Individual_Number_(Japan)

Individual Number

Individual Number

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This article is about national identification number. For smart card for ID, see Individual Number Card.

An Individual Number (個人番号, kojin bangō), also known as My Number (マイナンバー, mai nambā), is a twelve-digit ID number issued to all citizens and residents of Japan (including foreign residents) used for taxation, social security and disaster response purposes. The numbers were first issued in late 2015.[1][2][3]

Japanese individual number card ("My Number card")

There are pros and cons regarding efficiency when using Basic Resident Registers Network and Number System [ja].[4]

Promotional campaign

To advertise the system's introduction, the Government of Japan hired actress Aya Ueto and created a mascot character named "Maina-chan".[1]

Fraud

The first fraud related to the system occurred in 2015 when an elderly woman in the Kantō region was defrauded of several million yen.[5]

Mainapoint

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications promotes a cashless payment card called Mainapoint (マイナポイント) linked to a person's My Number.[6]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Osaki, Tomohiro Ready or not, government will soon have your My Number September 20, 2015 The Japan Times Retrieved October 6, 2015
  2. [2]
    The Social Security and Tax Number system Cabinet Secretariat Retrieved October 6, 2015
  3. [3]
    Japan introducing “My Number” system, some information Austrian Business Council Retrieved October 6, 2015
  4. [4]
    (水町 2017), p. 260 "住民基本台帳ネットワークシステムと番号制度が別個に併存していることが効率的かというと、そこは賛否が分かれるであろう。"
  5. [5]
    Woman in her 70s first confirmed victim of My Number-related fraud October 7, 2015 The Japan Times Retrieved October 7, 2015
  6. [6]
    https://mynumbercard.point.soumu.go.jp/
  • 水町, 雅子 (2017-11-15). 逐条解説マイナンバー法 (1st. ed.). Kayaba-cho, Nipponbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan: Shojihomu Co., Ltd. ISBN 978-4-7857-2567-9.


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