Kyoto Bank Drops Selfie Checks for Chip-Based ID as Japanese Banks Speed Up eKYC Shift
Kyoto Bank will stop accepting photographed ID documents and face matching for new accounts opened through its mobile app, and will instead require customers…
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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…
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…
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…
Sharp’s AQUOS R11 Adds Privacy Masking for ‘My Number Card’ Photos
Sharp’s new AQUOS R11 smartphone includes a camera feature that automatically masks sensitive fields on Japan’s My Number Card when the card is photographed, a…
Japan’s Ruling Party Pushes for Mandatory My Number Card Acquisition
Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party is calling on the government to consider making acquisition of the My Number Card mandatory, a shift for a credential…
Japan Studies Social Media Age Verification and Platform Risk Labels
Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) has asked an expert advisory panel to examine whether social media platforms should be subject to…
Japan Plans Android My Number Card Wallet Launch for Autumn 2026
Japan’s Digital Agency has confirmed that Android support for My Number Card in a Wallet app environment is planned for autumn 2026, when the existing…
Japan Opens My Number Card IC Chip to Private Sector Apps, Names Toshiba as First Implementer
Japan’s Digital Agency has authorized the first private-sector use of free space on the My Number Card’s IC chip, designating Toshiba Digital Engineering…
Japan Launches My Number Card Integration With Apple Wallet, a First Outside the U.S.
Japan has launched a new digital identity feature allowing residents to store their My Number personal identification cards in Apple Wallet on iPhone. The…