# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第百二十一条 (Article 121) - Law: 介護保険法 (Long-Term Care Insurance Act), 平成九年法律第百二十三号 - English title "Long-Term Care 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: 第百二十一条 (Article 121)（国の負担） — address `art-121` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-121 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-121 - 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. --- ### 第百二十一条（国の負担） — (Costs Imposed upon the National Government) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-121 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-121 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-121 **第一項** 国は、政令で定めるところにより、市町村に対し、介護給付及び予防給付に要する費用の額について、次の各号に掲げる費用の区分に応じ、当該各号に定める割合に相当する額を負担する。 art-121/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-121/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-121/par-1 The national government, pursuant to the provisions of a Cabinet Order, is subject to defray the costs incurred by a Municipality for the amount equivalent to the percentage as prescribed in each of the following items for the amount of expenses necessary for Long-Term Care Benefits and Prevention Benefits, according to the categories of allowance listed in said items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 介護給付（次号に掲げるものを除く。）及び予防給付（同号に掲げるものを除く。）に要する費用　百分の二十 art-121/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-121/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-121/par-1/item-1 costs necessary for Long-Term Care Benefits (except for those listed in the following item) and Prevention Benefits (except for those listed in the same item):20 percent of the necessary costs; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 介護給付（介護保険施設及び特定施設入居者生活介護に係るものに限る。）及び予防給付（介護予防特定施設入居者生活介護に係るものに限る。）に要する費用　百分の十五 art-121/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-121/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-121/par-1/item-2 costs necessary for Long-Term Care Benefits (limited to those pertaining to a Facility Covered by Long-Term Care Insurance and Daily Life Long-Term Care for A Person Admitted to A Community-Based Specified Facility) and Prevention Benefits (limited to those pertaining to Daily Preventive Long-Term Care Admitted to A Specified Facility):15 percent of the necessary costs. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第四十三条第三項、第四十四条第六項、第四十五条第六項、第五十五条第三項、第五十六条第六項又は第五十七条第六項の規定に基づき条例を定めている市町村に対する前項の規定の適用については、同項に規定する介護給付及び予防給付に要する費用の額は、当該条例による措置が講ぜられないものとして、政令で定めるところにより算定した当該介護給付及び予防給付に要する費用の額に相当する額とする。 art-121/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-121/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-121/par-2 With regard to application of the provisions of the preceding paragraph to a Municipality that provides Order based on the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (3), Article 44, paragraph (6), Article 45, paragraph (6), Article 55, paragraph (3), Article 56, paragraph (6), or Article 57, paragraph (6), measures pursuant to the provisions of said ordinance are not implemented to those amount of costs necessary for Long-Term Care Benefits and Prevention Benefits as prescribed in the same paragraph, and said amount of costs are equivalent to the amount of expenses necessary for said Long-Term Care Benefit and Prevention Benefit, which are calculated pursuant to the provisions of a Cabinet Order; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-121/par-1/item-1: 次号 → 介護保険法 第百二十一条第一項第二号 (Article 121, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-121/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-121/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-121/par-1/item-2 - art-121/par-2: 第四十三条第三項 → 介護保険法 第四十三条第三項 (Article 43, paragraph (3)), art-43/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-43/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-43/par-3 - art-121/par-2: 第四十四条第六項 → 介護保険法 第四十四条第六項 (Article 44, paragraph (6)), art-44/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-44/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-44/par-6 - art-121/par-2: 第四十五条第六項 → 介護保険法 第四十五条第六項 (Article 45, paragraph (6)), art-45/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-45/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-45/par-6 - art-121/par-2: 第五十五条第三項 → 介護保険法 第五十五条第三項 (Article 55, paragraph (3)), art-55/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-55/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-55/par-3 - art-121/par-2: 第五十六条第六項 → 介護保険法 第五十六条第六項 (Article 56, paragraph (6)), art-56/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-56/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-56/par-6 - art-121/par-2: 第五十七条第六項 → 介護保険法 第五十七条第六項 (Article 57, paragraph (6)), art-57/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-57/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-57/par-6 - art-121/par-2: 前項 → 介護保険法 第百二十一条第一項 (Article 121, paragraph (1)), art-121/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-121/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-121/par-1 ## Cited by 10 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 介護保険法 第百二十一条第一項第一号（国の負担） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-121/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-121/par-1/item-1 - 介護保険法 第百二十一条第二項（国の負担） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-121/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-121/par-2 - 介護保険法 第百二十二条第二項（調整交付金等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-122/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-122/par-2 - 介護保険法 第百二十二条第三項（調整交付金等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-122/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-122/par-3 - 介護保険法 第百二十三条第二項（都道府県の負担等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-123/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-123/par-2 - 介護保険法 第百二十四条第二項（市町村の一般会計における負担） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-124/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-124/par-2 - 介護保険法 第百二十五条第三項（介護給付費交付金） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-125/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-125/par-3 - 介護保険法 第百二十七条第一項（国の補助） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-127/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-127/par-1 - 介護保険法 第百四十七条第八項（財政安定化基金） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-147/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-147/par-8 - 介護保険法 第百四十八条第二項（市町村相互財政安定化事業） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-148/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-148/par-2 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 介護保険法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/409AC0000000123/20261001_507AC0000000087), retrieved 2026-10-18 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Long-Term Care Insurance Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3807/tb), retrieved 2026-10-18 - This site's parser, version 209 — 介護保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-18