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Amazon is considering ending its long-standing contract with the United States Postal Service and building out its own competing nationwide delivery network, according to The Washington Post. The ...

This illustration shows a My Number individual identification card. (Mainichi) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government said on Friday that the number of My Number national identification cards issued ...

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 ...

In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of ASEAN-Japan Friendship Cooperation, in 2023 The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), with ASEAN ...

Japan on Tuesday fully transitioned to a system that integrates health insurance card functions into the My Number identification cards, even as challenges remain in expanding its use. While existing ...

The number of My Number personal identification cards held by individuals in Japan has topped 100 million, the internal affairs ministry said Friday. The ministry said that 100,029,804 My Number cards ...

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 ...

A powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake rocked northern Japan, triggering a tsunami of up to 70 centimeters and prompting evacuations for tens of thousands. Several injuries were reported, with fires ...

TOKYO - The government is coordinating plans to build a centralised database to ascertain the status of and manage foreign ownership of real estate, according to multiple government sources. For ...

A powerful earthquake struck off northern Japan late Monday local time, triggering a tsunami of up to 28 inches in Pacific coast communities, the Japanese Meteorological Agency said. The agency ...