Apple Wallet App on iPhone Now Lets You Add Japan's My Number Card

Apple today announced that Japan's My Number Card can now be added to the Wallet app on an iPhone XS or newer running iOS 18.5 or later.

Apple Wallet Japan My Number Card
The card can be added to the Wallet app via the latest version of the Mynaportal app, and it can be presented in person or in apps, where accepted digitally.

Starting today, Apple said the My Number Card on the iPhone can be used to print official documents at convenience stores in Japan, and to access the Mynaportal to receive online government services. In the future, users will also be able to present a My Number Card on the iPhone at hospitals and pharmacies in Japan.

Japan is the first country to support the Wallet app's ID feature outside of the United States.

Apple says approximately 100 million people in Japan have a My Number Card.

More details are available on the Digital Agency's website.

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Top Rated Comments

Tres Avatar
8 months ago
As others are saying it was a very slick setup. MyNumber was pretty controversial when it launched a decade ago, but they’re really putting a lot of effort into making it useful and centralized. Good stuff.

The only (very) slight downside is that a MyNumber card can’t be added to an Apple Watch. Someone on Reddit was commenting that this is because it uses JPKI (Japan Public Key Infrastructure) instead of ISO 18013 (used for drivers licenses in the states). JPKI is apparently more secure, but requires an applet to run on a secure element when authorizing, which isn’t supported by the Watch.
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
tatsumi Avatar
8 months ago
Just added mine after reading these news!

Might come in handy the next time I do eTaxes or break a leg
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
JapanApple Avatar
8 months ago

At this point it’s basically a novelty since most certificates still require you to go to the ward office. They’re planning to integrate the drivers license and gaijin card into my number, but I don’t have my hopes up for the wallet based one to support any of that. Wonder how e-tax is going to handle it though.
It is not an novelty, you can go to any convenience store my number and get any documentation you want from the government or city. I do this all the time. I think you’re a little confused about the foreign registration and drivers license into one. Japan would never do this. Besides, the family registry does include foreign spouses in the official Japanese registry of families. So that’s the case they have integrated already. But in a virtual sense, they’re just doing this for E taxes.
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
JapanApple Avatar
8 months ago
WOW, that's awesome! I didn't believe Japan would do this. It helps! Now I can add My Number to iPhone! Even though an official app for the government.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
xander49x Avatar
8 months ago
This is a step in the right direction now if only the other countries would follow suit and the rest of the states that do not use digital Drivers license. If we can add passports why not other government I.D.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
svish Avatar
8 months ago
Good to see the ID feature expand finally outside the US. Will be beneficial if Apple can expand the ID feature to other countries too.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)