Japan on Tuesday started a service that allows certain functions of the My Number personal identification card to be installed on Apple's iPhones. Through biometric authentication, iPhone users can ...

The Naver (NAVER) application (app) now enables the use of a mobile identification card that carries the same legal weight as a physical identification card. On the 23rd, Naver attended the 'Mobile ...

The Basic Resident Registration Network System has started operation for foreign residents as well as of July 8th, 2013. This means that foreign residents are now eligible for the Basic Resident ...

This illustration shows a My Number individual identification card. (Mainichi) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government said on Friday that the number of My Number national identification cards issued ...