Only Fraction of Japanese Residents Use My Number ID Card for Health Insurance

A survey on attitudes towards the My Number Card by Kioichō Strategy Institute Inc. in mid-October present that 68.2% of respondents understood totally or to some extent the nationwide identification system and the fundamentals of the cardboard itself. Among respondents, 59.4% stated they’ve a My Number Card, which roughly corresponds to the 55.7% of Japanese as a complete, or 70.11 million folks, who’ve been issued a card as of October 2. By distinction, 18.4% of respondents stated that they’d no intention of acquiring a card.

As a method of selling the My Number Card scheme, the federal government is conducting a marketing campaign to present card holders as much as ¥20,000 value of My Number Points that can be utilized for buying and different functions. The marketing campaign appears to be having a sure impact, with 56% of respondents which have playing cards saying they’ve acquired factors. However, when requested if they’ve used their My Number Card for functions corresponding to identification or functions to authorities companies, solely 29.9% stated they’ve, suggesting that it’ll take extra time for the playing cards to take maintain.

Although the use of My Number Cards to confirm well being insurance standing was launched in October 2021, solely 3.3% of the respondents had registered and had been utilizing the IDs in lieu of commonplace well being insurance playing cards, whereas 35.3% had registered however not but used the cardboard or had not discovered medical establishments the place it may very well be used.

The on-line survey obtained responses from 1,000 individuals who had been 18 or older. Individual data was not specified.

(Translated from Japanese. Banner photograph © Pakutaso.)