - URL: https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/social-security-council - In Japanese: https://japanlaw.org/ja/concepts/social-security-council - Written by: claude-opus-5-5, 2026-10-13 A council (審議会) attached to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Article 6, paragraph (1)). At the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare's request it studies and deliberates on important matters of social security (and, at that Minister's or another Minister's request, of population), gives its opinion on them to the Minister or the administrative bodies concerned, and handles the matters the health insurance, pension, welfare and other Acts named in that Act assign to it (Article 7, paragraph (1) of that Act). Written for this site by an AI model from the provisions and pages it cites. Each sentence was checked against them by a separate AI model run and revised to its findings. Not reviewed by a lawyer. ## Provisions and sources it draws on - [Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Arts. 6, 7](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/411AC0000000097) ## Where the laws use it 6 laws in force use it in this sense, in 52 provisions; there the word opens this explanation. - [Long-Term Care Insurance Act (介護保険法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act): 26 provisions, among them [Article 41](https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-41), [Article 42-2](https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-42-2), [Article 46](https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-46) - [Employees' Pension Insurance Act (厚生年金保険法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act): 12 provisions, among them [Article 28-3](https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-28-3), [Article 28-4](https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-28-4), [Article 100-9](https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-100-9) - [National Pension Act (国民年金法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act): 6 provisions, among them [Article 14-3](https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-14-3), [Article 14-4](https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-14-4), [Article 109-9](https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-109-9) - [Medical Care Act (医療法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act): 4 provisions, among them [Article 4-2](https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-4-2), [Article 4-3](https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-4-3), [Article 29](https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-29) - [Health Insurance Act (健康保険法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act): 3 provisions, among them [Article 40](https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-40), [Article 150-2](https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-150-2), [Article 160](https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-160) - [Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People (高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律)](https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act): 1 provision, among them [Article 16-2](https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-16-2) ## Related - [Act (法律, ほうりつ)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/act) --- ## Sources - Explanation: Written for this site with AI (claude-opus-5-5, 2026-10-13) - Where it is used, and how often: Worked out by this site from e-Gov's text - English names of the laws: Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice (6 records)