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Nostalgic: Cabinet Secretariat > Numbering System for Social Security and Taxation > Working Group on Personal Information Protection and Working Group on Information-Linkage Infrastructure Technology(2011)
I suddenly came across something incredibly nostalgic. These include minutes and other materials from meetings of the Working Group on Information-Linkage Infrastructure Technology…
Identiverse 2025 Report: The OpenID Foundation on the Future of Identity and the Importance of Standardization
On June 3, 2025, an Identiverse 2025 session was held at Mandalay Bay F, where key members of the OpenID Foundation (OIDF) took the stage for an in-depth discussion of the current…
? It’s finally here! The final specification review for FAPI 2.0 Message Signing has begun!
Announced May 29, 2025 – A new member of the OpenID family is ready to join us! ? What’s happening? We have exciting news from the OpenID FAPI Working Group! A new spec…
? A New Era for OpenID Has Begun! The Historic Achievement of ITU-T Standardization
May 29, 2025 – A truly history-changing moment has arrived in the world of digital identity! What Happened? The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has formally adopt…
Let’s Call Japan Post’s Digi-Ad API and Retrieve an “Address.” Is It Really OAuth?
Sorry for the long gap after I became unwell. In the previous article, I obtained a Japan Post Digital Address (Digi-Ad) and used it in Japan Post’s shipping-label creation a…
So, Let’s Get a Japan Post “Digital Address”!
How to Obtain a Digital Address To obtain a digital address, first visit the post office’s Digital Address website. Judging from this, it does not seem possible to send mail…
Japan Post Reportedly Considering a 7-Character Alphanumeric Address Identifier for Deliveries by Rakuten Group and Others, but…
The top story in the Nikkei on 5/26 was reportedly “Japan Post to Identify Addresses with 7-Character Alphanumeric Codes; Rakuten Group and Others Consider Adoption for Deliveries,…
Authorized Push Payment (APP) Fraud and the Impact of Digital ID Wallets
I wrote this report several months ago, but I think it is important, so I am publishing it here. In A4 format it runs to 28 pages… It is also related to the currently discuss…
OpenID Workshop: Quick Report
Today, from 4 thirty to 8 in the morning Japan time, an OpenID Foundation workshop was held at the Google campus in California. Video and slides are expected to be released soon, b…
The Evolution of Digital Identity: A Major Specification Change in OpenID4VP
Key Points A Quiet Revolution: A Major Change in Digital Identity In April 2025, a major turning point quietly arrived in the world of digital identity technology. “Presentation Ex…