November 6, 2020 Holding of Study Group on Smartphones Incorporating Individual Number Card Functions

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) will hold a Study Group on Smartphones Incorporating Individual Number Card Functions to consider incorporating individual number card functions into smartphones to improve the performance of individual number cards, which is indispensable for the digital society.

1. Purpose

As countermeasures against COVID-19, various issues regarding the digitization of the national government have become clear. With this in mind, the study group will consider incorporating individual number card functions into smartphones to improve the performance of individual number cards, which is indispensable for the digital society.

2. Considerations

  • 1.
    Measures to incorporate individual number card functions (public personal identification service) into smartphones
  • 2.
    Utilization of digital certificates issued by private businesses linked to the public personal identification service
  • 3.
    Others

3. Schedule

The first meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 10, 2020, followed by succeeding meetings in sequence.

Contact

For further information about this press release, please fill in the inquiry form and submit it to MIC on the website
https://www.soumu.go.jp/common/english_opinions.html

International Policy Division, Global Strategy Bureau, MIC

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