The "My Number license" system, which integrates Japan's "My Number" national ID card with an individual's driver's license, ...

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 ...

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.

Japan on Monday began issuing My Number identification cards with integrated driver's license information on their IC chips, allowing for simplified name and address change procedures. Under the new ...

The My Number card, a digital identity card for Japanese citizens and residents, was introduced in 2016. The government started full-scale use of My Number cards as health insurance certificates ...

Q: Why do the My Number card and its electronic certificate have different expiration dates? A: The Japanese government says that electronic certificates must be renewed every five years to ...

Privacy concerns are prompting the Digital Agency to consider removing the gender box from the new Individual Number Card, which is scheduled to be introduced in 2026 ...

The National Police Agency in Japan says a glitch has been found in an app used to read data from "My Number" national identification cards that have driver's license information registered to ...

This illustration shows a My Number individual identification card. TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan on Monday began issuing "My Number" identification cards with integrated driver's license information on ...