Contributor: Nat

Nat Sakimura Twitter: _nat Chair of the Board of Directors of the US OpenID Foundation I have been working on digital identity since 2000 in order to realize the Power to the People, which is to give back control over personal information to individuals. This blog expresses my personal views and is not related to my employer or any related organization.
OpenID Foundation to launch third-party authentication service
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[Breaking News] The future of digital IDs is changing! OpenID Foundation responds to regulations and market competition with third-party authentication services!

Nat 2025-10-07 No Comments

The OpenID Foundation, which sets international standards for digital identity, has announced that it will launch a new authentication service in the second quarter of 2026! This is a groundbreaking service that strengthens collaboration with management organizations and certification testing bodies in addition to its current self-certification service (which already has over 4,000 successful cases).

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"DS-511 Guidelines for Handling Digital Identities in Identity Verification in Administrative Procedures, etc." has been published

Nat 2025-09-30 No Comments

The Digital Identity Guidelines, which we have been involved in formulating for three years as an expert (Revision of the Identity Verification Guidelines: Expert Meeting on Issues, Examples, and Methods in Identity Verification Practices and Their Guidelines), have now been published. They can be viewed on the Digital Society Promotion Standard Guidelines page. This guide...

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Surveillance or efficiency? UK's "mandatory digital ID wallet" policy undergoes a major transformation ~ Over 160 million signatures against it overnight (Parliamentary petition)

Nat 2025-09-30 No Comments

As we reported in X, on September 26th, the UK government announced plans to introduce digital IDs through the "GOV.UK Digital Wallet." This has sparked a major debate in the digital society, with calls for efficiency clashing with concerns about privacy violations. Of particular note is...

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We have sent a letter of opinion in response to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications' public comment request for the 2025 (draft) report of the Study Group on the Realization of a Safe and Secure Metaverse.

Nat 2025-08-27 No Comments

First of all, I think this is a very well-written draft report. I would like to express my respect to the secretariat and the committee members. I have only made the following two points: (3) Trends in international organizations (relevant section) ② Following ITU-T (opinion) In the section on ITU-T, it also mentions ISO...

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Public comments have been submitted to the Financial Services Agency regarding the partial revision (draft) of the "Comprehensive Supervision Guidelines for Financial Instruments Business Operators, etc."

Nat 2025-08-19 No Comments

The US OpenID Foundation has submitted the following public comments regarding the proposed revisions to the "Comprehensive Supervision Guidelines for Financial Instruments Business Operators, etc." (← addressing so-called securities fraud). The US OpenID Foundation website is only available in English, so there is no appropriate space to post the Japanese version.

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We have submitted public comments on the "Interim Summary of Discussion Points (Draft) of the Study Group on the State of Access Restrictions Related to Online Casinos" (August 2025, 8).
Public policy

MyDataJapan has submitted public comments to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications' "Interim Summary of Issues (Draft) of the Study Group on the Method of Access Restriction Related to Online Casinos"

Nat 2025-08-15 No Comments

On August 8th, MyDataJapan submitted a public comment to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications' "Interim Summary of Issues (Draft) of the Study Group on the Method of Restricting Access to Online Casinos." As usual, we would like to thank the MyDataJapan Public Policy Committee (Chairman Ryoji Mori) and others for their hard work...

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16:9 background image featuring the Virgin Mary holding a white lily in the style of Gustav Klimt
Music

A unique theme song that will remain in anime history - The secret behind the Latin lyrics of "Lilium"

Nat 2025-08-10 No Comments

There is a song called Lilium (White Lily). It is a song with Latin lyrics written by Konishi Koba and Kondo Yukio (MOKA☆) for the anime "Elfen Lied." As the opening theme, it plays against a background image inspired by Klimt's paintings, and a music box version of the song is played as a key to memories in the story.

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The UK Online Anne Z Act is being discussed in various ways
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[Age Verification] UK Online Safety Law is being toyed with in various ways: Bypassing it with VPNs and bypassing biometric authentication with Death Stranding

Nat 2025-08-06 No Comments

What is the UK's Online Safety Act? The UK's Online Safety Act was officially enacted into law on October 2023, 10, and will come into full effect on March 26, 2025 (the actual implementation date will be determined for each article). It requires online service providers to take measures against illegal or...

Further display [Age Verification] UK Online Safety Law is being toyed with in various ways: Bypassing it with VPNs and bypassing biometric authentication with Death Stranding