# 国民年金法 / National Pension Act — 第五章 (Chapter 5) - 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: 第五章 (Chapter 5) — address `ch-5` - Text: the text as amended with effect from 2028-04-01, standing until 2029-06-18 as now scheduled, since the next amendment's day is not fixed — NOT yet in force (revision 20280401_507AC0000000074) - URL (this text's page, at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-5 - The same address in the text in force (its wording there may differ): https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/ch-5 - Every provision below carries its address and its place on this text's page 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. The Ministry's English is given only where this text's Japanese is a wording the Ministry translated — the same as the text in force, or for a text not yet in force, a wording it translated ahead; every other paragraph's English is machine translation. --- ## 第五章　積立金の運用 — Chapter V Investment of the Reserve Fund heading: machine translation, not official ch-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-5 ### 第七十五条（運用の目的） — Purpose of Investment caption: machine translation, not official art-75 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-5#art-75 **第一項** 積立金の運用は、積立金が国民年金の被保険者から徴収された保険料の一部であり、かつ、将来の給付の貴重な財源となるものであることに特に留意し、専ら国民年金の被保険者の利益のために、長期的な観点から、安全かつ効率的に行うことにより、将来にわたつて、国民年金事業の運営の安定に資することを目的として行うものとする。 art-75/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-5#art-75/par-1 Investment of the reserve fund is to be carried out, with particular attention to the fact that the reserve fund is part of the premiums collected from the insured persons of the National Pension and constitutes a valuable source of funds for future benefits, safely and efficiently, from a long-term perspective, solely for the benefit of the insured persons of the National Pension, for the purpose of contributing to the stability of the administration of the National Pension program into the future. machine translation, not official ### 第七十六条（積立金の運用） — Investment of the Reserve Fund caption: machine translation, not official art-76 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-5#art-76 **第一項** 積立金の運用は、厚生労働大臣が、前条の目的に沿つた運用に基づく納付金の納付を目的として、年金積立金管理運用独立行政法人に対し、積立金を寄託することにより行うものとする。 art-76/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-5#art-76/par-1 Investment of the reserve fund is to be carried out by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare depositing the reserve fund with the Government Pension Investment Fund, Independent Administrative Agency, for the purpose of the payment based on investment in accordance with the purpose set out in the preceding Article. machine translation, not official **第二項** 厚生労働大臣は、前項の規定にかかわらず、同項の規定に基づく寄託をするまでの間、財政融資資金に積立金を預託することができる。 art-76/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-5#art-76/par-2 Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may deposit the reserve fund with the Fiscal Loan Fund until the deposit under that paragraph is made. machine translation, not official ### 第七十七条（運用職員の責務） — Duties of Investment Staff caption: machine translation, not official art-77 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-5#art-77 **第一項** 積立金の運用に係る行政事務に従事する厚生労働省の職員（政令で定める者に限る。以下「運用職員」という。）は、積立金の運用の目的に沿つて、慎重かつ細心の注意を払い、全力を挙げてその職務を遂行しなければならない。 art-77/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-5#art-77/par-1 An official of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare who is engaged in the administrative affairs relating to investment of the reserve fund (limited to a person specified by Cabinet Order; hereinafter referred to as "investment staff") must perform their duties with prudent and meticulous care and to the best of their ability, in line with the purpose of investment of the reserve fund. machine translation, not official ### 第七十八条（秘密保持義務） — Duty of Confidentiality caption: machine translation, not official art-78 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-5#art-78 **第一項** 運用職員は、その職務に関して知り得た秘密を漏らし、又は盗用してはならない。 art-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-5#art-78/par-1 Investment staff must not divulge or misappropriate any secret that has come to their knowledge in the course of their duties. machine translation, not official ### 第七十九条（懲戒処分） — Disciplinary Action caption: machine translation, not official art-79 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-5#art-79 **第一項** 運用職員が前条の規定に違反したと認めるときは、厚生労働大臣は、その職員に対し国家公務員法（昭和二十二年法律第百二十号）に基づく懲戒処分をしなければならない。 art-79/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-5#art-79/par-1 When it is found that a member of the investment staff has violated the provisions of the preceding Article, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must take disciplinary action against that official under the National Public Service Act (Act No. 120 of 1947). machine translation, not official ### 第八十条（年金積立金管理運用独立行政法人法との関係） — Relationship with the Act on the Government Pension Investment Fund, Independent Administrative Agency caption: machine translation, not official art-80 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-5#art-80 **第一項** 積立金の運用については、この法律に定めるもののほか、年金積立金管理運用独立行政法人法（平成十六年法律第百五号）の定めるところによる。 art-80/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-5#art-80/par-1 Beyond what is provided in this Act, investment of the reserve fund is governed by the Act on the Government Pension Investment Fund, Independent Administrative Agency (Act No. 105 of 2004). machine translation, not official ### 第八十一条から第八十四条まで 〔削除 / repealed〕 art-81-to-84 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-5#art-81-to-84 **第一項** 削除 art-81-to-84/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-5#art-81-to-84/par-1 --- ## Cites - art-76/par-1: 前条 → 国民年金法 第七十五条 (Article 75), art-75 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-5#art-75 - art-76/par-2: 前項 → 国民年金法 第七十六条第一項 (Article 76, paragraph (1)), art-76/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-5#art-76/par-1 - art-79/par-1: 前条 → 国民年金法 第七十八条 (Article 78), art-78 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-5#art-78 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 国民年金法 — the text as 令和七年法律第七十四号 leaves it, from 2028-04-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/334AC0000000141/20280401_507AC0000000074), retrieved 2026-10-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 国民年金法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/1772), retrieved 2026-09-18 - claude-sonnet-5 — Machine translation, batch national-pension-act-20260923T214903-013, translated 2026-09-24 - claude-sonnet-5 — Machine translation, batch national-pension-act-20260923T214903-014, translated 2026-09-24 - This site's parser, version 209 — 国民年金法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-05