Conventional health insurance cards will be abolished in autumn 2024 under legislation enacted on June 2. The My Number Card can double as a health insurance card if residents choose to combine ...

The Japanese government has stopped issuing new health insurance cards as of Monday. It recommends the use of Individual Number ("My Number" in Japanese) Cards instead for healthcare access.

The badly misguided policy initiative to promote the so-called “maina hokensho," which is integrating the national health insurance card with the My Number Card, is a textbook example of how ...