# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第百二十五条 (Article 125) - Law: 健康保険法 (Health Insurance Act), 大正十一年法律第七十号 - English title "Health 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: 第百二十五条 (Article 125)（賃金日額） — address `art-125` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-125 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-125 - 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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Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合において、賃金のうち通貨以外のもので支払われるものについては、その価額は、その地方の時価により、厚生労働大臣が定める。 art-125/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-125/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-125/par-2 In the case of the preceding paragraph, with regard to a wage to be paid other than in currency, the amount is specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare based on the local market price. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-125/par-1/item-2: 次号 → 健康保険法 第百二十五条第一項第三号 (Article 125, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-125/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-125/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-125/par-1/item-3 - art-125/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 健康保険法 第百二十五条第一項第一号 (Article 125, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-125/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-125/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-125/par-1/item-1 - art-125/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 健康保険法 第百二十五条第一項第二号 (Article 125, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-125/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-125/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-125/par-1/item-2 - art-125/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 健康保険法 第百二十五条第一項第三号 (Article 125, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-125/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-125/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-125/par-1/item-3 - art-125/par-1/item-5: 前各号 → 健康保険法 第百二十五条第一項第一号 (Article 125, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-125/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-125/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-125/par-1/item-1 - art-125/par-1/item-5: 前各号 → 健康保険法 第百二十五条第一項第二号 (Article 125, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-125/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-125/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-125/par-1/item-2 - art-125/par-1/item-5: 前各号 → 健康保険法 第百二十五条第一項第三号 (Article 125, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-125/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-125/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-125/par-1/item-3 - art-125/par-1/item-5: 前各号 → 健康保険法 第百二十五条第一項第四号 (Article 125, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-125/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-125/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-125/par-1/item-4 - art-125/par-1/item-6: 前各号 → 健康保険法 第百二十五条第一項第一号 (Article 125, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-125/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-125/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-125/par-1/item-1 - art-125/par-1/item-6: 前各号 → 健康保険法 第百二十五条第一項第二号 (Article 125, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-125/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-125/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-125/par-1/item-2 - art-125/par-1/item-6: 前各号 → 健康保険法 第百二十五条第一項第三号 (Article 125, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-125/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-125/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-125/par-1/item-3 - art-125/par-1/item-6: 前各号 → 健康保険法 第百二十五条第一項第四号 (Article 125, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-125/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-125/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-125/par-1/item-4 - art-125/par-1/item-6: 前各号 → 健康保険法 第百二十五条第一項第五号 (Article 125, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-125/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-125/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-125/par-1/item-5 - art-125/par-2: 前項 → 健康保険法 第百二十五条第一項 (Article 125, paragraph (1)), art-125/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-125/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-125/par-1 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 健康保険法 第百二十五条第一項第二号（賃金日額） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-125/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-125/par-1/item-2 - 健康保険法 第百二十五条第一項第四号（賃金日額） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-125/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-125/par-1/item-4 - 健康保険法 第百二十五条第一項第五号（賃金日額） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-125/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-125/par-1/item-5 - 健康保険法 第百二十五条第一項第六号（賃金日額） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-125/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-125/par-1/item-6 - 健康保険法 第百二十五条第二項（賃金日額） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-125/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-125/par-2 - 健康保険法 第百六十八条第二項（日雇特例被保険者の保険料額） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-168/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-168/par-2 - 健康保険法 第二百五条の二第一項第二号（機構への事務の委託） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-205-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-205-2/par-1/item-2 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-11 - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 健康保険法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/211AC0000000070/20261001_507AC0000000087), retrieved 2026-10-10 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Health Insurance Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3266/tb), retrieved 2026-10-10 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Health Insurance Act (健康保険法), Article 125, paragraph (1), item (ii) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3266/tb), retrieved 2026-10-10 - This site's parser, version 189 — 健康保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-10