# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第六十二条 (Article 62) - 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: 第六十二条 (Article 62) — address `art-62` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-62 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-62 - 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. --- ### 第六十二条 art-62 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-62 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-62 **第一項** 遺族厚生年金（第五十八条第一項第四号に該当することにより支給されるものであつて、その額の計算の基礎となる被保険者期間の月数が二百四十未満であるものを除く。）の受給権者である妻であつてその権利を取得した当時四十歳以上六十五歳未満であつたもの又は四十歳に達した当時当該被保険者若しくは被保険者であつた者の子で国民年金法第三十七条の二第一項に規定する要件に該当するもの（当該被保険者又は被保険者であつた者の死亡後に同法第三十九条第三項第二号から第八号までのいずれかに該当したことがあるものを除く。）と生計を同じくしていたものが六十五歳未満であるときは、第六十条第一項第一号の遺族厚生年金の額に同法第三十八条に規定する遺族基礎年金の額に四分の三を乗じて得た額（その額に五十円未満の端数が生じたときは、これを切り捨て、五十円以上百円未満の端数が生じたときは、これを百円に切り上げるものとする。）を加算する。 art-62/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-62/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-62/par-1 If the wife who is the beneficiary of an employees' pension for surviving family (excluding one that is paid due to the relevant person falling under Article 58, paragraph (1), item (iv), and is calculated based on an insured period of 240 months or less), and who was at least 40 but below 65 years of age at the time that she acquired the right to receive those benefits, or was living off the same financial resources as an insured's or former insured's child falling under the requirements provided for in Article 37-2 paragraph (1) of the National Pension Act (excluding a child who came to fall under items (ii) through (viii) of Article 39, paragraph (3) of that Act after the death of the insured or former insured) at the time that she reached the age of 40, is under 65 years of age, the amount arrived at when the amount of the basic pension for surviving family provided for in Article 38 of that Act is multiplied by three-quarters (those amounts are rounded to the nearest hundred, with amounts less than 50 yen be rounded down, and amounts between 50 yen and 99 yen being rounded up) is added to the employees' pension for surviving family under Article 60, paragraph (1), item (i). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の加算を開始すべき事由又は同項の加算を廃止すべき事由が生じた場合における年金の額の改定は、それぞれ当該事由が生じた月の翌月から行う。 art-62/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-62/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-62/par-2 The revision of the amount of a pension as the result of the occurrence of grounds for instituting an addition under the preceding paragraph or for discontinuing the addition under that paragraph is effected from the month following the month in which the grounds occurred. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-62/par-1: 第五十八条第一項第四号 → 厚生年金保険法 第五十八条第一項第四号 (Article 58, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-58/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-58/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-58/par-1/item-4 - art-62/par-1: 国民年金法第三十七条の二第一項 → 国民年金法 第三十七条の二第一項 (Article 37-2, paragraph (1)), art-37-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-37-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-37-2/par-1 - art-62/par-1: 同法第三十九条第三項第二号から第八号まで → 国民年金法 第三十九条第三項第二号 (Article 39, paragraph (3), item (ii)), art-39/par-3/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-39/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-39/par-3/item-2 - art-62/par-1: 同法第三十九条第三項第二号から第八号まで → 国民年金法 第三十九条第三項第三号 (Article 39, paragraph (3), item (iii)), art-39/par-3/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-39/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-39/par-3/item-3 - art-62/par-1: 同法第三十九条第三項第二号から第八号まで → 国民年金法 第三十九条第三項第四号 (Article 39, paragraph (3), item (iv)), art-39/par-3/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-39/par-3/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-39/par-3/item-4 - art-62/par-1: 同法第三十九条第三項第二号から第八号まで → 国民年金法 第三十九条第三項第五号 (Article 39, paragraph (3), item (v)), art-39/par-3/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-39/par-3/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-39/par-3/item-5 - art-62/par-1: 同法第三十九条第三項第二号から第八号まで → 国民年金法 第三十九条第三項第六号 (Article 39, paragraph (3), item (vi)), art-39/par-3/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-39/par-3/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-39/par-3/item-6 - art-62/par-1: 同法第三十九条第三項第二号から第八号まで → 国民年金法 第三十九条第三項第七号 (Article 39, paragraph (3), item (vii)), art-39/par-3/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-39/par-3/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-39/par-3/item-7 - art-62/par-1: 同法第三十九条第三項第二号から第八号まで → 国民年金法 第三十九条第三項第八号 (Article 39, paragraph (3), item (viii)), art-39/par-3/item-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-39/par-3/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-39/par-3/item-8 - art-62/par-1: 第六十条第一項第一号 → 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-62/par-1: 同法第三十八条 → 国民年金法 第三十八条 (Article 38), art-38 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-38 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-38 - art-62/par-2: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 第六十二条第一項 (Article 62, paragraph (1)), art-62/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-62/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-62/par-1 ## Cited by 17 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 厚生年金保険法 第六十二条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-62/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-62/par-2 - 厚生年金保険法 第六十五条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-65/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-65/par-1 - 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の三十二第三項（遺族厚生年金の額の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-32/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-32/par-3 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第二十八条の二第二項（旧陸軍共済組合等の組合員であつた期間に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3291-115/art-28-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3291-115/art-28-2/par-2 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第六十三条第一項（厚生年金保険法による年金額の計算の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3551-82/art-63/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3551-82/art-63/par-1 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第五十四条第一項第五号（新厚生年金保険法による保険給付の額の改定の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-54/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-54/par-1/item-5 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第六十一条第一項（中高齢者等に係る老齢厚生年金の加給年金額等の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-61/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-61/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 附則第七十三条第一項第一号（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/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-73/par-1/item-1 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第七十三条第三項（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-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-73/par-3 - 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 附則第四十四条第三項（遺族厚生年金の支給に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4161-104/art-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4161-104/art-44/par-3 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第二十一条第一項（老齢厚生年金に係る加給年金額等の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4241-63/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-63/art-21/par-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-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 --- ## 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