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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Yuri Kageyama

Glitches in Japan's unpopular MyNumber digital ID cards draw a flood of complaints

ASSOCIATED PRESS

The minister charged with an overhaul of Japan's digitized system to assign a number to everyone living in the country has apologized, as doctors protested glitches with health insurance and local governments begged Thursday for clarity on how to handle the problems.

The MyNumber, or “MaiNa” for short, system has clearly gone afoul.

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