# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第六十条 (Article 60) - 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: 第六十条 (Article 60)（年金額） — address `art-60` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-60 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-60 - 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. --- ### 第六十条（年金額） — (Amount of Pension) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-60 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-60 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-60 **第一項** 遺族厚生年金の額は、次の各号に掲げる区分に応じ、当該各号に定める額とする。ただし、遺族厚生年金の受給権者が当該遺族厚生年金と同一の支給事由に基づく国民年金法による遺族基礎年金の支給を受けるときは、第一号に定める額とする。 art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-60/par-1 The amount of an employees' pension for surviving family is the amount provided for in each of the following items in accordance with the classification prescribed in the relevant item; provided, however, that this means the amount prescribed in item (i), if a beneficiary of an employees' pension for surviving family receives a basic pension for surviving family under the National Pension Act based on the same grounds as those for the relevant employees' pension for surviving family: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 第五十九条第一項に規定する遺族（次号に掲げる遺族を除く。）が遺族厚生年金の受給権を取得したとき　死亡した被保険者又は被保険者であつた者の被保険者期間を基礎として第四十三条第一項の規定の例により計算した額の四分の三に相当する額。ただし、第五十八条第一項第一号から第三号までのいずれかに該当することにより支給される遺族厚生年金については、その額の計算の基礎となる被保険者期間の月数が三百に満たないときは、これを三百として計算した額とする。 art-60/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-60/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-60/par-1/item-1 if a surviving family member provided for in Article 59, paragraph (1) (other than one who is set forth in the following item) has acquired the right to receive benefits from an employees' pension for surviving family:an amount equal to three-quarters of the amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (1) based on the insured period of the insured or former insured who has died; provided, however, that if the number of months in the insured period is below 300, the amount for an employees' pension for surviving family that is paid due to the relevant person falling under any of items (i) through (iii) of Article 58, paragraph (1), is the amount calculated when the number of months in the insured period is treated as having been 300; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第五十九条第一項に規定する遺族のうち、老齢厚生年金の受給権を有する配偶者が遺族厚生年金の受給権を取得したとき　前号に定める額又は次のイ及びロに掲げる額を合算した額のうちいずれか多い額 art-60/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-60/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-60/par-1/item-2 if, among surviving family members provided for in Article 59, paragraph (1), the spouse who has the right to receive any of the pension benefits from the employees' old-age pension has acquired the right to receive benefits from the employees' pension for surviving family: the amount prescribed in the preceding item or the sum total of the amounts under the following (a) and (b), whichever is higher: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **イ** 前号に定める額に三分の二を乗じて得た額 art-60/par-1/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-60/par-1/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-60/par-1/item-2/sub-1 the amount arrived at when the amount prescribed in the preceding item is multiplied by two-thirds; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ロ** 当該遺族厚生年金の受給権者の老齢厚生年金の額（第四十四条第一項の規定により加給年金額が加算された老齢厚生年金にあつては、同項の規定を適用しない額とする。次条第三項及び第六十四条の二において同じ。）に二分の一を乗じて得た額 art-60/par-1/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-60/par-1/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-60/par-1/item-2/sub-2 the amount arrived at when the amount of the employees' old-age pension of the beneficiary of the relevant employees' pension for surviving family (or, for an employees' old-age pension to which an amount of additional pension has been added pursuant to the provisions of Article 44, paragraph (1), the amount to which those provisions do not apply; the same applies in paragraph (3) of the following Article and Article 64-2) is multiplied by one-half. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "the amount arrived at when the amount of the employees' old-age pension of the beneficiary of the relevant employees' pension for surviving family (or, for an employees' old-age pension to which an amount of additional pension has been added pursuant to the provisions of Article 44, paragraph (1), the amount to which those provisions do not apply; the same applies in paragraph (3) of the following Article and item (ii) of Article 64) is multiplied by one-half." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3554/tb **第二項** 配偶者以外の者に遺族厚生年金を支給する場合において、受給権者が二人以上であるときは、それぞれの遺族厚生年金の額は、前項第一号の規定にかかわらず、受給権者ごとに同号の規定により算定した額を受給権者の数で除して得た額とする。 art-60/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-60/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-60/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of item (i) of the preceding paragraph, if the employees' pension for surviving family is paid to a person other than the spouse and there are two or more beneficiaries, the amount of the employees' pension for surviving family is the amount arrived at when the amount that was computed pursuant to the provisions of that item for each of the beneficiaries is divided by the number of beneficiaries. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項に定めるもののほか、遺族厚生年金の額の計算について必要な事項は、政令で定める。 art-60/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-60/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-60/par-3 Beyond as specified in the preceding two paragraphs, Cabinet Order provides for the necessary particulars of the calculation of the amount of an employees' pension for surviving family. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-60/par-1: 第一号 → 厚生年金保険法 第六十条第一項第一号 (Article 60, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-60/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-60/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-60/par-1/item-1 - art-60/par-1/item-1: 第五十九条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第五十九条第一項 (Article 59, paragraph (1)), art-59/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-59/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-59/par-1 - art-60/par-1/item-1: 次号 → 厚生年金保険法 第六十条第一項第二号 (Article 60, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-60/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-60/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-60/par-1/item-2 - art-60/par-1/item-1: 第四十三条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第四十三条第一項 (Article 43, paragraph (1)), art-43/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-43/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-43/par-1 - art-60/par-1/item-1: 第五十八条第一項第一号から第三号まで → 厚生年金保険法 第五十八条第一項第一号 (Article 58, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-58/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-58/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-58/par-1/item-1 - art-60/par-1/item-1: 第五十八条第一項第一号から第三号まで → 厚生年金保険法 第五十八条第一項第二号 (Article 58, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-58/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-58/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-58/par-1/item-2 - art-60/par-1/item-1: 第五十八条第一項第一号から第三号まで → 厚生年金保険法 第五十八条第一項第三号 (Article 58, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-58/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-58/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-58/par-1/item-3 - art-60/par-1/item-2: 第五十九条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第五十九条第一項 (Article 59, paragraph (1)), art-59/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-59/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-59/par-1 - art-60/par-1/item-2: 前号 → 厚生年金保険法 第六十条第一項第一号 (Article 60, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-60/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-60/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-60/par-1/item-1 - art-60/par-1/item-2/sub-1: 前号 → 厚生年金保険法 第六十条第一項第一号 (Article 60, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-60/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-60/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-60/par-1/item-1 - art-60/par-1/item-2/sub-2: 第四十四条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第四十四条第一項 (Article 44, paragraph (1)), art-44/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-44/par-1 - art-60/par-1/item-2/sub-2: 次条第三項 → 厚生年金保険法 第六十一条第三項 (Article 61, paragraph (3)), art-61/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-61/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-61/par-3 - art-60/par-1/item-2/sub-2: 第六十四条の二 → 厚生年金保険法 第六十四条の二 (Article 64-2), art-64-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-64-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-64-2 - art-60/par-2: 前項第一号 → 厚生年金保険法 第六十条第一項第一号 (Article 60, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-60/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-60/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-60/par-1/item-1 - art-60/par-3: 前二項 → 厚生年金保険法 第六十条第一項 (Article 60, paragraph (1)), art-60/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-60/par-1 - art-60/par-3: 前二項 → 厚生年金保険法 第六十条第二項 (Article 60, paragraph (2)), art-60/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-60/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-60/par-2 ## Cited by 22 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 厚生年金保険法 第六十条第一項（年金額） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-60/par-1 - 厚生年金保険法 第六十条第一項第一号（年金額） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-60/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-60/par-1/item-1 - 厚生年金保険法 第六十条第一項第二号（年金額） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-60/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-60/par-1/item-2 - 厚生年金保険法 第六十条第一項第二号イ（年金額） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-60/par-1/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-60/par-1/item-2/sub-1 - 厚生年金保険法 第六十条第二項（年金額） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-60/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-60/par-2 - 厚生年金保険法 第六十条第三項（年金額） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-60/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-60/par-3 - 厚生年金保険法 第六十一条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-61/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-61/par-2 - 厚生年金保険法 第六十一条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-61/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-61/par-3 - 厚生年金保険法 第六十二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-62/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-62/par-1 - 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の三十二第二項（遺族厚生年金の額の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-32/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-32/par-2 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第十七条の二第一項（遺族厚生年金の額の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3291-115/art-17-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3291-115/art-17-2/par-1 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第十七条の三第一項（遺族厚生年金の額の改定の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3291-115/art-17-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3291-115/art-17-3/par-1 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第二十八条の四第三項（旧共済組合員期間を有する者の遺族に対する特例遺族年金の支給） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3291-115/art-28-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3291-115/art-28-4/par-3 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第五十二条第一項（厚生年金保険の平均標準報酬月額の計算に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-52/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-52/par-1 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第五十九条第一項（老齢厚生年金の額の計算の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-59/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-59/par-1 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第七十三条第一項（遺族厚生年金の加算の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-73/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-73/par-1 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第七十四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-74/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-74/par-1 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第七十四条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-74/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-74/par-2 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第六条第一項（厚生年金保険法による年金たる保険給付等の額に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4121-18/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4121-18/art-6/par-1 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第二十条第一項（老齢厚生年金等の額の計算に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4121-18/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4121-18/art-20/par-1 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第二十一条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4121-18/art-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4121-18/art-21/par-2 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第二十一条第十四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4121-18/art-21/par-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4121-18/art-21/par-14 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, written 2026-10-13 - 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 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Employees' Pension Insurance Act (厚生年金保険法), Article 60, paragraph (1), item (ii), (b) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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