# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第六十三条 (Article 63)

- 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: 第六十三条 (Article 63)（失権） — address `art-63`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第六十三条（失権） — (Loss of Rights)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-63 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-63 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-63</sup>

  **第一項**  遺族厚生年金の受給権は、受給権者が次の各号のいずれかに該当するに至つたときは、消滅する。
  <sup>art-63/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-63/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-63/par-1</sup>
  The right to receive benefits from an employees' pension for surviving family ceases to exist if a beneficiary comes to fall under any of the following items:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  死亡したとき。
    <sup>art-63/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-63/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-63/par-1/item-1</sup>
    the beneficiary dies;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  婚姻（届出をしていないが、事実上婚姻関係と同様の事情にある場合を含む。）をしたとき。
    <sup>art-63/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-63/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-63/par-1/item-2</sup>
    the beneficiary marries (or if, although the beneficiary has not registered a marriage, the beneficiary's circumstances come to be, de facto, the same as those of a person in a marital relationship);
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    **三**  直系血族及び直系姻族以外の者の養子（届出をしていないが、事実上養子縁組関係と同様の事情にある者を含む。）となつたとき。
    <sup>art-63/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-63/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-63/par-1/item-3</sup>
    the beneficiary is legally adopted by a person other than a lineal relative by blood or a lineal relative by affinity (this includes a person whose adoption has not been registered but whose circumstances come to be, de facto, the same as those of a person in an adoptive relationship);
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    **四**  離縁によつて、死亡した被保険者又は被保険者であつた者との親族関係が終了したとき。
    <sup>art-63/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-63/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-63/par-1/item-4</sup>
    the beneficiary's familial relationship with the deceased insured or former insured ends due to the dissolution of the adoptive relationship; or
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **五**  次のイ又はロに掲げる区分に応じ、当該イ又はロに定める日から起算して五年を経過したとき。
    <sup>art-63/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-63/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-63/par-1/item-5</sup>
    for the categories set forth in (a) and (b), below, once five years have passed, as calculated beginning on the day specified in whichever is relevant of (a) or (b);
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      **イ**  遺族厚生年金の受給権を取得した当時三十歳未満である妻が当該遺族厚生年金と同一の支給事由に基づく国民年金法による遺族基礎年金の受給権を取得しないとき　当該遺族厚生年金の受給権を取得した日
      <sup>art-63/par-1/item-5/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-63/par-1/item-5/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-63/par-1/item-5/sub-1</sup>
      if a wife who was younger than 30 years of age at the time that she acquired the right to receive benefits from the employees' pension for surviving family failed to acquire the right to receive benefits from a basic pension for surviving family under the National Pension Act based on the same grounds for payment as those for that employees' pension for surviving family:the day on which the wife acquired the right to receive benefits from the employees' pension for surviving family;
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      **ロ**  遺族厚生年金と当該遺族厚生年金と同一の支給事由に基づく国民年金法による遺族基礎年金の受給権を有する妻が三十歳に到達する日前に当該遺族基礎年金の受給権が消滅したとき　当該遺族基礎年金の受給権が消滅した日
      <sup>art-63/par-1/item-5/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-63/par-1/item-5/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-63/par-1/item-5/sub-2</sup>
      if, before a wife with the right to receive benefits from the employees' pension for surviving family and from a basic pension for surviving family under the National Pension Act based on the same grounds for payment as those for that employees' pension for surviving family has reached 30 years of age, her right to receive benefits from that basic pension for surviving family ceases to exist:the day on which the right to receive benefits from the basic pension for surviving family ceased to exist.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  子又は孫の有する遺族厚生年金の受給権は、次の各号のいずれかに該当するに至つたときは、消滅する。
  <sup>art-63/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-63/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-63/par-2</sup>
  The right to receive benefits from an employees' pension for surviving family that is held by a child or grandchild ceases to exist if the child or grandchild comes to fall under one of the following items:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  子又は孫について、十八歳に達した日以後の最初の三月三十一日が終了したとき。ただし、子又は孫が障害等級の一級又は二級に該当する障害の状態にあるときを除く。
    <sup>art-63/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-63/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-63/par-2/item-1</sup>
    for a child or grandchild, once the first March 31 has passed after the day on which the person reached the age of 18; provided, however, that this does not apply to a child or grandchild who has a disability classified as the Grade 1 or Grade 2 of the disability grades;
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    **二**  障害等級の一級又は二級に該当する障害の状態にある子又は孫について、その事情がやんだとき。ただし、子又は孫が十八歳に達する日以後の最初の三月三十一日までの間にあるときを除く。
    <sup>art-63/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-63/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-63/par-2/item-2</sup>
    for a child or grandchild who has a disability classified as the Grade 1 or Grade 2 of the disability grades, if those circumstances end; provided, however, that this does not apply to a child or grandchild who is within the period from birth until the first March 31 after the day on which the child or grandchild reaches the age of 18; or
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **三**  子又は孫が、二十歳に達したとき。
    <sup>art-63/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-63/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-63/par-2/item-3</sup>
    once the child or grandchild reaches the age of 20.
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  **第三項**  父母、孫又は祖父母の有する遺族厚生年金の受給権は、被保険者又は被保険者であつた者の死亡の当時胎児であつた子が出生したときは、消滅する。
  <sup>art-63/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-63/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-63/par-3</sup>
  The right to receive benefits from an employees' pension for surviving family that is held by a parent, grandchild, or grandparent ceases to exist if a child who was in utero at the time of the insured or former insured's death is born.
  <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 附則第七十四条第六項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-74/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-74/par-6
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十四条第四項（遺族厚生年金の支給に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4161-104/art-44/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4161-104/art-44/par-4

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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