# 国民年金法 / National Pension Act — 第十六条の二 (Article 16-2)

- 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
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- Provision: 第十六条の二 (Article 16-2)（調整期間） — address `art-16-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第十六条の二（調整期間） — Adjustment Period
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-16-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-16-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-16-2</sup>

  **第一項**  政府は、第四条の三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、国民年金事業の財政が、財政均衡期間の終了時に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（年金特別会計の国民年金勘定の積立金をいう。第五章において同じ。）を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、年金たる給付（付加年金を除く。）の額（以下この項において「給付額」という。）を調整するものとし、政令で、給付額を調整する期間（以下「調整期間」という。）の開始年度を定めるものとする。
  <sup>art-16-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-16-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-16-2/par-1</sup>
  When preparing the current state and outlook of finances under the provisions of Article 4-3, paragraph (1), the government is, if it is expected that the finances of the National Pension program will be unable to maintain their balance over the financial equilibrium period while holding the reserve fund (meaning the reserve fund of the National Pension Account of the Pension Special Account; the same applies in Chapter V) necessary to prevent a disruption in the payment of benefits at the end of the financial equilibrium period, to adjust the amount of benefits that are pensions (excluding the additional pension) (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as the "benefit amount"), and is to specify by Cabinet Order the fiscal year in which the period for adjusting the benefit amount (hereinafter referred to as the "adjustment period") begins.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **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。
  <sup>art-16-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-16-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-16-2/par-2</sup>
  When it is found, in the current state and outlook of finances, that the adjustment under the preceding paragraph is no longer necessary, the fiscal year in which the adjustment period ends is to be specified by Cabinet Order.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **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。
  <sup>art-16-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-16-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-16-2/par-3</sup>
  When the government prepares the current state and outlook of finances during the adjustment period, it must also prepare the outlook for the fiscal year in which the adjustment period ends, and must make this public together with it.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-16-2/par-1: 第四条の三第一項 → 国民年金法 第四条の三第一項 (Article 4-3, paragraph (1)), art-4-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-4-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-4-3/par-1
- art-16-2/par-1: この項 → 国民年金法 第十六条の二第一項 (Article 16-2, paragraph (1)), art-16-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-16-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-16-2/par-1
- art-16-2/par-2: 前項 → 国民年金法 第十六条の二第一項 (Article 16-2, paragraph (1)), art-16-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-16-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-16-2/par-1

## Cited by

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

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- 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 第四条の三第二項（財政の現況及び見通しの作成） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-4-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-4-3/par-2
- 国民年金法 第十六条の二第一項（調整期間） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-16-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-16-2/par-1
- 国民年金法 第十六条の二第二項（調整期間） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-16-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-16-2/par-2
- 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 附則第五条第四項（年金額の改定措置の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/suppl-3621-44/art-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/suppl-3621-44/art-5/par-4
- 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 附則第五条第四項（年金額の改定措置の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/suppl-3631-56/art-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/suppl-3631-56/art-5/par-4
- 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 附則第五条第一項（国民年金の保険料に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/suppl-4011-86/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/suppl-4011-86/art-5/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-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 附則第五条第一項（国民年金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/national-pension-act/suppl-4161-104/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/suppl-4161-104/art-5/par-1
- 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

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 国民年金法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/334AC0000000141/20261001_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-20260923T214903-004, translated 2026-09-24
- This site's parser, version 211 — 国民年金法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-05