Disability Employees' Pension／Disability Allowance

You can receive Disability Employees' Pension in addition to the Disability Basic Pension when you have a disability specified as Grade 1 or Grade 2 for the Disability Basic Pension, and you had the first medical or dental examination of the sickness or injury which caused the disability while you were covered by EPI.
If your disability is lighter than Grade 2 level, you can receive the Disability Employees’ Pension for the Grade 3 disability.
Also, the Disability Allowance (lump-sum benefits) is paid if you recover from a sickness or injury within five years from the first medical examination and still have the disability which is lighter than Grade 3.
To receive the benefits/lump-sum, you must satisfy one of the two following contribution payment requirements as of the previous day of the date of your first medical examination.

1. Two thirds or more of your past periods of public pension coverage (i.e. National Pension and Employees’ Pension Insurance) are filled with your contribution-paid periods and contribution-exempted periods (paid or exempted up to 2 months prior to your first medical examination month.)
2. You are under age 65 on the date of your first medical examination, and you have paid contributions or you were exempted from the contribution payments for 12 consecutive months up to 2 months prior to your first medical examination month.

• Grade 1 Disability Employees' Pension =
  　( (a) + (b) ) × 1.25 + (c) + Disability Basic Pension (￥1,039,625*)
• Grade 2 Disability Employees' Pension =
  (a) + (b) + (c) + Disability Basic Pension (￥831,700**)
• Grade 3 Disability Employees' Pension =
  (a) + (b) (Guaranteed minimum benefits are ￥623,800***)

* ￥1,036,625 for a beneficiary born on or before April 1, 1956

** ￥829,300 for a beneficiary born on or before April 1, 1956

*** ￥622,000 for a beneficiary born on or before April 1, 1956

Note: When the total number of your covered months (referred in (a) and (b) above) is actually less than 300 (25 years,) 300 is used as a guaranteed minimum.
Insured periods after the month belonging to the date of disability level determination will not be reflected in the pension benefits calculation.

Disability Allowance = ( (a) + (b) ) × 2

(Guaranteed minimum is \1,247,600*)
* ￥1,244,000 for a beneficiary born on or before April 1, 1956

Note: When the total number of your covered months (referred in (a) and (b) above) is actually less than 300 (25 years,) 300 is used as a guaranteed minimum.
Only insured periods on the month when the disability level was determined and before are included in the calculation of the pension benefits amount.

You need to file "Application for Pension: Disability Benefits under National Pension / Employees' Pension Insurance" to your nearest JPS branch office or pension consultation center.

Documents to be attached are as follows;

• Official document which shows your Basic Pension Number, e.g. Basic Pension Number Notice and Pension Handbook
• Certified extract copy of your Family Registry
• Certificate of diagnoses issued by your medical doctor
• Your report on your medical history and on how your disability affects your work / everyday life
• Other documents if necessary for individual cases

When you submit documents written in language other than Japanese (e.g. certificate of diagnoses,) attach a translation in Japanese, bearing the name of the translator.
Contact JPS branch office to find about specific documents, which may vary depending on your conditions. If you reside outside Japan, contact JPS branch office in charge of your latest place of residence in Japan.