# 国民年金法 / National Pension Act — 第四章 (Chapter 4)

- Law: 国民年金法 (National Pension Act), 昭和三十四年法律第百四十一号
- English title "National Pension Act": Ministry of Justice translation database, which lists the title
- 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: 第四章 (Chapter 4) — address `ch-4`
- Text: the text as amended with effect from 2028-04-01, standing until 2029-06-18 as now scheduled, since the next amendment's day is not fixed — NOT yet in force (revision 20280401_507AC0000000074)
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## 第四章　国民年金事業の円滑な実施を図るための措置 — Chapter IV Measures for Ensuring the Smooth Implementation of the National Pension Program
<sup>heading: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>ch-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-4</sup>

### 第七十四条
<sup>art-74 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-4#art-74</sup>

**第一項**  政府は、国民年金事業の円滑な実施を図るため、国民年金に関し、次に掲げる事業を行うことができる。
<sup>art-74/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-4#art-74/par-1</sup>
The government may, in order to ensure the smooth implementation of the National Pension program, carry out the following services in relation to the National Pension.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  教育及び広報を行うこと。
  <sup>art-74/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-4#art-74/par-1/item-1</sup>
  Carrying out education and public relations;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  被保険者、受給権者その他の関係者（以下この条において「被保険者等」という。）に対し、相談その他の援助を行うこと。
  <sup>art-74/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-4#art-74/par-1/item-2</sup>
  Providing consultation and other assistance to insured persons, persons entitled to receive a benefit, and other relevant parties (hereinafter referred to in this Article as "insured persons, etc.");
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **三**  被保険者等に対し、被保険者等が行う手続に関する情報その他の被保険者等の利便の向上に資する情報を提供すること。
  <sup>art-74/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-4#art-74/par-1/item-3</sup>
  Providing insured persons, etc. with information concerning procedures carried out by insured persons, etc., and other information that contributes to improving the convenience of insured persons, etc.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  政府は、国民年金事業の実施に必要な事務を円滑に処理し、被保険者等の利便の向上に資するため、電子情報処理組織の運用を行うものとする。
<sup>art-74/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-4#art-74/par-2</sup>
The government is to operate an electronic data processing system in order to smoothly process the affairs necessary for the implementation of the National Pension program and to contribute to improving the convenience of insured persons, etc.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  政府は、第一項各号に掲げる事業及び前項に規定する運用の全部又は一部を日本年金機構（以下「機構」という。）に行わせることができる。
<sup>art-74/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-4#art-74/par-3</sup>
The government may have the Japan Pension Service (hereinafter referred to as the "Service") carry out all or part of the services listed in the items of paragraph (1) and the operation prescribed in the preceding paragraph.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-74/par-1/item-2: この条 → 国民年金法 第七十四条 (Article 74), art-74 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-4#art-74
- art-74/par-3: 第一項 → 国民年金法 第七十四条第一項 (Article 74, paragraph (1)), art-74/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-4#art-74/par-1
- art-74/par-3: 前項 → 国民年金法 第七十四条第二項 (Article 74, paragraph (2)), art-74/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-4#art-74/par-2

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 国民年金法 — the text as 令和七年法律第七十四号 leaves it, from 2028-04-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/334AC0000000141/20280401_507AC0000000074), retrieved 2026-10-05
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 国民年金法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/1772), retrieved 2026-09-18
- claude-sonnet-5 — Machine translation, batch national-pension-act-20260923T214903-013, translated 2026-09-24
- This site's parser, version 209 — 国民年金法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-05