The Mainichi Shimbun answers common questions readers may have about Japan's full-scale transition to the "My Number" health insurance card system allowing My Number ID cards to function as health ...

The Japanese government plans to abolish the current health insurance card system in the fall of 2024, the minister for digital transformation announced on Oct. 13. The cards will be combined into ...

Starting Monday, conventional insurance cards will no longer be issued and My Number Cards will serve as the main means of identification for Japan's health insurance system. The Japanese ...

Sompo Holdings, Inc., one of Japan's biggest insurance companies, says it's using artificial intelligence to help alleviate a critical shortage of workers needed to care for the country's aging ...

The health ministry on Dec. 2 discontinued traditional health insurance cards to integrate their functions into My Number Cards, the new identification cards that have not caught on with the public.

“I want women to know there is a pill available through health insurance and help create a society in which women can make their own decisions regarding their bodies,” said Song, who is the ...

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