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Four in five Japanese now have national IDs, says Japan Digital Agency chief

( January 6, 2026, 06:10 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Japan's Minister for Digital Transformation, Hisashi Matsumoto, said in his New Year's greetings on Monday that over 100 million national ID cards have been issued by the end of 2025. That means around 80 percent of the population has received the so-called My Number Card since the rollout began in 2016, he added. The centralized ID number system aims to expedite processing times in healthcare and insurance as well as banking and financial support. Matsumoto added that the agency is working towards adopting for-purpose GenAI engines for government data processing.Statement follows:...

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