# 雇用保険法 / Employment Insurance Act — 第二十三条 (Article 23)

- Law: 雇用保険法 (Employment Insurance Act), 昭和四十九年法律第百十六号
- English title "Employment 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: 第二十三条 (Article 23) — address `art-23`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-13
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-23
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-23
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### 第二十三条
<sup>art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-23</sup>

    **第一項**  特定受給資格者（前条第三項に規定する算定基礎期間（以下この条において単に「算定基礎期間」という。）が一年（第五号に掲げる特定受給資格者にあつては、五年）以上のものに限る。）に係る所定給付日数は、前条第一項の規定にかかわらず、次の各号に掲げる当該特定受給資格者の区分に応じ、当該各号に定める日数とする。
    <sup>art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-23/par-1</sup>
    Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the prescribed duration of benefits for specific qualified recipients (limited to those with the basic period for calculation prescribed in paragraph (3) of the preceding Article (hereinafter simply referred to as "basic period for calculation" in this Article) of one year or more (or of five years or more for the specific qualified recipients listed in item (v))) is to be the number of days specified in the following items, in accordance with the classification of the specific qualified recipients listed in those items:
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

      **一**  基準日において六十歳以上六十五歳未満である特定受給資格者　次のイからニまでに掲げる算定基礎期間の区分に応じ、当該イからニまでに定める日数
      <sup>art-23/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-23/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-23/par-1/item-1</sup>
      specific qualified recipients who are 60 years old or older and under 65 years old on the basis day: the number of days specified in the following sub-items (a) through (d), in accordance with the classification of the basic periods for calculation listed in those sub-items (a) through (d):
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **イ**  二十年以上　二百四十日
        <sup>art-23/par-1/item-1/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-23/par-1/item-1/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-23/par-1/item-1/sub-1</sup>
        twenty years or more:240 days;
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **ロ**  十年以上二十年未満　二百十日
        <sup>art-23/par-1/item-1/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-23/par-1/item-1/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-23/par-1/item-1/sub-2</sup>
        ten years or more and less than twenty years:210 days;
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **ハ**  五年以上十年未満　百八十日
        <sup>art-23/par-1/item-1/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-23/par-1/item-1/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-23/par-1/item-1/sub-3</sup>
        five years or more and less than ten years:180 days; and
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **ニ**  一年以上五年未満　百五十日
        <sup>art-23/par-1/item-1/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-23/par-1/item-1/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-23/par-1/item-1/sub-4</sup>
        one year or more and less than five years:150 days;
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **二**  基準日において四十五歳以上六十歳未満である特定受給資格者　次のイからニまでに掲げる算定基礎期間の区分に応じ、当該イからニまでに定める日数
      <sup>art-23/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-23/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-23/par-1/item-2</sup>
      specific qualified recipients who are 45 years old or older and under 60 years old on the basis day: the number of days specified in the following sub-items (a) through (d), in accordance with the classification of the basic periods for calculation listed in those subitems (a) through (d):
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **イ**  二十年以上　三百三十日
        <sup>art-23/par-1/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-23/par-1/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-23/par-1/item-2/sub-1</sup>
        twenty years or more:330 days;
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **ロ**  十年以上二十年未満　二百七十日
        <sup>art-23/par-1/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-23/par-1/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-23/par-1/item-2/sub-2</sup>
        ten years or more and less than twenty years:270 days;
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **ハ**  五年以上十年未満　二百四十日
        <sup>art-23/par-1/item-2/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-23/par-1/item-2/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-23/par-1/item-2/sub-3</sup>
        five years or more and less than ten years:240 days; and
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **ニ**  一年以上五年未満　百八十日
        <sup>art-23/par-1/item-2/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-23/par-1/item-2/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-23/par-1/item-2/sub-4</sup>
        one year or more and less than five years:180 days.
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **三**  基準日において三十五歳以上四十五歳未満である特定受給資格者　次のイからニまでに掲げる算定基礎期間の区分に応じ、当該イからニまでに定める日数
      <sup>art-23/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-23/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-23/par-1/item-3</sup>
      specific qualified recipients who are 35 years old or older and under 45 years old on the basis day: the number of days specified in the following sub-items (a) through (d), in accordance with the classification of the basic periods for calculation listed in those sub-items (a) through (d):
      <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

        **イ**  二十年以上　二百七十日
        <sup>art-23/par-1/item-3/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-23/par-1/item-3/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-23/par-1/item-3/sub-1</sup>
        twenty years or more:270 days;
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **ロ**  十年以上二十年未満　二百四十日
        <sup>art-23/par-1/item-3/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-23/par-1/item-3/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-23/par-1/item-3/sub-2</sup>
        ten years or more and less than twenty years:240 days; and
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **ハ**  五年以上十年未満　百八十日
        <sup>art-23/par-1/item-3/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-23/par-1/item-3/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-23/par-1/item-3/sub-3</sup>
        five years or more and less than ten years:180 days.
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **ニ**  一年以上五年未満　百五十日
        <sup>art-23/par-1/item-3/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-23/par-1/item-3/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-23/par-1/item-3/sub-4</sup>
        one year or more and less than five years:150 days;
        <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

      **四**  基準日において三十歳以上三十五歳未満である特定受給資格者　次のイからニまでに掲げる算定基礎期間の区分に応じ、当該イからニまでに定める日数
      <sup>art-23/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-23/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-23/par-1/item-4</sup>
      specific qualified recipients who are 30 years old or older and under 35 years old on the basis day: the number of days specified in the following sub-items (a) through (d), in accordance with the classification of the basic periods for calculation listed in those sub-items (a) through (d):
      <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

        **イ**  二十年以上　二百四十日
        <sup>art-23/par-1/item-4/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-23/par-1/item-4/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-23/par-1/item-4/sub-1</sup>
        twenty years or more:240 days;
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **ロ**  十年以上二十年未満　二百十日
        <sup>art-23/par-1/item-4/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-23/par-1/item-4/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-23/par-1/item-4/sub-2</sup>
        ten years or more and less than twenty years:210 days; and
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **ハ**  五年以上十年未満　百八十日
        <sup>art-23/par-1/item-4/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-23/par-1/item-4/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-23/par-1/item-4/sub-3</sup>
        five years or more and less than ten years:180 days.
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **ニ**  一年以上五年未満　百二十日
        <sup>art-23/par-1/item-4/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-23/par-1/item-4/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-23/par-1/item-4/sub-4</sup>
        one year or more and less than five years:120 days;
        <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

      **五**  基準日において三十歳未満である特定受給資格者　次のイ又はロに掲げる算定基礎期間の区分に応じ、当該イ又はロに定める日数
      <sup>art-23/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-23/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-23/par-1/item-5</sup>
      specific qualified recipients who are under 30 years old on the basis day: the number of days specified in the following sub-item (a) or (b), in accordance with the classification of the basic periods for calculation listed in those sub-item (a) or (b):
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **イ**  十年以上　百八十日
        <sup>art-23/par-1/item-5/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-23/par-1/item-5/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-23/par-1/item-5/sub-1</sup>
        ten years or more:180 days; and
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **ロ**  五年以上十年未満　百二十日
        <sup>art-23/par-1/item-5/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-23/par-1/item-5/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-23/par-1/item-5/sub-2</sup>
        five years or more and less than ten years:120 days.
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  前項の特定受給資格者とは、次の各号のいずれかに該当する受給資格者（前条第二項に規定する受給資格者を除く。）をいう。
    <sup>art-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-23/par-2</sup>
    The specific qualified recipients set forth in the preceding paragraph are qualified recipients who fall under either of the following items (excluding qualified recipients prescribed in paragraph (2) of the preceding Article):
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **一**  当該基本手当の受給資格に係る離職が、その者を雇用していた事業主の事業について発生した倒産（破産手続開始、再生手続開始、更生手続開始又は特別清算開始の申立てその他厚生労働省令で定める事由に該当する事態をいう。第五十七条第二項第一号及び第六十条の四第二項第一号において同じ。）又は当該事業主の適用事業の縮小若しくは廃止に伴うものである者として厚生労働省令で定めるもの
      <sup>art-23/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-23/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-23/par-2/item-1</sup>
      persons whose separation from service pertaining to recipient qualification for the basic allowance has been designated by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as having accompanied the insolvency (meaning the commencement of bankruptcy proceedings, commencement of rehabilitation proceedings, commencement of reorganization proceedings, an application for the commencement of special liquidation or other situations falling under reasons specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; the same applies in Article 57, paragraph (2), item (i) and Article 60-4, paragraph (2), item (i)) that occurred with regard to the undertaking by an employer who has been employing the persons, or the downsizing or discontinuance of a covered undertaking by the employer;
      <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

      **二**  前号に定めるもののほか、解雇（自己の責めに帰すべき重大な理由によるものを除く。第五十七条第二項第二号及び第六十条の四第二項第二号において同じ。）その他の厚生労働省令で定める理由により離職した者
      <sup>art-23/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-23/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-23/par-2/item-2</sup>
      beyond what is set forth in the preceding item, persons who have been dismissed (excluding those who have been dismissed for serious grounds attributable to themselves; the same applies in Article 57, paragraph (2), item (ii) and Article 60-4, paragraph (2), item (ii)) or separated from service for other reasons specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
      <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-23/par-1: 前条第三項 → 雇用保険法 第二十二条第三項 (Article 22, paragraph (3)), art-22/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-22/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-22/par-3
- art-23/par-1: この条 → 雇用保険法 第二十三条 (Article 23), art-23 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-23
- art-23/par-1: 第五号 → 雇用保険法 第二十三条第一項第五号 (Article 23, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-23/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-23/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-23/par-1/item-5
- art-23/par-1: 前条第一項 → 雇用保険法 第二十二条第一項 (Article 22, paragraph (1)), art-22/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-22/par-1
- art-23/par-2: 前項 → 雇用保険法 第二十三条第一項 (Article 23, paragraph (1)), art-23/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-23/par-1
- art-23/par-2: 前条第二項 → 雇用保険法 第二十二条第二項 (Article 22, paragraph (2)), art-22/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-22/par-2
- art-23/par-2/item-1: 第五十七条第二項第一号 → 雇用保険法 第五十七条第二項第一号 (Article 57, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-57/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-57/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-57/par-2/item-1
- art-23/par-2/item-1: 第六十条の四第二項第一号 → 雇用保険法 第六十条の四第二項第一号 (Article 60-4, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-60-4/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-60-4/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-60-4/par-2/item-1
- art-23/par-2/item-2: 前号 → 雇用保険法 第二十三条第二項第一号 (Article 23, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-23/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-23/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-23/par-2/item-1
- art-23/par-2/item-2: 第五十七条第二項第二号 → 雇用保険法 第五十七条第二項第二号 (Article 57, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-57/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-57/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-57/par-2/item-2
- art-23/par-2/item-2: 第六十条の四第二項第二号 → 雇用保険法 第六十条の四第二項第二号 (Article 60-4, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-60-4/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-60-4/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-60-4/par-2/item-2

## Cited by

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

- 雇用保険法 第十三条第二項（基本手当の受給資格） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-13/par-2
- 雇用保険法 第十三条第三項（基本手当の受給資格） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-13/par-3
- 雇用保険法 第二十条第一項第三号（支給の期間及び日数） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-20/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-20/par-1/item-3
- 雇用保険法 第二十三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-23/par-1
- 雇用保険法 第二十三条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-23/par-2
- 雇用保険法 第二十三条第二項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-23/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-23/par-2/item-2
- 雇用保険法 第二十四条の二第一項（個別延長給付） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-24-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-24-2/par-1
- 雇用保険法 第二十四条の二第三項第一号（個別延長給付） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-24-2/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-24-2/par-3/item-1
- 雇用保険法 第二十四条の二第三項第二号（個別延長給付） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-24-2/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-24-2/par-3/item-2
- 雇用保険法 第六十条の四第一項（特定教育訓練休暇給付金受給者に対する失業等給付の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-60-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-60-4/par-1
- 雇用保険法 附則第四条第一項（基本手当の支給に関する暫定措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/suppl-3491-116/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/suppl-3491-116/art-4/par-1
- 雇用保険法 附則第五条第一項（給付日数の延長に関する暫定措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/suppl-3491-116/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/suppl-3491-116/art-5/par-1
- 雇用保険法 附則第五条第二項（給付日数の延長に関する暫定措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/suppl-3491-116/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/suppl-3491-116/art-5/par-2

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 雇用保険法 — the text in force from 2026-05-13 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/349AC0000000116/20260513_507AC0000000032), retrieved 2026-09-29
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- claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation, batch employment-insurance-act-20260929T170833-002, translated 2026-09-30
- claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation, batch employment-insurance-act-20260929T173048-001, translated 2026-09-30
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- This site's parser, version 211 — 雇用保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-29