# 確定拠出年金法 / Defined Contribution Pension Act — 第一条 (Article 1) - Law: 確定拠出年金法 (Defined Contribution Pension Act), 平成十三年法律第八十八号 - English title "Defined Contribution Pension Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第一条 (Article 1)（目的） — address `art-1` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-1 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-1 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第一条（目的） — (Purpose) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、少子高齢化の進展、高齢期の生活の多様化等の社会経済情勢の変化にかんがみ、個人又は事業主が拠出した資金を個人が自己の責任において運用の指図を行い、高齢期においてその結果に基づいた給付を受けることができるようにするため、確定拠出年金について必要な事項を定め、国民の高齢期における所得の確保に係る自主的な努力を支援し、もって公的年金の給付と相まって国民の生活の安定と福祉の向上に寄与することを目的とする。 art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-1/par-1 In light of the changes in socioeconomic situations such as the progression of the declining birthrate and aging population and the diversification of lifestyles in old age, and in order to enable individuals to give instructions on their own responsibility regarding investment of funds contributed by individuals or employers and receive benefits based on the investment outcomes in old age, this Act aims to provide for necessary particulars concerning defined contribution pensions and support the voluntary efforts of citizens for securing income in old age, thereby contributing to stabilizing the lives and improving the welfare of citizens, in conjunction with provision of benefits of public pensions. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 確定拠出年金法 第七十四条第一項（連合会の業務の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-74/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-74/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 確定拠出年金法 — the text in force from 2026-04-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/413AC0000000088/20260401_507AC0000000074), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Defined Contribution Pension Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4371/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - This site's parser, version 203 — 確定拠出年金法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19