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Efforts to Expand Digital Convenience

Digital Agency will implement initiatives to expand convenience through digital.

My Number System

My Number System Makes Administrative Procedures Easier

It is a 12-digit number assigned to all residents with a certificate of residence. My Number is used for administrative procedures specified by law or regulation, such as social security system, tax system, and disaster response. My Number makes it possible to identify individuals reliably and quickly.
As the foundation of My Number System, digital society is an infrastructure for realizing a more fair and just society by promoting both the convenience of the people and the efficiency of the administration.

Reference: E-Certificate Installed Service for

Benefits of My Number System

Efficiency

Omit Attachments in Administrative Procedures
Administrative procedures will be simplified, such as the reduction of attached documents, and the burden on the people will be reduced. You can check your information held by Mynaportal at public authorities, and receive notifications of various services from public authorities.

Convenience

Make administrative operation Efficient with information linkages
The time and effort required for collation, transcription, input, etc. of various information in public authorities, local governments, etc. is significantly reduced. Cooperation among multiple operations is promoted, and waste such as duplication of work is eliminated.

Specific Examples

Smooth receipt of many benefit in public fund receiving account
A public fund receiving account that does not require the entry of an account number or the attachment of a copy of a passbook at the time of application for benefits can be used to receive 161 types of benefit based on individual laws or benefit in emergencies that are not based on individual laws.
(As of the end of July 2023, there were 1,260 local government for which benefits were provided using public fund receiving account.) organization

Toward safty and security Operation of My Number System

Full investigation on My Number Linkage

In order to restore public trust in My Number System, we are working on full investigation regarding errors in the linking of My Number. In the My Number Information full investigation, full investigation will be conducted for all information available in Mynaportal.
First, we conducted a survey to understand the actual situation of linking work at each system site, and sorted out cases in which individual data inspection is necessary. In principle, organizations that require individual data inspection are scheduled to conduct the inspection by the end of November.

Reference: E-Certificate Installed Service for My Number Information full investigation Office

Check information online at any time

With My Number Card, you can check your information in Mynaportal. Mynaportal is currently working on improvements to make it easier for users to use.
For example, to make it easy to access your health insurance card information and registered account information, we have set up a menu on the service top screen that allows you to check the status of your registration.

My Number Card

Making Everyday Life More Convenient in My Number Card

It is a plastic card with a face photo on which the name of the person, address, date of birth, sex, etc. are written. The My Number Card does not store sensitive personal data other than the matters stated on the ticket.
Based on the application of the Principal, the Issue will be made after strict identification is confirmed at the local government where the issuance is made.

Reference: E-Certificate Installed Service for

Benefits and Security of My Number Card

Efficiency

Administrative proceduer Online
The "public office" concept allows you to perform various administrative procedures from smartphone without having to go to online city office service. We are developing online services for administrative procedures, such as procedures related to online application for moving, childcare, and nursing care, nationwide.

Convenience

(ID) verification card that can be used anywhere
We are developing "My Number Card," where you can receive various public service with a single ①My Number Card utilization plan. We will make it available in various public authorities such as library cards, convenience store Issue, and evacuation center reception.

Safety

Prevention of spoofs and unauthorized access
By holding the My Number Card and asking for the PIN, two factor authentication can be achieved: possession authentication of the card and knowledge authentication of the PIN. If you try to read information illegally, the IC chips will be broken. In the unlikely event of a lost or stolen, you can suspend use 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Expanded services available in My Number Card

Administrative proceduer Online

About 380,000 online application for moving online applications
In February 2023, we started online application for online application for moving in all local government. There is also a significant increase in local government where procedures for childcare, nursing care, etc. are online. In the future, we will drastically expand online application and push notification in local government and digitalization in national certification.

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Use in the fields of administration, health and medical care, public transportation, disaster risk management, etc.

About 560 services in implementation
Depending on the subsidy for the Vision for a Digital Garden City Nation in fiscal 2023, about 560 various My Number Card utilization services will be utilized in each local government, and in the future, we will aim to expand the implementation of utilization cases. In addition, we will expand the use of cards for citizen services such as libraries nationwide by developing a usage method without a password and creating an easy-to-use environment.

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Cooperation with private service

Approximately 460 private business have been installed
We will promote the spread of My Number Card's use of personal ID functionality in private sector business. We will work to create new use cases in each field, such as use in the entertainment field and an age verification service for alcohol and tobacco sales at convenience store self-checkouts. In addition, we will work to integrate online identity verification methods under the Criminal Proceeds Act and the Prevention of Unauthorized Use of Mobile Phones Act into Public Personal Authentication.

Onboard smartphone

Launched on Android devices in May
In May 2023, we launched a service that installs E-Certificate on smartphone and will gradually expand the services that can use electronic certification for smartphones.
We will also consider installing it on iOS devices. In addition to E-Certificate, we aim to provide a wide range of services only in smartphone by installing information on My Number Card tickets.

Reference: E-Certificate Installed Service for Smartphones