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Individual Number Card
Front of Individual Number Card
Typeidentity document
Issued by Japan
First issuedJanuary 2016; 8 years ago (2016-01)
Purpose
Valid in Japan
Eligibilitycitizens with a jūminhyō (both Japanese nationality and immigration)
Expiration
  • until 10th times birthday since it was issued (over 20 years old)
  • until 5th times birthday since it was issued (less than 20 years old, digital certificate)
Costfree
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The Individual Number Card (Japanese: 個人番号カード, Hepburn: kojin bangō kādo), also known as the My Number Card (Japanese: マイナンバーカード, Hepburn: mai nanbā kādo)[1] is an identity document for citizens of Japan based on the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in the Administrative Procedure [ja]. It stored such as personal name, address, birthday, sex or gender, Individual Number (Japanese: 個人番号, Hepburn: kojin bangō), and passport photo [ja]. It is a smart card[2]. When the citizens wants to issue it, apply to a municipality where they resides. It has been issued sinse January 2016[2], replaceing the Basic Resident Registry Card [ja] which has been issued sinse August 2003.

See also

References

  1. ^ "マイナンバーカードについて" (in Japanese). Odawara City. 2021-01-15. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  2. ^ a b "マイナンバーカード" (in Japanese). Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. Retrieved 2021-10-28.