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MY NUMBER

EDITORIALS
Oct 1, 2015
Valid concerns over My Number
Public worry is high over the coming My Number system, and with good reason.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / YEN FOR LIVING
Sep 26, 2015
Inevitable looming consumption tax hike keeps the LDP awake at night
The LDP is in a tough spot between an public wary of consumption tax hikes and a Finance Ministry unwilling to budge on the promised move to a 10-percent levy.
JAPAN
Sep 22, 2015
100 local governments hit by cyberattacks, mainly from abroad, as My Number approaches
At least 100 municipalities across Japan have suffered cyberattacks, many originating overseas, underscoring the threat local officials face as the My Number system comes on line.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Sep 21, 2015
Let's discuss the new My Number system
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Japan Times
JAPAN / NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
Sep 20, 2015
Ready or not, government will soon have your My Number
The government claims My Number will make your life easier, but its egalitarian goals will likely eliminate your privacy and invite more abuse of authority by the police, experts say.
Japan Times
JAPAN / NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
Sep 20, 2015
Nearly 70% of Japan Inc. unready to safeguard nation's new ID numbers
Most of the nation's companies are struggling to find a way to securely store My Number — the new 12-digit social security key that will be used to access everyone's income tax and bank account information starting next year.
BUSINESS
Sep 15, 2015
Ruling bloc agrees to keep targeted consumption tax reductions as option
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito have agreed to keep a proposed reduced rate for certain items as an option in their discussions on how to cushion the impact of the next consumption tax increase.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 9, 2015
Plan to use My Number for tax rebates is flawed, some experts say
The system is set to streamline tax collection and social welfare benefits, but critics warn of privacy issues by using it to also provide sales tax rebates.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 3, 2015
My Number law revised, IDs to be linked to bank accounts from 2018
The Diet passed a bill Thursday to expand the use of a personal identification number to improve tax collection despite concerns over potential identity theft.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2015
Authorities slow with data changes ahead of new ID card
Municipalities are struggling to reorganize their information technology systems to guard against possible data leaks ahead of the government's implementation of a new ID card system in January.
JAPAN / Society
Jun 2, 2015
Pension system hack sparks worries over My Number initiative
The revelation that the nation's pension system has been hacked on an unprecedented scale may affect ongoing Diet deliberations on a bill to assign citizens individual numbers to improve social security management.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 8, 2014
Oreskaband vocalist iCas talks politics and 10 years in the music game
The first topic that comes up when I sit down with Oreskaband's singer/guitarist Naoko "iCas" Yoshioka isn't music or her band, it's a lunchtime variety show called "Waratte Iitomo!" The finale aired March 31 and she asks me if I saw it, which I hadn't. She insists that I watch it.
JAPAN
Aug 2, 2013
23 residents sue to keep Setagaya off plates, claiming violation of their privacy
Residents of Setagaya Ward, Tokyo, are suing the central government to stop the introduction of license plates that they claim will violate their privacy and are being forced on them.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jun 11, 2013
New ID system for keeping tax tabs, finding cheats
The Diet passed the "common number" bill May 24, paving the way for every resident, including foreigners, to be assigned a personal identification number.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 2, 2013
The mathematician who could be a movie star
Amid the scandals swirling through the U.S. news media, you might have missed the announcement that one of the great puzzles of number theory had been solved.
EDITORIALS
Mar 30, 2013
ID system raises thorny issues
There are problems with the Abe administration's bill to launch the 'my number' system, which would integrate personal data onto a single ID card.
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Mar 25, 2013
Risks of using 'my number'
Japan's information technology industry could be the biggest beneficiary of the government plan to introduce a personal ID number system for citizens.
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.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
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.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
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.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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