Japan Info Swap Blog

Starting in October of 2015, all citizens and lawful residents were issued a number called a 個人番号kojin bangō, which is also colloquially called My Number, even by Japanese speaking people – マイナンバー. The number is basically used as a “unique identifier” in a government database.  This number is similar to the US Social Security Number, the UK National Insurance (NI) number, and the Portuguese NIF number. It is issued by the Japan Agency for Local Authority Information …