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Apple today announced that support for national My Number Card IDs in Japan will be coming to Apple's Wallet app "late next spring," marking the first expansion of digital IDs in Apple Wallet ...
Apple to Add Japan's 'My Number' ID Card Function to IPhone, Japan Official Says TOKYO (Reuters) -Apple CEO Tim Cook agreed at the request of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to put Japan's ...
Japan’s Individual Number Card – also known as My Number Card – is coming to Apple Wallet, a first for official identity documents outside of the US. The country clearly expects residents to ...
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 plans to use My Number social security and taxation identification cards to track the evacuation status of disaster victims, the Digital Agency said Tuesday. "We want to ...
Issuance of the My Number Card started in January 2016. The COVID-19 pandemic that erupted in early 2020 revealed the slowness of administrative digitalization.
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 ...
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 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.
A Nippon Foundation survey asked young Japanese for their opinions on the My Number ID cards, which have suffered a string of recent problems. Japan’s My Number ID card system continues to be ...
TOKYO, May 30 (Reuters) - Apple (AAPL.O), opens new tab CEO Tim Cook agreed at the request of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to put Japan's "My Number" identification card functions onto ...