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 ...

The Japanese government plans to abolish the current health insurance card system in the fall of 2024, the minister for digital transformation announced on Oct. 13. The cards will be combined into the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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.

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 ...

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 ...

La « My Number Card » comme carte d’assurance maladie (partie I) Au Japon, vous avez besoin d’une carte d’assurance maladie pour être soigné en cas de maladie ou de blessure. Avec le lancement par le ...