The government is set to launch a My Number card feature for the Apple Wallet on the iPhone, it was announced Thursday, following an online meeting between Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Apple CEO ...

The central government will allow major functions of the My Number personal identification card to be available on iPhones from June 24, digital transformation minister Masaaki Taira said Friday.

The Japanese government has stopped issuing new health insurance cards as of Monday. It recommends the use of Individual Number ("My Number" in Japanese) Cards instead for healthcare access. Why has ...

The government is taking steps to expand the use of the Individual Number Card, commonly known as the My Number Card, and get more people to acquire it. Seeing as administrative procedures need to be ...

The government is well on its way to reaching its goal of everybody in Japan being registered under the My Number Card system, formally known as the Individual Number Card, to make a range of ...

A sign announcing a My Number card project offering shopping points worth up to 20,000 yen is seen at the Higashinada Ward Office in Kobe on Sept. 12, 2022. (Mainichi/Atsuko Nakata) The Mainichi ...

Applications to receive a My Number card in Japan are increasing as people rush to meet a deadline for receiving point rewards. Five and a half years have passed since the October 2015 launch of the ...

Although the use of My Number Cards to verify health insurance status was introduced in October 2021, only 3.3% of the respondents had registered and were using the IDs in lieu of standard health ...