Japan:
Cabinet Submits Bill To Amend My Numbers Act
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On March 10, the Cabinet submitted a bill (source document in Japanese) to amend the
Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific
Individual in the Administrative Procedure to the Diet. The
bill would expand the application of individual ID numbers
("My Numbers") from the limited administrative purposes
of taxation and social security. Under the proposal, My Numbers
would be used for bank accounts and for municipal governments to
manage individual immunization and health records.
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