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

• July 15, 2025
  • Qualifications currently available for processing "Labor and Social Security Attorney", which is currently eligible for the procedure.
  • Updated materials on the launch of the National Qualifications Online digitalisation.
  • Eligibility for future processing for future procedures.
• 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."

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: National Qualifications Online digitalisation 2025 Response Schedule (PDF / 710 kb) (updated on July 15, 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 Online services have been launched for change, deletion, re-registration, Various Certificates issuance, change of home address, application for supplementary note registration of dispute resolution procedures agency services, and new issue.
* 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 July 15, 2025.

Tax, social security, etc.

• Physicians (in order from fiscal 2026)
• Persons who have completed clinical training for physicians (in stages since fiscal 2026)
• Dentists (in order since fiscal 2026)
• Persons who have completed clinical training for dental practitioners (from FY 2026 onward)
• Pharmacists (from fiscal 2026 onward)
• Nurses (from fiscal 2026 onward)
• Assistant Nurses (Since 2026)
• Public Health Nurses (since 2026)
• Midwives (in order from fiscal 2026)
• Physical therapists (in order from fiscal 2026)
• Occupational therapists (since 2026)
• Orthoptist (Beginning in FY 2026)
• Prosthetists (since 2026)
• Speech-language-hearing therapist (from fiscal 2026 onward)
• Clinical laboratory technicians (in order from fiscal 2026)
• Clinical engineer (Beginning in FY 2026)
• Radiological technologists (since 2026)
• Dental hygienist (since 2026)
• Dental technicians (from fiscal 2026 onward)
• Anma Massage Shiatsu Shiatsu Shiatsu Shiatsu Shiatsu Shiatsu Shiatsu 2026
• Harishi (in order from fiscal 2026)
• Moxibustion practitioner (Beginning in FY 2026)
• Judo therapists (since 2026)
• Emergency life-saving technicians (in order since fiscal 2026)
• Registered dietitian (in order from fiscal 2026)
• Dietitians (from fiscal 2026 onward)
• Nursery teachers (from fiscal 2026 onward)
• Long-Term Care Support Specialists (in order since fiscal 2026)
• Tax Accountant (examination) (scheduled after April 2026)

Other than taxes and social security

Child

• Nursery teachers limited to National Strategic Special Zones (in order from fiscal 2026)
• Practical guidance officer for birth control (Beginning in FY 2026)

Administration, Justice, Education, etc.

• Certified Administrative Procedures Legal Specialist (since 2025)
• Bar Examination (Sequential since 2025)
• Preliminary Examination for the Bar Examination (To be implemented in FY 2025 and
• Teachers (in order since fiscal 2026)
• Information processing safety assurance support staff (in order from fiscal 2026)

Housing and construction

• First class architects (phased in from fiscal 2026)
• Second class architects (from fiscal 2026 onward)
• Wooden structures architect (from fiscal 2026 onward)
• Building surveyors (from fiscal 2026 onward)
• Building and Facility Inspectors (from fiscal 2026 onward)
• Qualified building standard conformity evaluators (from fiscal 2025 onward)
• Qualified in structural calculation conformity assessment (To be implemented from FY 2025)
• Condominium managers (from fiscal 2026 onward)

Motor vehicle

• Automobile mechanics (Phased in from fiscal 2026)

Maritime

• Seamen (Since 2025)
• Small-sized ship operators (phased in from FY 2025)
• Maritime agent (in order from fiscal 2026)
• Health managers (from fiscal 2026 onward)
• Lifeboat operators (in order from fiscal 2026)

Sightseeing

• Nationwide guide interpreters (in order since fiscal 2026)
• Regional guide interpreters (in order from fiscal 2026)

Health and Medical Care

• Designated doctor for mental health (Beginning in FY 2026)
• Autopsies (Since 2026)
• Cooks (from fiscal 2026 onward)
• Hairdressers (since 2026)
• Hairdressers (from fiscal 2026 onward)
• Chief Water Supply Equipment Construction Engineer (Beginning in FY 2025)
• Confectionary Hygienist (since 2026)
• Dry cleaners (from fiscal 2026 onward)
• Professional cooks (in order from fiscal 2026)
• Registered sales representatives (from fiscal 2026 onward)
• Medical technologist (Beginning in FY 2026)
• Building Sanitary Environment Control Engineer (Beginning in FY 2025)
• A small number of doctors Doctors with District Experience Certification (To be phased in from FY 2026)
• Designated Doctors for Intractable Diseases (Designated Doctors for Cooperative Intractable Diseases) (in order from fiscal 2026)
• Designated Doctor for Specific Chronic Pediatric Diseases (in order since 2026)

Employment and labor

• Vocational training instructors (from FY 2026 onward)
• Certified skilled workers (132 types) (phased in from fiscal 2025)
• Career counselor (from fiscal 2025 onward)
• Occupational safety consultants (in stages since fiscal 2026)
• Industrial health consultant (To be implemented from FY 2026)
• Working Environment Measurement Expert (from fiscal 2026 onward)
• Certified Social Insurance and Labor Consultant (Examination for Representation in Dispute Resolution Procedures) (Scheduled to begin in FY 2026)
• Licenses under the Industrial Safety and Health Law (20 types) (to be phased in from fiscal 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
• Skill Training Certificate (69 types) (To be issued in and after fiscal 2025)
• Pension actuary (Sequential since 2026)

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 the National Qualifications Online digitalisation (PDF / 2,667 kb) (updated July 15, 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.