Japan PM faces resistance to replacement of health insurance cards with digital ID

The Japanese government's troubled My Number digital ID program has done little to quell concerns about incidents of mishandled personal data, particularly those related to disability certificates.

The issue has sparked objections over to the planned replacement of health insurance cards next year with My Number IDs. Japanese doctors have taken the government to court to fight the mandatory replacement of health insurance cards, arguing it is expensive to implement.

Part of that unease arose when some residents discovered their …

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