THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
June 10, 2023 at 18:22 JST
Taro Kono, the minister for digital transformation, speaks about problems with the My Number Card system at the Upper House Regional Revitalization and Formation of a Digital Society Special Committee session on June 5. (Koichi Ueda)
More instances of human error have cropped up in the embattled Individual Number Card system, more popularly known as the My Number Card, that has fast become the primary source of I.D. when dealing with the bureaucracy or undergoing health care. [Read More]
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