# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第七十八条の三十二 (Article 78-32) - 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: 第七十八条の三十二 (Article 78-32)（遺族厚生年金の額の特例） — address `art-78-32` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-32 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-32 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第七十八条の三十二（遺族厚生年金の額の特例） — (Special Provisions on the Amount of Employees' Pension for Surviving Family) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-78-32 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-32 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-32 **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の遺族に係る遺族厚生年金（第五十八条第一項第一号から第三号までのいずれかに該当することにより支給されるものに限る。）の額については、死亡した者に係る二以上の被保険者の種別に係る被保険者であつた期間を合算し、一の期間に係る被保険者期間のみを有するものとみなして、遺族厚生年金の額の計算及びその支給停止に関する規定その他政令で定める規定を適用する。この場合において、必要な読替えその他必要な事項は、政令で定める。 art-78-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-32/par-1 For the surviving family of a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories, the time that the deceased spent as an insured under two or more insured categories is added up, the deceased is deemed to have only the insured period that is associated with the time in one category, and the provisions concerning the calculation of the amount of an employees' pension for surviving family and the suspension of payment thereof and any other provisions specified by Cabinet Order apply to the amount of the employees' pension for surviving family associated with the deceased's surviving family (limited to one that is paid due to the relevant person falling under any of items (i) through (iii) of Article 58, paragraph (1)). Cabinet Order provides for the necessary replacement of terms and other necessary particulars in such a case. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 二以上の種別の被保険者であつた期間を有する者の遺族に係る遺族厚生年金（第五十八条第一項第四号に該当することにより支給されるものに限る。）については、各号の厚生年金被保険者期間に係る被保険者期間ごとに支給するものとし、そのそれぞれの額は、死亡した者に係る二以上の被保険者の種別に係る被保険者であつた期間を合算し、一の期間に係る被保険者期間のみを有するものとみなして、遺族厚生年金の額の計算に関する規定により計算した額をそれぞれ一の期間に係る被保険者期間を計算の基礎として第六十条第一項第一号の規定の例により計算した額に応じて按分した額とする。この場合において、必要な読替えその他必要な事項は、政令で定める。 art-78-32/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-32/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-32/par-2 The employees' pension for surviving family associated with the surviving family of a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories (that pension is limited to one that is paid due to the relevant person falling under item (iv) of Article 58 paragraph (1)) is paid for each insured period that constitutes a category of EPI insured period, and for each amount thereof; the time that the deceased spent as an insured under two or more insured categories is added up; the deceased is deemed to have only the insured period that is associated with the time in one category; and each of their amounts is the amount arrived at when the amount calculated in accordance with the provisions concerning the calculation of the amount of employees' pension for surviving family is allocated in proportion to the value calculated pursuant to the provisions of Article 60, paragraph (1), item (i) based on the insured periods associated with each of the periods of time in one category. Cabinet Order provides for the necessary replacement of terms and other necessary particulars in such a case. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の場合において、第六十二条第一項の規定による加算額は、政令で定めるところにより、各号の厚生年金被保険者期間のうち一の期間に係る被保険者期間を計算の基礎とする遺族厚生年金の額に加算するものとする。 art-78-32/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-32/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-32/par-3 In a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph, the additional amount under the provisions of Article 62, paragraph (1) is to be added, as specified by Cabinet Order, to the amount of the employees' pension for surviving family calculated based on the insured period associated with the person's time in one category among the categories of EPI insured periods. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前三項に定めるもののほか、遺族厚生年金の額の計算及びその支給の停止に関し必要な事項は、政令で定める。 art-78-32/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-32/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-32/par-4 Beyond as specified in the preceding three paragraphs, Cabinet Order provides for the necessary particulars in connection with calculating the amounts of employees' pensions for surviving family and suspending payment. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-78-32/par-1: 第五十八条第一項第一号から第三号まで → 厚生年金保険法 第五十八条第一項第一号 (Article 58, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-58/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-58/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-58/par-1/item-1 - art-78-32/par-1: 第五十八条第一項第一号から第三号まで → 厚生年金保険法 第五十八条第一項第二号 (Article 58, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-58/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-58/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-58/par-1/item-2 - art-78-32/par-1: 第五十八条第一項第一号から第三号まで → 厚生年金保険法 第五十八条第一項第三号 (Article 58, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-58/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-58/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-58/par-1/item-3 - art-78-32/par-2: 第五十八条第一項第四号 → 厚生年金保険法 第五十八条第一項第四号 (Article 58, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-58/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-58/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-58/par-1/item-4 - art-78-32/par-2: 第六十条第一項第一号 → 厚生年金保険法 第六十条第一項第一号 (Article 60, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-60/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-60/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-60/par-1/item-1 - art-78-32/par-3: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の三十二第二項 (Article 78-32, paragraph (2)), art-78-32/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-32/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-32/par-2 - art-78-32/par-3: 第六十二条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第六十二条第一項 (Article 62, paragraph (1)), art-62/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-62/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-62/par-1 - art-78-32/par-4: 前三項 → 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の三十二第一項 (Article 78-32, paragraph (1)), art-78-32/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-32/par-1 - art-78-32/par-4: 前三項 → 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の三十二第二項 (Article 78-32, paragraph (2)), art-78-32/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-32/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-32/par-2 - art-78-32/par-4: 前三項 → 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の三十二第三項 (Article 78-32, paragraph (3)), art-78-32/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-32/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-32/par-3 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の三十二第三項（遺族厚生年金の額の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-32/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-32/par-3 - 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の三十二第四項（遺族厚生年金の額の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-32/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-32/par-4 - 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の三十三第二項（障害厚生年金等に関する事務の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-33/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-33/par-2 --- ## 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