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 ...

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 ...

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 ...