Previously standard national health insurance cards will expire in Japan as of the end of December 1, 2025, as Japan makes its transition to the use of My Number cards incorporating health insurance ...

Conventional health insurance cards will no longer be accepted at clinics and hospitals across the country starting from Dec. 2, as the government fully integrates health insurance with My Number ...

Japan has introduced a new health insurance ID system which uses individual number cards, commonly known as My Number Cards, as the main means of identification required to receive insured medical ...

This photo taken in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2025, shows a poster giving notice of the expiration of existing health insurance cards. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan on Tuesday fully transitioned to a system ...