An increasing number of residents across Japan have been voluntarily returning their Individual Number Card, known more popularly as the My Number Card, since June as a spate of errors and privacy ...

Critical to the Japanese government’s ambition to create a digital society is a safe, secure and credible central database of citizen information. In theory, that is the purpose of the My Number ...

Digital Minister Taro Kono speaks at a press conference in response to the comprehensive examination of the "My Number" system in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Dec. 12, 2023. (Mainichi/Daisuke Wada) A ...

As a freelancer in Japan, administrative tasks can be nightmarish at times. But that statement no longer applies to my taxes. This year, I was pleasantly surprised to discover I could pay them online ...