Friday, June 15, 2007
Abe eyes pension ID numbers, IC cards
Kyodo News
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday he was eager to introduce a common social security number that would allow the government to unify its scattered data on pensions, health-care and other public social security programs, saying it would be more convenient and raise administrative efficiency.
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070615a7.html
This quote from the Japan Times made us think about the possiblitity that each of the Japanese will have their social security number soon. I wonder whether it is good, though. I can't imagine how much it would cost to have a new system, which will be paid by tax. Also, it might be kind of risky to let the nation have all the information each Japanese citizen has.
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