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Japan Times
25-06-2025
- Japan Times
Some functions of Japan's My Number card now available on iPhones
Japan on Tuesday started a service that allows some functions of the My Number personal identification card to be mounted on Apple's iPhones. Through biometric authentication, iPhone users can now log in to the Mynaportal website for My Number-related administrative tasks and obtain copies of residential and other administrative certificates at convenience stores. The My Number card has functions to confirm the holder's basic personal data, including the name and date of birth, and to serve as a digital certificate of the holder. Smartphones running Google's Android operating system can already support the digital certificate function, while iPhones support both functions. On Tuesday, digital transformation minister Masaaki Taira visited a convenience store in Tokyo and demonstrated how to obtain a copy of his residential certificate. He held his smartphone above the multifunctional photocopier, after verifying his identity using facial recognition on his smartphone. "I was able to obtain (the certificate) smoothly," Taira told reporters. The Digital Agency plans to gradually expand the smartphone-compatible functions of the card, including the ability to serve as a health insurance card.
24-06-2025
- Business
Some Functions of My Number Card Now Available on iPhones
News from Japan Society Jun 24, 2025 18:28 (JST) Tokyo, June 24 (Jiji Press)--Japan on Tuesday started a service that allows some functions of the My Number personal identification card to be mounted on Apple Inc.'s iPhones. Through biometric authentication, iPhone users can now log in to the Mynaportal website for My Number-related administrative tasks and obtain copies of residential and other administrative certificates at convenience stores. The My Number card has functions to confirm the holder's basic personal data, including the name and date of birth, and to serve as a digital certificate of the holder. Smartphones running Google's Android operating system can already support the digital certificate function, while iPhones support both functions. On Tuesday, digital transformation minister Masaaki Taira visited a convenience store in Tokyo and demonstrated how to obtain a copy of his residential certificate. He held his smartphone above the multifunctional photocopier, after verifying his identity using facial recognition on his smartphone. [Copyright The Jiji Press, Ltd.] Jiji Press
Japan Times
20-06-2025
- Business
- Japan Times
Japan to require IC chip ID verification for online bank accounts in 2027
Japan will require banks and credit card companies to use IC chip-based identity verification for non-face-to-face account openings starting in April 2027, under a revised rule aimed at curbing fraud, the National Police Agency (NPA) said Thursday. The change to the enforcement of the Act on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds will make it mandatory for financial institutions to confirm customers' identities via IC chips embedded in My Number identity cards or driver's licenses. Submitting images or photocopies of ID documents — currently allowed in online or mail-based applications — will be prohibited due to the growing difficulty of detecting forgeries, the agency said. The new rule is designed to prevent fraudulent accounts — often used in schemes known as special fraud, which includes bank transfer scams and telephone banking fraud — from being opened under stolen identities. Under the existing framework, financial institutions are obligated to verify a customer's identity when opening an account. In online settings, this has typically involved sending images of ID documents via smartphone or mailing photocopies — methods increasingly vulnerable to advanced counterfeiting techniques. The revised regulations designate IC chip scanning as the default method of digital verification. For those without a My Number card or driver's license, alternative documentation such as original copies of residency certificates or tax documents — which are harder to falsify — can still be submitted by mail. Authorities have set the implementation date two years out to allow sufficient time for system upgrades on the part of financial service providers. The NPA published the draft revision in February and received 83 public comments. It is also considering requiring the use of IC chip data for in-person identity checks in the future. Translated by The Japan Times
Yomiuri Shimbun
14-06-2025
- Business
- Yomiuri Shimbun
Japan's LDP Mulls ¥20,000 Cash Handout Per Person, with ¥40,000 for Low-Income Households, Children
The Yomiuri Shimbun Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks at a meeting at the Prime Minister's Office on Friday. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday instructed senior Liberal Democratic Party members to consider incorporating a provision of a ¥20,000 cash handout per person in the party's campaign pledges for the House of Councillors election, as part of measures to combat rising prices. Ishiba, who is also president of the LDP, said that another ¥20,000 will be added on top of that per child or adult in resident tax-exempt households, bringing the envisaged cash benefits to ¥40,000 for them. Ishiba also instructed senior party members to use individual bank accounts linked to My Number identification cards in order to swiftly distribute the cash handouts, as well as reduce the administrative burden on local governments. 'This is not a pork-barrel measure, but rather cash payments prioritized for those who are truly in need,' Ishiba said to reporters at the Prime Minister's Office. The budget required for the handouts would be 'roughly estimated to be in the mid-¥3 trillion range,' Ishiba said. The portion of tax revenue that exceeded projections is expected to be used as a source of payments, but Ishiba only said: 'We won't rely on deficit-covering government bonds. We will make decisions with the priority of definitely not worsening the fiscal situation.' Referring to the reduction of consumption tax proposed by opposition parties, Ishiba said, 'It will benefit high-income earners, so it is not appropriate.' The LDP had previously sought a ¥40,000 cash handout per person, but the Finance Ministry argued that it would be difficult to secure sufficient funds from tax revenue that exceeded projections. After Ishiba and party executives discussed the matter Friday, the LDP decided on setting ¥20,000 per person as the base amount for the envisaged handouts.
Yomiuri Shimbun
13-06-2025
- Business
- Yomiuri Shimbun
LDP Mulls Adding ¥40,000 Cash Handouts to Campaign Pledges; Party Officials Call It Way to Deal with High Prices
Yomiuri Shimbun file photo The Liberal Democratic Party's headquarters is seen in Tokyo. The Liberal Democratic Party is considering providing ¥40,000 in cash per person as a measure to deal with rising prices, according to LDP senior officials. Within the ruling party, a proposal has also emerged to increase the benefit amount for households that are exempt from resident tax, the officials said. With a view to including such cash handouts in its campaign pledges for this summer's House of Councillors election, the party is accelerating work to design a specific system, including how to provide the benefits. The LDP intends to determine the amount of cash handouts based on a tax revenue surplus in fiscal 2024. To provide the benefits promptly, the LDP is considering using accounts dedicated to receiving public money, in which recipients' My Number personal identification cards are linked to their savings accounts. The party aims to carry out the cash handouts by the end of this year by formulating a supplementary budget in an extraordinary Diet session after the upper house election. On Thursday, LDP Policy Research Council Chairperson Itsunori Onodera met with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, LDP Secretary General Hiroshi Moriyama and others to discuss the amount of the benefits and when to implement the measure, among other matters.
