# 国民年金法 / National Pension Act — 第八十五条 (Article 85)

- 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: 第八十五条 (Article 85)（国庫負担） — address `art-85`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-85
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### 第八十五条（国庫負担） — Government Contributions
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-85 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-85 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-85</sup>

**第一項**  国庫は、毎年度、国民年金事業に要する費用（次項に規定する費用を除く。）に充てるため、次に掲げる額を負担する。
<sup>art-85/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-85/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-85/par-1</sup>
The national treasury bears, each fiscal year, the amounts listed below, in order to cover the expenses required for the National Pension program (excluding the expenses prescribed in the following paragraph).
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  当該年度における基礎年金（老齢基礎年金、障害基礎年金及び遺族基礎年金をいう。以下同じ。）の給付に要する費用の総額（次号及び第三号に掲げる額を除く。以下「保険料・拠出金算定対象額」という。）から第二十七条第三号、第五号及び第七号に規定する月数を基礎として計算したものを控除して得た額に、一から各政府及び実施機関に係る第九十四条の三第一項に規定する政令で定めるところにより算定した率を合算した率を控除して得た率を乗じて得た額の二分の一に相当する額
  <sup>art-85/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-85/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-85/par-1/item-1</sup>
  The amount equivalent to one-half of the amount obtained by multiplying the amount obtained by deducting, from the total amount of expenses required for the basic pension benefit (meaning the old-age basic pension, the disability basic pension, and the survivors' basic pension; the same applies below) for the relevant fiscal year (excluding the amounts listed in the following item and item (iii); hereinafter referred to as the "amount subject to premium and contribution calculation"), the amount calculated based on the numbers of months prescribed in Article 27, items (iii), (v) and (vii), by the rate obtained by deducting, from 1, the sum of the rates calculated, for each government and implementing body, as specified by Cabinet Order under Article 94-3, paragraph (1);
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  当該年度における保険料免除期間を有する者に係る老齢基礎年金（第二十七条ただし書の規定によつてその額が計算されるものに限る。）の給付に要する費用の額に、イに掲げる数をロに掲げる数で除して得た数を乗じて得た額の合算額
  <sup>art-85/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-85/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-85/par-1/item-2</sup>
  The total of the amounts obtained by multiplying the amount of expenses required for the old-age basic pension benefit (limited to one whose amount is calculated under the proviso to Article 27) relating to a person having a premium exemption period for the relevant fiscal year, by the number obtained by dividing the number listed in (a) by the number listed in (b);
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **イ**  次に掲げる数を合算した数
    <sup>art-85/par-1/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-85/par-1/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-85/par-1/item-2/sub-1</sup>
    The number obtained by adding together the numbers listed below:
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

      **（１）**  当該保険料四分の一免除期間の月数（四百八十から当該保険料納付済期間の月数を控除して得た月数を限度とする。）に八分の一を乗じて得た数
      <sup>art-85/par-1/item-2/sub-1/sub2-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-85/par-1/item-2/sub-1/sub2-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-85/par-1/item-2/sub-1/sub2-1</sup>
      The number obtained by multiplying the number of months of the relevant one-quarter premium exemption period (limited to the number of months obtained by deducting the relevant number of months of premium-paid periods from 480) by one-eighth;
      <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

      **（２）**  当該保険料半額免除期間の月数（四百八十から当該保険料納付済期間の月数及び当該保険料四分の一免除期間の月数を合算した月数を控除して得た月数を限度とする。）に四分の一を乗じて得た数
      <sup>art-85/par-1/item-2/sub-1/sub2-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-85/par-1/item-2/sub-1/sub2-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-85/par-1/item-2/sub-1/sub2-2</sup>
      The number obtained by multiplying the relevant number of months of half premium exemption periods (limited to the number of months obtained by deducting, from 480, the total of the relevant number of months of premium-paid periods and the number of months of the relevant one-quarter premium exemption period) by one-quarter;
      <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

      **（３）**  当該保険料四分の三免除期間の月数（四百八十から当該保険料納付済期間の月数、当該保険料四分の一免除期間の月数及び当該保険料半額免除期間の月数を合算した月数を控除して得た月数を限度とする。）に八分の三を乗じて得た数
      <sup>art-85/par-1/item-2/sub-1/sub2-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-85/par-1/item-2/sub-1/sub2-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-85/par-1/item-2/sub-1/sub2-3</sup>
      The number obtained by multiplying the number of months of the relevant three-quarter premium exemption period (limited to the number of months obtained by deducting, from 480, the total of the relevant number of months of premium-paid periods, the number of months of the relevant one-quarter premium exemption period, and the relevant number of months of half premium exemption periods) by three-eighths;
      <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

      **（４）**  当該保険料全額免除期間（第九十条の三第一項の規定により納付することを要しないものとされた保険料に係るものを除く。）の月数（四百八十から当該保険料納付済期間の月数、当該保険料四分の一免除期間の月数、当該保険料半額免除期間の月数及び当該保険料四分の三免除期間の月数を合算した月数を控除して得た月数を限度とする。）に二分の一を乗じて得た数
      <sup>art-85/par-1/item-2/sub-1/sub2-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-85/par-1/item-2/sub-1/sub2-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-85/par-1/item-2/sub-1/sub2-4</sup>
      The number obtained by multiplying the number of months of the relevant full premium exemption period (excluding one relating to a premium not required to be paid under Article 90-3, paragraph (1)) (limited to the number of months obtained by deducting, from 480, the total of the relevant number of months of premium-paid periods, the number of months of the relevant one-quarter premium exemption period, the relevant number of months of half premium exemption periods, and the number of months of the relevant three-quarter premium exemption period) by one-half.
      <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **ロ**  第二十七条各号に掲げる月数を合算した数
    <sup>art-85/par-1/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-85/par-1/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-85/par-1/item-2/sub-2</sup>
    The number obtained by adding together the numbers of months listed in the items of Article 27.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **三**  当該年度における第三十条の四の規定による障害基礎年金の給付に要する費用の百分の二十に相当する額
  <sup>art-85/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-85/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-85/par-1/item-3</sup>
  The amount equivalent to 20 percent of the expenses required for the disability basic pension benefit under Article 30-4 for the relevant fiscal year.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  国庫は、毎年度、予算の範囲内で、国民年金事業の事務の執行に要する費用を負担する。
<sup>art-85/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-85/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-85/par-2</sup>
The national treasury bears, each fiscal year, within the scope of the budget, the expenses required for the execution of the affairs of the National Pension program.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-85/par-1: 次項 → 国民年金法 第八十五条第二項 (Article 85, paragraph (2)), art-85/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-85/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-85/par-2
- art-85/par-1/item-1: 次号 → 国民年金法 第八十五条第一項第二号 (Article 85, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-85/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-85/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-85/par-1/item-2
- art-85/par-1/item-1: 第三号 → 国民年金法 第八十五条第一項第三号 (Article 85, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-85/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-85/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-85/par-1/item-3
- art-85/par-1/item-1: 第二十七条第三号 → 国民年金法 第二十七条第一項第三号 (Article 27, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-27/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-27/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-27/par-1/item-3
- art-85/par-1/item-1: 第五号 → 国民年金法 第二十七条第一項第五号 (Article 27, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-27/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-27/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-27/par-1/item-5
- art-85/par-1/item-1: 第七号 → 国民年金法 第二十七条第一項第七号 (Article 27, paragraph (1), item (vii)), art-27/par-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-27/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-27/par-1/item-7
- art-85/par-1/item-1: 第九十四条の三第一項 → 国民年金法 第九十四条の三第一項 (Article 94-3, paragraph (1)), art-94-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-94-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-94-3/par-1
- art-85/par-1/item-2: 第二十七条 → 国民年金法 第二十七条 (Article 27), art-27 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-27
- art-85/par-1/item-2/sub-1/sub2-4: 第九十条の三第一項 → 国民年金法 第九十条の三第一項 (Article 90-3, paragraph (1)), art-90-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-90-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-90-3/par-1
- art-85/par-1/item-2/sub-2: 第二十七条 → 国民年金法 第二十七条 (Article 27), art-27 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-27
- art-85/par-1/item-3: 第三十条の四 → 国民年金法 第三十条の四 (Article 30-4), art-30-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-30-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-30-4

## Cited by

19 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 国民年金法 第八十五条第一項（国庫負担） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-85/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-85/par-1
- 国民年金法 第八十五条第一項第一号（国庫負担） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-85/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-85/par-1/item-1
- 国民年金法 附則第十九条第十項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/suppl-3481-92/art-19/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/suppl-3481-92/art-19/par-10
- 国民年金法 附則第三十四条第一項（国民年金事業に要する費用の負担の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/suppl-3601-34/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/suppl-3601-34/art-34/par-1
- 国民年金法 附則第三十四条第二項（国民年金事業に要する費用の負担の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/suppl-3601-34/art-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/suppl-3601-34/art-34/par-2
- 国民年金法 附則第三十四条第三項（国民年金事業に要する費用の負担の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/suppl-3601-34/art-34/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/suppl-3601-34/art-34/par-3
- 国民年金法 附則第三十五条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/suppl-3601-34/art-35/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/suppl-3601-34/art-35/par-3
- 国民年金法 附則第三十五条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/suppl-3601-34/art-35/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/suppl-3601-34/art-35/par-4
- 国民年金法 附則第十三条第一項（基礎年金の国庫負担に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/suppl-4161-104/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/suppl-4161-104/art-13/par-1
- 国民年金法 附則第十三条第二項（基礎年金の国庫負担に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/suppl-4161-104/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/suppl-4161-104/art-13/par-2
- 国民年金法 附則第十三条第三項（基礎年金の国庫負担に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/suppl-4161-104/art-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/suppl-4161-104/art-13/par-3
- 国民年金法 附則第十三条第四項（基礎年金の国庫負担に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/suppl-4161-104/art-13/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/suppl-4161-104/art-13/par-4
- 国民年金法 附則第十三条第五項（基礎年金の国庫負担に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/suppl-4161-104/art-13/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/suppl-4161-104/art-13/par-5
- 国民年金法 附則第十三条第六項（基礎年金の国庫負担に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/suppl-4161-104/art-13/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/suppl-4161-104/art-13/par-6
- 国民年金法 附則第十三条第七項（基礎年金の国庫負担に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/suppl-4161-104/art-13/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/suppl-4161-104/art-13/par-7
- 国民年金法 附則第十四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/suppl-4161-104/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/suppl-4161-104/art-14/par-1
- 国民年金法 附則第十四条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/suppl-4161-104/art-14/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/suppl-4161-104/art-14/par-2
- 国民年金法 附則第十四条の二第一項（平成二十一年度から平成二十五年度までにおける基礎年金の国庫負担に関する経過措置の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/suppl-4161-104/art-14-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/suppl-4161-104/art-14-2/par-1
- 国民年金法 附則第十六条第一項（基礎年金の国庫負担に要する費用の財源） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/suppl-4161-104/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/suppl-4161-104/art-16/par-1

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