SBI and KB Kookmin Card Plan Cross-Border AI Agent Identity Trials
SBI Holdings, SBI Everspin, Everspin and KB Kookmin Card have signed a memorandum of understanding to test AI-agent identity and authorization controls for…
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M-Commerce Plans Fingerprint-Protected USB Encryption Device
Japan’s M-Commerce plans to begin selling BEncryptor in November, a USB encryption device that uses fingerprint authentication to protect access to encrypted…
Japan Sets October 20 Launch Target for My Number Card in Google Wallet
Japan’s Digital Agency has set October 20 as the planned launch date for My Number Card on Android, allowing holders of the government-issued identity card to…
GMO Adds Passkey Sign-In to Onamae.com Domain Accounts
GMO Internet has added passkey sign-in to Onamae.com, its Japanese domain-registration service, allowing account holders to access domain-management controls…
GMO GlobalSign and VESS Labs Test Credentials for Cross-Company AI Agent Transactions
Japan’s GMO GlobalSign Holdings and VESS Labs have tested a system that lets AI agents developed by different companies verify each other’s identities and…
Japan Publishes Technical Results of EU Digital Wallet Interoperability Tests
Japan’s Digital Agency has published detailed technical results from its Japan–EU educational credential interoperability tests, documenting how wallets,…
NEC and SoftBank Units Put Face Payment Into the PayCAS Terminal
NEC has linked its cloud face recognition service to PayCAS, the multi-payment terminal operated by SB Payment Service and SB C&S, letting a shopper pay by…
Japan Merges Its Identity Portal and Authentication Apps Into One
Japan’s Digital Agency has launched the Myna App, absorbing the separate Digital Authentication App into the existing Mynaportal App so that identity checks…
Japanese Police Use Court Warrant for Forced Face Unlock of Smartphones
Japanese police have begun using court-issued physical-inspection warrants to compel facial unlocking of smartphones in investigations where officers believe…
NTT Docomo Adds IC Chip Identity Checks Across Japanese Stores
NTT Docomo will begin introducing IC chip-based identity verification at Docomo Shops and authorized retailers across Japan on August 20, adding electronic…