Japan's health insurance system is undergoing change with the invalidation of the old insurance card. Here's what you need to know if you are a resident of Japan. Patient: "I have a My Number Card." ...

Previously standard national health insurance cards will expire in Japan as of the end of December 1, 2025, as Japan makes its transition to the use of My Number cards incorporating health insurance ...

Despite public criticism, the government still plans to abolish the current health insurance cards, in principle, by next fall and integrate them into the My Number identification cards, Prime ...

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 ...

A device used to read My Number ID cards used as health insurance cards is seen at the NTT Medical Center Tokyo private hospital in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on Nov. 9, 2021. Holders are identified using ...

This partially modified photo shows a conventional health insurance card. (Mainichi) Starting Dec. 2, Japan's conventional health insurance cards will no longer be usable. However, the Ministry of ...

The health ministry on Dec. 2 discontinued traditional health insurance cards to integrate their functions into My Number Cards, the new identification cards that have not caught on with the public.