Japan stopped issuing dedicated health insurance cards on Dec. 2 as the function is being incorporated into the ...

The issuance of health insurance cards in Japan has now been officially discontinued in favour of the 12-digit My Number ID.

There is a lot of confusion among the public about Japan’s plan to integrate public health insurance cards with My Number identification cards and how the changes are being implemented.

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about Japan's "My Number" national ID cards integrating driver's license information, to be offered from March 2025. Question ...

conventional insurance cards will no longer be issued and My Number Cards will serve as the main means of identification for Japan's health insurance system. The Japanese government aims to ...

Tokyo, Dec. 2 (Jiji Press)--Japan terminated the issuance of traditional public health insurance cards Monday for a full shift to the system of using the My Number personal identification card ...

Japan has implemented a significant change in its health insurance system by halting the issuance of new health insurance cards and integrating this information into the national My Number ...

Instead, many parents might try to cajole their children into choosing the book by saying something like it would ... the Individual Number Card, known more popularly as the My Number Card.

This illustration shows a My Number individual identification card. (Mainichi) MAEBASHI -- More than 80% of doctors and dentists in east Japan's Gunma Prefecture responded in a recent survey that ...

“I would like him to fulfill his responsibilities to ensure the public’s trust in the My Number Card and promote digital government,” he said.