An optional system for allowing My Number cards to double as health insurance certificates went into full-scale operation last autumn. The government, however, has so far explained that acquisition of ...

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. While the ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.