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Japanese individual number card ("My 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.
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There are pros and cons regarding efficiency when using
Basic Resident Registers Network and
Number System [
ja ] .
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Promotional campaign
To advertise the system's introduction, the
Government of Japan hired actress
Aya Ueto and created a
mascot character named "Maina-chan".
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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.
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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.
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See also
References
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b Osaki, Tomohiro
Ready or not, government will soon have your My Number September 20, 2015
The Japan Times Retrieved October 6, 2015
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The Social Security and Tax Number system
Cabinet Secretariat Retrieved October 6, 2015
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Japan introducing “My Number” system, some information Austrian Business Council Retrieved October 6, 2015
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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。"
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Woman in her 70s first confirmed victim of My Number-related fraud October 7, 2015
The Japan Times Retrieved October 7, 2015
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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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