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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Sep 17, 2020
What will 'Suganomics' look like?
Drastic reforms tend to draw fierce opposition. But Suga's administration may be able to take advantage of the pandemic to drive forward challenging policies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 18, 2020
Cabinet OKs economic guidelines to push digitalization, telecommuting under Japan's 'new normal'
The annual blueprint also promotes expansion of the My Number ID system and disaster prevention but leaves fiscal reconstruction on the backburner.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 17, 2020
Japanese distrust of government stalls adoption of My Number card
Officials might have better success getting the public to sign on by providing clear information about what exactly is monitored through the program.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
May 15, 2020
Abe's coronavirus-relief cash program faces barrage of criticism
Majority of residents lack the required individual number cards to apply online, while the government encourages application via mail.
BUSINESS
Feb 20, 2020
23 cashless payment providers join Japan's My Number point program
Twenty-three providers of cashless payment services have registered to participate in a government-led reward-point program for holders of My Number social security and tax identification cards, the internal affairs ministry said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 28, 2019
Japan court rejects lawsuit seeking damages, suspension of My Number ID system
The Nagoya District Court on Friday rejected a lawsuit filed by 20 residents that demanded the government suspend the use of the My Number national identification system and pay ¥2.2 million in damages for invading privacy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 3, 2019
Japan dangles ¥5,000 credit to persuade My Number ID cardholders to adopt smartphone payment system
Japan will give shopping points to holders who make cashless payments with their phones in a measure to increase the popularity of the card.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 2, 2019
Japan to launch smartphone-based rewards program based on My Number ID card
The government will launch a smartphone-based rewards program in 2020 using the national My Number ID cards as part of measures to ease the impact of the consumption tax hike next month, sources close to the matter said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 5, 2019
Japan's government plans for My Number ID cards to be used for health insurance by 2023
The government decided Tuesday to take more steps to enable people to use national identification cards in place of health insurance certificates at almost all hospitals by March 2023.
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2019
Cabinet approves limiting health insurance coverage to residents of Japan
The Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe approved a bill Friday that will make Japan's health insurance program for employees applicable only to workers and their dependents residing in the country, to prevent abuse by people from overseas.
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2018
Over half of Japanese choose not to obtain My Number cards: survey
The Cabinet Office finds more than half of 3,000 Japanese aged 18 or over questioned during survey have chosen not to obtain My Number social security and taxation identification cards.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 14, 2018
Japan puts off using My Number system to scrutinize financial assets of elderly people
The government is set to push back the deadline — scheduled for late March — for working out the specifics of a plan to obtain information on elderly people's financial assets, such as savings and securities, through the My Number identification system due to lack of public support for the idea, it was learned Monday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Apr 25, 2018
A primer on navigating your ID landscape
A number of changes to Japanese ID registration systems have been implemented in recent years, some of them for everyone in Japan and others pertinent only to foreign nationals. The ins and outs can be a bit confusing, particularly for those who have been used to living under the old systems for many years. Here is a summary of the various IDs and what they mean for you:
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 23, 2018
LDP and Komeito at odds over casino resort rules, dashing deadline hopes
The two members of Japan's ruling coalition can't agree on how many gambling resorts to build, how much to charge and whether to prioritize profit over addiction prevention.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 20, 2018
Japanese pension data entry outsourced to Chinese firm
A Tokyo firm processing personal data on millions of pensioners outsourced part of the task to a Chinese company — in violation of a contract that prohibited subcontracts.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 16, 2018
Japan OKs online action plan to streamline process for changing addresses
The government announced Tuesday an action plan focused on streamlining the process for residents to change their addresses with one-stop online access.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 13, 2017
My Number system begins sharing data between government bodies
Documents submitted to municipalities can amount to a lot of paperwork, whether it is an application for benefits, a scholarship or for public day care centers.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Oct 28, 2017
Amazon Fashion Week Tokyo: Menswear designers take it back to the streets
The menswear collections on display at Amazon Fashion Week Tokyo in mid-October appear to be pushing irony-drenched streetwear.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 5, 2017
Strict ID checks may deter residents from visiting Japan's casinos, LDP's Iwaya says
A proposal that residents be required to give their My Number before entering a casino could severely restrict access, the leader of a ruling party panel working on plans for the Singapore-style resorts said in an interview.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 2, 2016
Man held on suspicion of illegally copying exec's My Number info
A man was arrested Friday on suspicion of illegally obtaining the My Number information of a female executive he was working for, the police said.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
G7 eyes plan on U.S.-led $50 billion aid package for Ukraine
A local resident visits the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday. The U.S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
The 'outsiders' creating some of Japan's greenest spaces
Rows of irises resemble a rice field at the Peter Walker-designed Toyota Municipal Museum of Art.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
'Monster' Inoue ready to tear down Luis Nery in title defense at Tokyo Dome
Naoya Inoue (left) and Luis Nery following a pre-fight news conference in Yokohama on Saturday, two days ahead of their super bantamweight title fight.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.

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