Individual Number Card

Governing entity

Digital Agency

Status of implementation

Active

Legally binding redress mechanism

Both

URL

https://www.kojinbango-card.go.jp

Last Updated

25/06/25

Claim digital ID

YES

ID or Civil Registry Act

YES

Regulation for digital ID

YES

Identity act codifies legal status

YES

Identity act sets up procedural rules for data management

YES

Identity act clarifies relationship with feeder documents

NA

Terms of data storage and sharing available

YES

National Data Protection Act exists

YES

Data leak disclosure process exists

YES

Data handling terms exist

YES

Uses biometrics

YES

Enables authentication

YES

Enables KYC

YES

Enables authentication via government portal

NA

Two or more sectoral use cases enabled

YES

BOJ-NET and ZenginNet

Payment system type

Interbank payment system

Status of implementation

Active

Operator

Central bank

National or Regional

National

Annual value of transactions (USD)

2016- 1 B

Annual volume of transactions

2016- 6.4 M

Cost of transactions

RTGS system, does not operate 24/7

Participants

2016- > 500, 2016- >500

Types of transactions supported

P2P, B2B, P2M, G2P

Type of settlement system

RTGS

URL

https://www.boj.or.jp

Last Updated

01/10/24

Active real-time payment system

YES

Cross-border payments

NA

QR code transactions

NA

Bank participation

YES

Non-bank participation

NO

Interoperability policy

NA

Participation rules

NA

Data-handling rules

NA

Reporting forum

NA

AML Law

YES

Base technical architecture

NA

Status of implementation

Active

Governing Entity

Digital Agency

Coordination unit

Digital Agency

National or Regional

National

Sector-specific or Cross-sectoral

Cross-sectoral

Permitted participants

Public

Ownership

Public

URL

https://www.digital.go.jp

Last Updated

01/10/24

Semantic interoperability

YES

Real-time sharing

YES

Scalable architecture

YES

Auditable

YES

Procedural rules for data mgmt

YES

Enrolment and participation information

YES

Used by more than one public entity

YES

Impact metrics

NA