Japan's hapless national ID-number system hits another glitch in country's long road to digitalization
By Toko Sekiguchi ( June 23, 2023, 09:37 GMT | Insight) -- Japan’s key policy initiative to accelerate the country’s slow digitalization by issuing its residents national identification numbers has become a major political liability for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s cabinet, as daily reports of technical and human-error glitches force the government to rethink rollout plans.Japan’s key policy initiative to accelerate the country’s slow digitalization by issuing its residents national identification numbers has become a major political liability for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s cabinet, as daily reports of technical and human-error glitches force the government to rethink its rollout plans....
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