Online digitalisation of National Qualifications

The government will promote digitalisation, such as the online processing of various application procedures for national qualifications and the linking of qualifications.

What's New

• June 30, 2025 About "Tax Accountant" We will launch an online digitalisation.
• June 25, 2025 About System Maintenance.
• February 25, 2025 We will launch an online digitalisation about "insurance doctors" and "insurance pharmacists."
• February 10, 2025 Qualifications currently available for processing "Labor and Social Security Attorney" for which procedures are currently available.
• December 20, 2024 Updated about the launch of the National Qualifications Online digitalisation.

Contents

• Overview
• Subject Eligibility
• Usage
• Digital Qualification Certificate is shown in
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Announcements

About System Maintenance

We will let you know if there will be any maintenance.

Events for which the current Registered Domicile cannot be confirmed

When examining the procedures applied by Mynaportal, there are some cases in which the examination cannot be continued because the current registered domicile cannot be specified * from the result of the inquiry of the acquired registered domicile in the inquiry of the registered domicile related information conducted to confirm the registered domicile of the applicants. It is difficult to confirm in advance whether you are applicable to the case in question, and if the registered domicile related information cannot be correctly confirmed after the application, the qualifications management organization will contact you. In order to continue the examination, it is necessary to re-apply with a family register extract (Certification of items for an individual of family register) attached at Mynaportal.
For inquiries regarding this initiative, please contact at My Number System.

*In the results of inquiries, there are cases where the time series of historical information cannot be grasped and cases where historical information before the computerization of family registers cannot be confirmed.

Overview

Currently, many procedures for national qualifications, etc. are conducted on the premise of using paper media. However, due to the revision of the My Number Act, 84 national qualifications, etc. are subject to online digitalisation.
Based on this, from August 6, 2024, it will be possible to apply online in Mynaportal for procedures for national qualifications, etc. under the jurisdiction of each ministry and agency. Paper procedures will also continue to be available. The procedure method can be selected by the holder of the qualifications.
In addition, through cooperation with the Basic Resident Register Network System and the Information Provision Network System, it will be possible for holders of qualifications, etc. to omit attached documents in various application procedures and prove their qualifications using Mynaportal, and for administrative organs, etc. to improve the efficiency of qualifications management work and ensure the accuracy of qualifications information.

Benefits

This section introduces the benefits of online digitalisation of national qualifications.

• Various applications
  • Various application documents can be submitted online
  • Online payment available
  • Submission of copies of residence certificates can be omitted by using the My Number.
  • Application status can be checked
  • You can check the notification from Mynaportal
• Maintenance of qualifications
  • It is possible to simplify the procedures required when a person's name or address changes due to marriage or moving, or when a person dies.
    *Each qualification is handled differently.
• Use of qualifications
  • Own credentials can be viewed on Mynaportal
  • Credential information can be output and displayed in electronic format with functions to ensure authenticity and prevent perjury.
  • Leverage Mynaportal APIs to link credentials to external systems

An example of the use of the Digital Qualification Certificate is shown in .

Subject Eligibility

Eligible qualifications are listed. Due to the revision of the My Number Act, 84 national qualifications have become eligible for online digitalisation. We plan to expand the number of eligible qualifications in the future.
Reference: Online digitalisation of national qualifications started on Tuesday, August 6, 2024 (PDF / 510 kb) (updated on February 25, 2025)

Qualifications currently available for processing

From August 6, 2024, the online system has been gradually introduced. The following are qualifications for which procedures are currently available. For details, please check the website of each qualification organization.
Information on Mynaportal operations can be found in the Usage .

• Certified Care Worker (* 1)
• Social worker (* 1)
• Psychiatric social worker (* 1)
• Certified Psychologist (* 2)
• Labor and Social Security Attorney (* 3)
• Health insurance doctor (* 4)
• Insurance pharmacist (* 4)
• Tax accountant (* 5)

* 1 Online notification of changes in registered matters has been started. Procedures for online notification will be added gradually from autumn 2025.
* 2 Online procedures for notification of change of registered matters, issue application for renewal of registration certificate, and issue application for re-registration of registration certificate have been started. Procedures for online procedures will be added gradually from autumn 2025.
* 3 The Company has started to online applications for change, cancellation, re-registration, Various Certificates issuance, change of home address, and issue of business as a representative for dispute resolution procedures. Procedures to be online will be added gradually from the summer of 2025.
* 4 Online registration of new registration applications has started. Procedures for online registration will be added gradually from 2026.
* 5 We have started to make advance notification of tax accountant registration online.

Eligibility for future processing

The scheduled time when the procedures will be available is shown in parentheses. Please note that there may be changes in the future.
As of February 25, 2025.

Tax, social security, etc.

• Physicians (to be phased in from autumn 2025)
• Persons who have completed clinical training for physicians (in stages since autumn 2025)
• Dentists (after autumn 2025)
• Persons who have completed clinical training for dental practitioners (from autumn 2025 onward)
• Pharmacists (from autumn 2025 onward)
• Nurses (from autumn 2025 onward)
• Assistant Nurses (Gradually since autumn 2025)
• Public Health Nurses (since autumn 2025)
• Midwives (gradually after autumn 2025)
• Physical therapists (to be introduced in the fall of 2025)
• Occupational therapists (gradually since autumn 2025)
• Orthoptist (phased in from autumn 2025)
• Prosthetists (from autumn 2025 onward)
• Speech-language-hearing therapist (since autumn 2025)
• Clinical laboratory technicians (to be phased in from autumn 2025)
• Clinical engineer (phased in from autumn 2025)
• Radiological technologists (to be phased in from autumn 2025)
• Dental Hygienist (Beginning in Fall 2025)
• Dental technicians (gradually from autumn 2025)
• Anma Massage Shiatsu Shiatsu Shiatsu Shiatsu Shiatsu Shiatsu Shiatsu 2025
• Harishi (one after another since autumn 2025)
• Moxibustion practitioner (phased in from autumn 2025)
• Judo therapists (since autumn 2025)
• Emergency life-saving technicians (gradually after autumn 2025)
• Registered dietitian (gradually after autumn 2025)
• Dietitians (after autumn 2025)
• Nursery teachers (gradually from autumn 2025)
• Long-Term Care Support Specialist (Phased in from autumn 2025)
• Tax Accountant (examination) (scheduled after April 2026)

Other than taxes and social security

Child

• Nursery teachers limited to national strategic special zones (to be phased in from autumn 2025)
• Practical guidance officer for birth control (phased in from autumn 2025)

Administration, Justice, Education, etc.

• Certified Administrative Procedures Legal Specialist (since summer 2025)
• National Bar Examination (after autumn 2025)
• Preliminary Examination for the Bar Examination (to be held in the autumn of 2025 and
• Teachers (gradually from autumn 2025)
• Information processing safety assurance support staff (phased in from autumn 2025)

Housing and construction

• First class architects (phased in from autumn 2025)
• Second class architects (to be phased in from autumn 2025)
• Wooden structures architect (phased in from autumn 2025)
• Building surveyors (since autumn 2025)
• Building equipment inspectors (to be phased in from autumn 2025)
• Qualified building standard conformity evaluators (to be phased in from autumn 2025)
• Qualified person for structural calculation conformity assessment (to be phased in from autumn 2025)
• Condominium managers (to be phased in from autumn 2025)

Motor vehicle

• Automotive mechanics (To be phased in from autumn 2025)

Maritime

• Maritime officer (since summer 2025)
• Small-sized Ship Operator (Since summer 2025)
• Maritime Agent (since autumn 2025)
• Health managers (to be phased in from autumn 2025)
• Lifeboatman (gradually after autumn 2025)

Sightseeing

• Nationwide guide interpreters (to be phased in from autumn 2025)
• Local Guide Interpreters (from autumn 2025 onward)

Health and Medical Care

• Designated doctor for mental health (phased in from autumn 2025)
• Autopsies (in stages since autumn 2025)
• Cooks (after autumn 2025)
• Hairdressers (after autumn 2025)
• Hairdressers (from autumn 2025 onward)
• Chief Water Supply Equipment Construction Engineer (phased in from autumn 2025)
• Confectionary hygienists (in order since autumn 2025)
• Dry cleaners (from autumn 2025 onward)
• Professional cooks (from autumn 2025 onward)
• Registered sales representatives (from autumn 2025 onward)
• Medical technologist (phased in from autumn 2025)
• Building Sanitary Environment Control Engineer (phased in from autumn 2025)
• A small number of doctors Doctors with District Experience Certification (to be phased in from autumn 2025 onward)
• Designated Doctors for Intractable Diseases (Designated Doctors for Cooperative Intractable Diseases) (To be phased in from autumn 2025)
• Designated Physician for Specific Chronic Pediatric Diseases (to be phased in from autumn 2025)

Employment and labor

• Vocational training instructors (phased in from autumn 2025)
• Skilled workers (132 types) (to be phased in from autumn 2025)
• Career counselor (phased in from autumn 2025)
• Industrial Safety Consultants (from autumn 2025 onward)
• Industrial health consultants (to be launched in autumn 2025)
• Working Environment Measurement Expert (Beginning in Autumn 2025)
• Certified Social Insurance and Labor Consultant (Examination for Representation in Dispute Resolution Procedures) (Scheduled to begin in autumn 2025)
• Licenses based on the Industrial Safety and Health Law (20 types) (to be phased in from autumn 2025)
  • Class 1 Health Officer
  • Class-2 health officer
  • Sanitation Engineering Sanitation Manager
  • Operations chief in compressed air
  • Operations chief of gas welding
  • Operations chief of forestry cableway
  • Special class boiler expert
  • First class boiler expert
  • Second class boiler expert
  • X-ray operations chief
  • Operations chief of gamma-ray transmission photography
  • Operations Chief of Work for Handling a Class-1 Pressure Vessel
  • Blasting operator
  • Cargo hoisting equipment operator
  • Special boiler welder
  • Ordinary boiler welder
  • Boiler mechanic
  • Crane and derrick operator
  • Mobile crane operator
  • Diver
• Certificate of completion of skill training course (69 types) (to be phased in from autumn 2025)
• Pension actuary (sequential since autumn 2025)

Usage

I will start the procedure from Mynaportal.
The Online digitalisation for National Qualifications is available to the following people.

• Those who have a valid My Number Card for electronic certification
• People with national qualifications who have started to go online

Flow of Mynaportal use

You can apply for various national qualifications and obtain a digital certificate by making settings (default settings) to link your My Number Card and national qualifications information in Mynaportal.
The following is the initial setup procedure.

1. Log in to Mynaportal
2. Press "#National qualification" or "Certificate" from "Search".
3. From "National Qualification Registration / Various Applications", press "Add qualification", select a national qualification to register, and follow the instructions on the screen for the subsequent procedure.

After completing the initial setting, you will be able to apply for various national qualifications and obtain a digital qualification certificate you have in Mynaportal.
For details of each operation, please refer to the National Certification Online Service Introduction (PDF / 1,687 kb) .

Digital Qualification Certificate is shown in

The following are examples of the use of the digital qualification certificate obtained from Mynaportal.
The two dimensional code attached to the digital qualification certificate presented and submitted by the qualification holder can be read by the verifier on the digital certificate confirmation page to verify the validity and authenticity of the qualification (no falsification, etc.).

Qualified person

1. Presentation and Submission of Digital Certificate
   The main methods are listed below.
   • Present digital credentials face-to-face
   • Attach and send qualification certificate data by e-mail
   • Face-to-face submission of printed credentials
   • Submit a printed certificate by mail

Recipient (Verifier)

1. Read the two dimensional code of the submitted digital certificate, and click "Verification" on the digital certificate confirmation page (* 1).
2. Based on the verification results displayed on the screen, the validity and authenticity of the qualification are confirmed, as well as the consistency with the contents of the digital qualification certificate presented.

* 1 Digital Certificate Confirmation Page

The digital certificate confirmation page is a page operated by Digital Agency to confirm the validity of your digital certificate. Please make sure that the domain name included in the URL is "dqcvs. nqs. go. jp" in order to prevent damage from counterfeit sites, etc.

*Necessity of identity verification

The digital qualification certificate verifies the validity and authenticity of the presented qualification certificate, and does not guarantee that the said qualification certificate is that of the person who presented it. If a identity verification is required, please confirm it separately with a My Number Card, etc.

Also Read: How to Use the Digital Certificate (PDF / 1,455 kb) (updated September 20, 2024)

References

• About the Launch of National Qualifications Online digitalisation (PDF / 2,225 kb) (updated on February 25, 2025)

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For inquiries about this initiative, please contact for inquiries about My Number System.
In addition, please contact the same inquiry about My Number System (No. 4: Mynaportal and electronic certification for smartphones) regarding the doubt related to the re-application in the case where the family register inquiry result cannot be confirmed correctly.
For details of the procedures for each qualification other than the above, please contact the qualification management organization.