Individual Number Notification Cards and My Number Cards

What is an Individual Number?

The Individual Number System (commonly known as “My Number”) is a unique 12-digit number that is assigned to each person who possesses a Resident Record. To prevent persons being identified by their numbers, the numbers are applied with no relation to identifiable factors such as home address or date of birth, etc. The My Number system offers a number of advantages. It helps realize a fairer and more just society as well as enhances the convenience of the nation’s citizens. It also helps improve administrative efficiency.

About Individual Number Notification Cards

If you have just arrived in Japan, an Individual Number Notification Card that shows your My Number will be mailed to the address registered on your Resident Record after you complete the required resident registration procedures. Your My Number is very important and necessary for living in Japan. To make sure that you receive it, you are encouraged to confirm the following points:

Please make sure to display your name on your letterbox or on the front door of your home. Furthermore, please file a “notice of change of address” with the post office in order that you may continue to receive your mail without disruption.

What is a My Number Card?

マイナンバーカード見本

A My Number Card is a plastic card with your name, address, date of birth, sex and picture on the front, and My Number written on the back. Applying to be issued with a card is voluntary. (An application is free-of-charge at the first time).

Note:Either extend your period of stay in Japan or change your residential address, you need to visit the Toshima City Office so as to complete certain administrative procedures.

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Applying for a My Number Card

Applying by mail

To the “Application Form for Issuance of an Individual Number Card,” you are asked to affix a portrait photograph of yourself, and then to post the application form off in the return envelope provided.

Applying online

It is also possible to apply for a My Number Card online by using portrait photographs taken with a digital camera or smartphone. This can be done by accessing the “Issuance of an Individual Number Card” website, entering the required information, uploading a portrait photograph, and then submitting the online form. You need to have the ID listed on the “Application Form for the Issuance of an Individual Number Card” for certain item to make online application. Please correctly input your application form ID. If the application form ID is input incorrectly, we cannot issue you a My Number card.

Receiving an Individual Number (My Number) Card

The Toshima City Office will notify you once your My Number Card is ready to be picked up. After you receive this notification, please make an appointment by phone to visit the Toshima City Office. Please visit by yourself to the inquiries counter with the necessary items listed in the notification.

Note:When receiving your My Number Card, you are asked to set your security PIN.

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Inquiries

Toshima City My Number Call Center, Tel. 03-3981-1122 (In Japanese only)

Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Excluding public holidays, year-end/New Year’s holidays)

Multilingual My Number Common Nationwide Navigation Dial Service

Inquiries about the My Number System and the Mynaportal (Tel: 0120-0178-26)
Inquiries about My Number Cards procedures (Tel: 0120-0178-27)

(Services available in English, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese)　　　　

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The validity of My Number Cards held by foreign residents is limited to the date of expiration of their period of stay. However, this stipulation does not apply to persons who are either permanent residents or special permanent residents.

Persons who have filed an application for an extension of their period of stay in Japan with the Immigration Services Agency of Japan need to visit their local municipality and complete the necessary procedures to extend the validity of their My Number Card prior to the expiration of their current period of stay in Japan.