# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第三十四条 (Article 34) - 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: 第三十四条 (Article 34)（調整期間） — address `art-34` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-34 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-34 - 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. --- ### 第三十四条（調整期間） — (Term under Adjustment) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-34 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-34 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-34 **第一項** 政府は、第二条の四第一項の規定により財政の現況及び見通しを作成するに当たり、厚生年金保険事業の財政が、財政均衡期間の終了時に保険給付の支給に支障が生じないようにするために必要な積立金（年金特別会計の厚生年金勘定の積立金及び第七十九条の二に規定する実施機関積立金をいう。）を政府等が保有しつつ当該財政均衡期間にわたつてその均衡を保つことができないと見込まれる場合には、保険給付の額を調整するものとし、政令で、保険給付の額を調整する期間（以下「調整期間」という。）の開始年度を定めるものとする。 art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-34/par-1 If, in compiling the current budget status and projections report pursuant to the provisions of Article 2-4, paragraph (1), it is projected not to be possible, over the course of the period subject to budget balancing, to maintain balance in the reserve funds being retained by the government or the implementing organizations in the budget for employees' pension insurance services as the reserve funds that are necessary for ensuring that no obstacles will arise in the payment of insurance benefits at the end of the period subject to budget balancing (meaning the reserve funds in the employees' pension section of the pension special account and the implementing organization reserves provided for in Article 79-2 ), the government is to adjust the amount of insurance benefits, and, by Cabinet Order, is to specify the fiscal year that will begin the period during which the amount of insurance benefits is subject to that adjustment (hereinafter referred to as the "term under adjustment"). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 財政の現況及び見通しにおいて、前項の調整を行う必要がなくなつたと認められるときは、政令で、調整期間の終了年度を定めるものとする。 art-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-34/par-2 If, in the current budget status and projections report, it is found to be no longer necessary to implement the adjustment under the preceding paragraph, the government, by Cabinet Order, is to specify the fiscal year that will end the term under adjustment. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 政府は、調整期間において財政の現況及び見通しを作成するときは、調整期間の終了年度の見通しについても作成し、併せて、これを公表しなければならない。 art-34/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-34/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-34/par-3 If the government is compiling the current budget status and projections report during a term under adjustment, it must also compile a projection on the fiscal year in which the term under adjustment will end, and must publicly announce these together. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-34/par-1: 第二条の四第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第二条の四第一項 (Article 2-4, paragraph (1)), art-2-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-2-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-2-4/par-1 - art-34/par-1: 第七十九条の二 → 厚生年金保険法 第七十九条の二 (Article 79-2), art-79-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-79-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-79-2 - art-34/par-2: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 第三十四条第一項 (Article 34, paragraph (1)), art-34/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-34/par-1 ## Cited by 22 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 厚生年金保険法 第二条の四第二項（財政の現況及び見通しの作成） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-2-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-2-4/par-2 - 厚生年金保険法 第三十二条第一項（保険給付の種類） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-32/par-1 - 厚生年金保険法 第三十四条第二項（調整期間） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-34/par-2 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第一条第二項第一号（施行期日等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4011-86/art-1/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4011-86/art-1/par-2/item-1 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第一条第二項第一号（施行期日等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4061-95/art-1/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4061-95/art-1/par-2/item-1 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第二十一条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4121-18/art-21/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4121-18/art-21/par-4 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第二条第二項（給付水準の下限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4161-104/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4161-104/art-2/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/ja/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 附則第五条第三項（存続厚生年金基金に係る改正前厚生年金保険法等の効力等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-5/par-3 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第三十八条第三項（存続連合会に係る改正前厚生年金保険法の効力等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-38/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-38/par-3 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第二条第三項（検討） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-5021-40/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-5021-40/art-2/par-3 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-5071-74/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-5071-74/art-3/par-1 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第三条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-5071-74/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-5071-74/art-3/par-2 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第三条の二第一項（法制上の措置等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-5071-74/art-3-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-5071-74/art-3-2/par-1 - 国民年金法 附則第五条第三項（年金額の改定措置の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/suppl-3621-44/art-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/suppl-3621-44/art-5/par-3 - 国民年金法 附則第五条第三項（年金額の改定措置の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/suppl-3631-56/art-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/suppl-3631-56/art-5/par-3 - 国民年金法 附則第一条第二項第一号（施行期日等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/suppl-4011-86/art-1/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/suppl-4011-86/art-1/par-2/item-1 - 国民年金法 附則第一条第二項第一号（施行期日等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/suppl-4061-95/art-1/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/suppl-4061-95/art-1/par-2/item-1 - 国民年金法 附則第二条第二項（給付水準の下限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/suppl-4161-104/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/suppl-4161-104/art-2/par-2 - 国民年金法 附則第二条第三項（検討） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/suppl-5021-40/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/suppl-5021-40/art-2/par-3 - 国民年金法 附則第三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/suppl-5071-74/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/suppl-5071-74/art-3/par-1 - 国民年金法 附則第三条の二第一項（法制上の措置等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/suppl-5071-74/art-3-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/suppl-5071-74/art-3-2/par-1 --- ## 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