# 確定拠出年金法 / Defined Contribution Pension Act — 第七十八条 (Article 78) - 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: 第七十八条 (Article 78)（個人型年金についての事業主の協力等） — address `art-78` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-78 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-78 - 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. --- ### 第七十八条（個人型年金についての事業主の協力等） — (Cooperation of the Employer with Regard to an Individual-type Pension Plan) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-78 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-78 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-78 **第一項** 厚生年金適用事業所の事業主は、当該厚生年金適用事業所に使用される者が個人型年金加入者である場合には、当該個人型年金加入者に対し、必要な協力をするとともに、法令及び個人型年金規約が遵守されるよう指導等に努めなければならない。 art-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-78/par-1 If a person employed at an EPI-applicable place of business is a participant of an individual-type pension plan, the employer with the EPI-applicable place of business must provide necessary cooperation to the participant of an individual-type pension plan, and endeavor to provide guidance, etc. to ensure observance of laws and regulations and the individual-type pension plan rules. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合において、国は、厚生年金適用事業所の事業主に対し、必要な指導及び助言を行うことができる。 art-78/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-78/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-78/par-2 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the State may provide necessary guidance and advice to the employer with an EPI-applicable place of business. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-78/par-2: 前項 → 確定拠出年金法 第七十八条第一項 (Article 78, paragraph (1)), art-78/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-78/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 確定拠出年金法 第三条第三項第一号（規約の承認） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-3/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-3/par-3/item-1 - 確定拠出年金法 第七十八条第二項（個人型年金についての事業主の協力等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-78/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-78/par-2 --- ## 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