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 ...

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 ...

This Nov. 9, 2021, file photo shows a My Number health insurance card reader in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward. (Mainichi/Yuki Nakagawa) Japan's traditional health insurance cards are set to expire on Dec. 1.