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Anyone who has opened a pack of trading cards will know the thrill and excitement that goes along with it. Now imagine every character you've pulled is a middle-aged man from your town. If you're sat ...

TOKYO, May 30 (Reuters) - Apple (AAPL.O), opens new tab CEO Tim Cook agreed at the request of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to put Japan's "My Number" identification card functions onto ...

The number of My Number personal identification cards held by individuals in Japan has topped 100 million, the internal affairs ministry said Friday. The ministry said that 100,029,804 My Number cards ...

Japan on Tuesday fully transitioned to a system that integrates health insurance card functions into the My Number identification cards, even as challenges remain in expanding its use. While existing ...

A few weeks ago, Japan’s Digital Minister Kono Taro appeared via video link at the Tallinn Digital Summit – one of the biggest digital government events in the calendar – for the second year in a row.

This Nov. 9, 2021, file photo shows a My Number health insurance card reader in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward. (Mainichi/Yuki Nakagawa) Japan's traditional health insurance cards are set to expire on Dec. 1.

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For over ten years now, I have sworn off Christmas and birthday cards: simply writing my name, plus a sentence or two, simply doesn’t justify the dollars spent purchasing and sending cards. As a ...