# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第七十九条の四 (Article 79-4) - 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: 第七十九条の四 (Article 79-4)（積立金基本指針） — address `art-79-4` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-79-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-79-4 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第七十九条の四（積立金基本指針） — (Basic Policy of Reserves) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-79-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-79-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-79-4 **第一項** 主務大臣は、積立金の管理及び運用が長期的な観点から安全かつ効率的に行われるようにするための基本的な指針（以下「積立金基本指針」という。）を定めるものとする。 art-79-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-79-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-79-4/par-1 The competent ministers are to establish the basic policy that is meant to ensure that the reserves are managed and invested safely and efficiently from a long-term perspective (hereinafter referred to as the "basic policy for reserves"). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 積立金基本指針においては、次に掲げる事項を定めるものとする。 art-79-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-79-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-79-4/par-2 The competent ministers are to prescribe the following particulars in the basic policy for reserves: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 積立金の管理及び運用に関する基本的な方針 art-79-4/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-79-4/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-79-4/par-2/item-1 basic policy concerning management and investment of reserves; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 積立金の資産の構成の目標に関する基本的な事項 art-79-4/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-79-4/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-79-4/par-2/item-2 basic particulars of the target of the asset structure of reserves; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 積立金の管理及び運用に関し管理運用主体（年金積立金管理運用独立行政法人、国家公務員共済組合連合会、地方公務員共済組合連合会及び日本私立学校振興・共済事業団をいう。以下同じ。）が遵守すべき基本的な事項 art-79-4/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-79-4/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-79-4/par-2/item-3 basic rules to be observed by the management and investment entities (meaning the Government Pension Investment Fund, IAA; the Federation of National Public Service Personnel Mutual Aid Associations; the Pension Fund Association for Local Government Officials; and the Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation for Private Schools of Japan; the same applies hereinafter) concerning management and investment of reserves; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** その他積立金の管理及び運用に関する重要事項 art-79-4/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-79-4/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-79-4/par-2/item-4 other important particulars concerning the management and investment of reserves. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 主務大臣は、財政の現況及び見通しが作成されたときその他必要があると認めるときは、積立金基本指針に検討を加え、必要に応じ、これを変更するものとする。 art-79-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-79-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-79-4/par-3 When the current budget status and projections report has been prepared or upon otherwise finding that it is necessary to do so, the competent ministers are to review the basic policy for reserves and revise it as needed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 積立金基本指針を定め、又は変更しようとするときは、厚生労働大臣は、あらかじめ、積立金基本指針の案又はその変更の案を作成し、財務大臣、総務大臣及び文部科学大臣に協議するものとする。 art-79-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-79-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-79-4/par-4 Before seeking to establish or revise the basic policy for reserves, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to first prepare a draft of the basic policy for reserves or a draft of its revision and consult with the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, and the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 財務大臣、総務大臣及び文部科学大臣は、必要があると認めるときは、厚生労働大臣に対し、積立金基本指針の変更の案の作成を求めることができる。 art-79-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-79-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-79-4/par-5 The Minister of Finance, the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, and the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, on finding it to be necessary to do so, may request the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare to prepare a draft of a revision to the basic policy for reserves. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 主務大臣は、積立金基本指針を定め、又は変更したときは、速やかに、これを公表するものとする。 art-79-4/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-79-4/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-79-4/par-6 Having established or revised the basic policy for reserves, the competent ministers are to promptly make this public. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 厚生年金保険法 附則第一条第二項（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4121-18/art-1/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4121-18/art-1/par-2 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第二十五条第一項（厚生年金保険事業に関する財政の現況及び見通しの作成に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4161-104/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4161-104/art-25/par-1 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第二十八条第一項（積立金基本指針等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4241-63/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-63/art-28/par-1 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第二十八条第二項（積立金基本指針等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4241-63/art-28/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-63/art-28/par-2 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第二十八条第四項（積立金基本指針等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4241-63/art-28/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-63/art-28/par-4 - 国民年金法 附則第一条第二項（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/suppl-4121-18/art-1/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/suppl-4121-18/art-1/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