# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第三十一条の二 (Article 31-2)

- Law: 厚生年金保険法 (Employees' Pension Insurance Act), 昭和二十九年法律第百十五号
- English title "Employees' Pension Insurance 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: 第三十一条の二 (Article 31-2)（被保険者に対する情報の提供） — address `art-31-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-31-2
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-31-2
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### 第三十一条の二（被保険者に対する情報の提供） — (Provision of Information to Insureds)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-31-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-31-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-31-2</sup>

  **第一項**  実施機関は、厚生年金保険制度に対する国民の理解を増進させ、及びその信頼を向上させるため、主務省令で定めるところにより、被保険者に対し、当該被保険者の保険料納付の実績及び将来の給付に関する必要な情報を分かりやすい形で通知するものとする。
  <sup>art-31-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-31-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-31-2/par-1</sup>
  In order to promote the people's understanding of the employees' pension insurance system and enhance their trust in it, the implementing organization, as prescribed by order of the competent ministry, is to notify insureds of the necessary information regarding the insurance premiums they have actually paid and their future benefits in an easy-to-understand manner.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 厚生年金保険法 第三十一条の三第一項（適用除外） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-31-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-31-3/par-1
- 厚生年金保険法 第百条の十第一項第三号（機構への事務の委託） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-100-10/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100-10/par-1/item-3

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 厚生年金保険法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/329AC0000000115/20261001_507AC0000000074), retrieved 2026-10-13
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Employees' Pension Insurance Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3554/tb), retrieved 2026-10-13
- This site's parser, version 190 — 厚生年金保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-13
