Japan seeks Singapore’s experience in national digital ID rollout

Japan has expressed its willingness to learn from Singapore’s experience in the rollout of a national digital ID system as the two countries hope to boost their cooperation on digitalization.

This came under focus recently as Japan’s Minister for Digital Transformation Taro Kono and his Singaporean counterpart Josephine Teo had talks during the former’s working visit to Singapore, per Kyodo News.

The cooperation is based on a bilateral agreement which the two countries entered into last year with the …

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