Opinions will be invited on the "Draft Order to Partially Amend the Order Providing for the 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."

Published:: Mar 3, 2026

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 establishment of necessary regulations for the purpose of defining the scope of use of personal numbers. 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

Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures Order for Partial Revision of an Order Providing for Affairs Specified by Order of the Competent Ministry in the Appended Table

3. How to obtain the materials

, the general contact point for e-government "e-Gov Public Comments: Regarding the Solicitation of Opinions on the" Draft Order to Partially Amend the Order Specifying the Administrative Affairs Specified by the Ordinance of the Competent Ministry in the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures Appended Table "(e-Gov) It is published in .

4. Method and Location of Opinion Submission

Please submit your comments using the Public Comment Form at the e-Gov.

1. Regarding the Solicitation of Opinions on 's "Draft Order to Partially Amend the Order Specifying Administrative Affairs Specified by the Ordinance of the Competent Ministry of Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures" (e-Gov) Please check 's "Guidelines for Solicitation of Opinions (including where to submit)" and click the "To input opinions" button.
2. Enter your postal code, name and address (in the case of a corporation or an organization, its name, the name of its representative, and the address of its principal office), and contact information (telephone number or e-mail address) in the "Public Comments: Entering Your Opinion" section, and submit it by the deadline for submitting your opinion.

* 1 Submitted opinions must be written in Japanese.
* 2. There is a possibility that temporary problems such as connection failures may occur due to the concentration of access 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. Deadline for submission of opinions

From Tuesday, March 3, 2026 to Sunday, March 22, 2026

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.