We will solicit opinions on the "Draft Order Partially Amending the Order Providing for Administrative Affairs Specified by the Ordinance of the Competent Ministry of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures Appended Table and the Order Related to the Provision of Specific Personal Information under Article 19, Item (viii) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures," etc.

1. Purpose, Purpose and Background of the Solicitation of Opinions

Based on Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures (Act No. 27 of 2013), Digital Agency is considering the development of necessary regulations for the purposes of stipulating the scope of use of personal numbers and providing specific personal information for use through the information provision network system. Therefore, we would like to receive opinions from a wide range of citizens, and we will make a public call of opinion as follows.

2. Subject of Request for Comments

• A draft order to partially amend the Order Providing for Administrative Processes Specified by Order of the competent ministry in the Appended Table of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures and the Order Concerning the Provision of Use-Specific Personal Information based on Article 19, item (viii) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures;
• Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures Draft of an Order to Amend a Part of an Order Specifying Quasi-Statutory Affairs and Quasi-Statutory Business Administrators Prescribed in Article 9, paragraph (1)

3. How to obtain the materials

General e-government window "e-Gov Public Comments: Draft Order to Partially Amend the Order to Specify Administrative Affairs Specified by Ordinance of the Competent Ministry of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures Appended Table and the Order on the Provision of Specific Personal Information to Be Used Based on Article 19, Item (viii) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures" Regarding the solicitation of opinions on the draft order, etc. Please enter the postal code, name and address (in the case of a corporation or organization, the name, name of the representative person, and location of the principal office), and contact information (telephone number or e-mail address) in the .

4. Method and Location of Opinion Submission

General e-government window "e-Gov Public Comments: Draft Order to Partially Amend the Order to Specify Administrative Affairs Specified by Ordinance of the Competent Ministry of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures Appended Table and the Order on the Provision of Specific Personal Information to Be Used Based on Article 19, Item (viii) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures" Regarding the solicitation of opinions on the draft order, etc. Please enter the postal code, name and address (in the case of a corporation or organization, the name, name of the representative person, and location of the principal office), and contact information (telephone number or e-mail address) in the opinion submission form and submit it by the deadline for submitting opinions.

• * 1 Submitted opinions must be written in Japanese.
• * 2 It is possible that problems such as temporary connection failures due to concentrated access may occur immediately before the application deadline. Therefore, please submit your opinion well in advance of the deadline. As a general rule, submission of opinions after the acceptance period will not be accepted for any reason (excluding cases where there are clear factors on the e-Gov side such as large-scale system failures).

5. Period for submission of comments

From May 11, 2026 (Monday) to June 9, 2026 (Tuesday)

6. Other

• Submitted opinions will be posted on the e-government general window (e-Gov) and also distributed or made available for viewing at the Digital Agency Common function Group.
• Your name (in the case of a corporation or organization, its name and the names of its representative and contact person), address (location), telephone number, and e-mail address will be used for communication and confirmation in the event that there are unclear points in the submitted opinions.
• In addition to the submitted opinions, the name of the person submitting the opinion (in the case of a corporation or an organization, only the name of the corporation or organization and the name of its representative, not the name of the individual submitting the opinion) may be made public. In the case of a corporation or an organization, if the name of the corporation or organization and the name of its representative wish to remain anonymous, please state so (the name of the contact person will not be made public).
• Please note that we do not respond to individual opinions.
• Opinions submitted after the end of the period for submission of opinions and opinions other than those on the draft order, etc. subject to the public comment will not be treated as submitted opinions.
• If necessary, the submitted opinions may be summarized and published when the results are published. In such cases, please note that the submitted opinions will be posted at the contact point and made available for viewing.
• Please note that if there is a risk that public notice or disclosure of submitted opinions will harm the interests of a third party, or if there are other justifiable grounds, all or part of the submitted opinions may be excluded from public notice or disclosure.