Mr. Taira, Minister for Digital Transformation, and Mr. Fukuoka, Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, visited a demonstration project to enable smartphones to be used as the My Number Card as the Health Insurance Certificate
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On July 2, 2025, Mr. Taira, Minister for Digital Transformation, and Mr. Fukuoka, Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, visited a demonstration project to enable the use of smartphones as My Number Cards at the National Hospital Organization Tokyo Medical Center (Meguro Ward, Tokyo). The two ministers experienced identity verification at the reception desk of a medical institution using their own smartphones.
Demonstration projects
In this demonstration project, we are verifying the smooth implementation of online qualification confirmation and reception using smartphones with added My Number Card functions.
After operating the card reader with facial recognition and registering your My Number Card as the Health Insurance Certificate, hold your smartphone with My Number Card function over the smartphone card reader to use it.
This project will be implemented in two phases at 15 medical institutions and pharmacies in the Kanto region from July 1 to 18 and from August 4 to 15, 2025. From around September 2025, we plan to start operating the system at medical institutions and pharmacies that have prepared the environment.
How to use the My Number Card added to the smartphone as the My Number Card as the Health Insurance Certificate
In order to use the My Number Card as the Health Insurance Certificate on your smartphone, you need to register the use of the My Number Card as the Health Insurance Certificate through Mynaportal and then complete the process to add your My Number Card on your smartphone. At reception counters of medical institutions and pharmacies, online eligibility verification is available by simply holding your smartphone over a card reader with facial recognition.
