# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第三十二条 (Article 32)

- 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: 第三十二条 (Article 32)（保険給付の種類） — address `art-32`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-32
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-32
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### 第三十二条（保険給付の種類） — (Categories of Insurance Benefits)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-32 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-32 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-32</sup>

  **第一項**  この法律による保険給付は、次のとおりとし、政府及び実施機関（厚生労働大臣を除く。第三十四条第一項、第四十条、第七十九条第一項及び第二項、第八十一条第一項、第八十四条の五第二項並びに第八十四条の六第二項並びに附則第二十三条の三において「政府等」という。）が行う。
  <sup>art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-32/par-1</sup>
  The insurance benefits under this Act are as follows; the government and the implementing organizations (excluding the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare; referred to as "the government and the implementing organizations" in Article 34, paragraph (1), Article 40, Article 79, paragraph (1) and paragraph (2), Article 81, paragraph (1), Article 84-5, paragraph (2) and Article 84-6, paragraph (2), and in Article 23-3 of the Supplementary Provisions) provide them:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The insurance benefits under this Act are as follows; the government and the implementing organizations (excluding the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare; referred to as "the government and the implementing organizations" in Article 34, paragraph (1), Article 40, Article 79, paragraph (1) and paragraph (2), Article 81, paragraph (1), Article 84-5, paragraph (2) and Article 84-6, paragraph (2), and in Article 23 of Supplementary Provisions) provide them:" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3554/tb</sup>

    **一**  老齢厚生年金
    <sup>art-32/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-32/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-32/par-1/item-1</sup>
    employees' old-age pensions;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  障害厚生年金及び障害手当金
    <sup>art-32/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-32/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-32/par-1/item-2</sup>
    employees' disability pensions and disability allowances;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **三**  遺族厚生年金
    <sup>art-32/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-32/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-32/par-1/item-3</sup>
    employees' pensions for surviving family.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-32/par-1: 第三十四条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第三十四条第一項 (Article 34, paragraph (1)), art-34/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-34/par-1
- art-32/par-1: 第四十条 → 厚生年金保険法 第四十条 (Article 40), art-40 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-40 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-40
- art-32/par-1: 第七十九条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第七十九条第一項 (Article 79, paragraph (1)), art-79/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-79/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-79/par-1
- art-32/par-1: 第二項 → 厚生年金保険法 第七十九条第二項 (Article 79, paragraph (2)), art-79/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-79/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-79/par-2
- art-32/par-1: 第八十一条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第八十一条第一項 (Article 81, paragraph (1)), art-81/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-81/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-81/par-1
- art-32/par-1: 第八十四条の五第二項 → 厚生年金保険法 第八十四条の五第二項 (Article 84-5, paragraph (2)), art-84-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-84-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-84-5/par-2
- art-32/par-1: 第八十四条の六第二項 → 厚生年金保険法 第八十四条の六第二項 (Article 84-6, paragraph (2)), art-84-6/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-84-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-84-6/par-2
- art-32/par-1: 附則第二十三条の三 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第二十三条の三 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 23-3), suppl-3291-115/art-23-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3291-115/art-23-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3291-115/art-23-3

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## Sources

- claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, written 2026-10-13
- 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
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Employees' Pension Insurance Act (厚生年金保険法), Article 32, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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