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Japan Post to consider introducing 7-digit alphanumeric address recognition for deliveries to Rakuten Group and other companies...

Nat 2025-05-26 No Comments

The top story in the Nikkei newspaper on May 5th was "Japan Post to consider introducing 26-digit alphanumeric address identification for deliveries to Rakuten Group and other companies", but experts have already started to comment on it. Professor Ichiro Sato of the National Institute of Informatics and editorial committee member Naoki Asakawa of Nikkei BP are both right. Of course, on the other hand...

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My Number and Privacy: Identifiers and Excess Risk

Nat 2012-10-01 5 Comments

Last time, in "My Number and Privacy: Requirements for Identifiers," I wrote the following. Next, as a hypothetical example, let's consider a common number for taxes and social security (including pensions). This would need to meet the requirements of both the basic pension number and the taxpayer number. In other words, the "long period" required for pension management and the tax...

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