The badly misguided policy initiative to promote the so-called “maina hokensho," which is integrating the national health insurance card with the My Number Card, is a textbook example of how misplaced ...

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 ...

The Japanese government will no longer issue health insurance cards from Monday, instead integrating them with My Number cards. The health ministry said people with current health insurance cards that ...

Taro Kono, the minister for digital transformation, announced plans Oct. 13 to scrap the current health insurance card system in autumn 2024 and integrate its functions into the Individual Number Card ...

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." ...

With the government aiming to integrate health insurance cards into My Number cards in the fall of next year, medical institutions will be required in principle to accept My Number cards with health ...

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 ...

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 ...

To ensure continued access to the national health insurance program, eligibility certificates will be offered free of charge to those who have not integrated their health insurance and My Number cards ...

The government recently announced plans to abolish the current system of health insurance cards around autumn 2024 and switch completely to using My Number ID cards. A survey shows that only 3.3% of ...

Japan on Tuesday fully transitioned to a system that integrates health insurance card functions into the My Number identification cards, even as challenges remain in expanding its use. While existing ...

健康保険証は、マイナンバーカードへ。 デジタル庁は2024年7月11日（木）から、マイナンバーカードの健康保険証利用の周知を目的として、「健康保険証は、マイナンバーカードへ。」篇のCMを放映します。マイナンバーPRキャラクターのマイナちゃんが登場 ...