# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第七十八条の二十五 (Article 78-25)

- 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: 第七十八条の二十五 (Article 78-25)（損害賠償請求権の特例） — address `art-78-25`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-25
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-25
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### 第七十八条の二十五（損害賠償請求権の特例） — (Special Provisions on Right to Demand Compensation for Loss or Damage)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-78-25 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-25 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-25</sup>

**第一項**  二以上の種別の被保険者であつた期間を有する者に係る保険給付について、第四十条第二項の規定を適用する場合においては、同項中「その価額」とあるのは、「その価額をそれぞれの保険給付の価額に応じて按分した価額」とする。
<sup>art-78-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-25/par-1</sup>
When the provisions of Article 40, paragraph (2) are applied to the insurance benefits of a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories, the phrase "the value of that compensation" in that paragraph is deemed to be the phrase "the value arrived at when the value of that compensation is allocated in proportion to the value of each insurance benefit".
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-78-25/par-1: 第四十条第二項 → 厚生年金保険法 第四十条第二項 (Article 40, paragraph (2)), art-40/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-40/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-40/par-2

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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
