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This Week’s Latest Global Digital ID Developments (October 8)
Overview Details SOURCE: https://www.thinkdigitalpartners.com/news/2024/10/07/digital-identity-global-roundup-186/
Simplified Procedures for Using the My Number Health Insurance Card: Starting October 7
Starting on October 7, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare will progressively introduce improvements that simplify the procedures for using the My Number health insurance ca…
OpenID Connect Has Been Published as ISO/IEC 26131 and Subsequent Standards
OpenID Connect has been published as ISO/IEC 26131–26139, as listed below. There are no substantive changes from what has already been published on the OpenID Foundation website. T…
My Number Health Insurance Card Coming to Smartphones in Spring 2025
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has announced plans to begin making the My Number Health Insurance Card available on smartphones around spring 2025. The new system is ex…
Google Announces Passport Support in Google Wallet: A New Era of Digital ID Enabled by Google Wallet
On September 12, 2024 U.S. time (September 13 Japan time), Google announced that U.S. passports can be added to Google Wallet. In recent years, digitalization has advanced in every…
“My Number Driver’s License” to Be Introduced in 25 on March: One-Stop Address Changes and Online Renewal Courses
The integration of driver’s licenses and My Number Cards will soon become a reality. This groundbreaking change could have a major impact on our daily lives. Under a new poli…
Notification of Furigana for Family Registers Is Due by May 26, 2026; Without Notification, the Municipal Mayor Will Record Furigana Ex Officio
On September 10, 2024, the Cabinet decided that the amended Family Register Act providing for furigana in family registers will take effect on May 26, 2025. This will bring prepara…
NIST SP 800-63-4 Digital Identity Guidelines: Reading Group for the 2nd Public Draft — Session 1 on 8/30 (Fri), from 20
This is a little sudden, but we will hold a reading group for the NIST SP 800-63-4 Digital Identity Guidelines, 2nd public draft, session 1, on August 30 from 8 p.m. Please join us…
NIST SP800-63-4 Digital Identity Guidelines Revision 2 Public Draft (2pd) Workshop Summary
NIST SP800-63-4 Revision 2 Public Draft (2pd) was released 1 weeks ago. Today (Japan time, the 29th, 1 a.m. to 3 a.m.), the first in a planned series of workshops was held, outlini…
FY 2024: Identity-Related Developments Are Moving Too Fast This Fiscal Year—A Linked List, Updated Regularly
On a whim today, I tried making a list of digital identity-related developments since the start of this fiscal year, but they have been coming one after another far too quickly…