# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第七十八条の十五 (Article 78-15)

- 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: 第七十八条の十五 (Article 78-15)（記録） — address `art-78-15`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-15
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-15
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### 第七十八条の十五（記録） — (Records)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-78-15 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-15</sup>

**第一項**  実施機関は、厚生年金保険原簿に前条第四項の規定により被保険者期間であつたものとみなされた期間（以下「被扶養配偶者みなし被保険者期間」という。）を有する者の氏名、被扶養配偶者みなし被保険者期間、被扶養配偶者みなし被保険者期間に係る標準報酬その他主務省令で定める事項を記録しなければならない。
<sup>art-78-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-15/par-1</sup>
The implementing organization must record, in the EPI register, the name of persons who have a period that is deemed to be an insured period pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4) of the preceding Article (hereinafter referred to as the "deemed insured period of a dependent spouse"), the deemed insured period of the dependent spouse, the standardized remuneration connected with the deemed insured period of the dependent spouse, and any other particulars specified by order of the competent ministry.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-78-15/par-1: 前条第四項 → 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の十四第四項 (Article 78-14, paragraph (4)), art-78-14/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-14/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-14/par-4

## Cited by

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

- 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の十七第一項（省令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-17/par-1
- 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の十九第一項（標準報酬が改定され、及び決定された者に対する保険給付の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-19/par-1
- 厚生年金保険法 第百条の十第一項第二十七号（機構への事務の委託） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-100-10/par-1/item-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100-10/par-1/item-27
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第五十条第一項（標準報酬が改定され、及び決定された者に対する保険給付の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4161-104/art-50/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4161-104/art-50/par-1

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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
