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 ...

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.

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." ...

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 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 ...

More than half a year after Japan stopped issuing conventional health insurance cards for integration with the My Number social security and taxation ID system, the usage rate of new My Number health ...

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 ...

Health minister Takamaro Fukuoka is seen during his inaugural press conference in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Oct. 2, 2024. (Mainichi/Naohiro Koenuma) TOKYO -- Health minister Takamaro Fukuoka on Oct. 2 ...

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 ...