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Register My Number Card as Health Insurance Card

This registration lets you use your My Number Card as your health insurance card. It takes just a few minutes via the MynaPortal app. You can also register at a card reader terminal in a clinic or pharmacy. Registration is a one-time process — after that, it stays linked automatically.

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Steps

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Install the 'MynaPortal' app on your smartphone (free on the App Store / Google Play)

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Open the app and log in with your My Number Card (hold the card against the back of your phone for NFC reading)

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Tap 'Health Insurance Card Registration' on the home screen and follow the on-screen instructions

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Once registered, you can present your My Number Card at any clinic or pharmacy reception as your health insurance card

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Important notes

Besides the Mynaportal app, you can register at a face-recognition card reader in a clinic or pharmacy, or at a Seven Bank ATM - so no smartphone, or a phone without NFC, is not a barrier

If you've already registered, no need to do it again — check your registration status in the MynaPortal app

Traditional health insurance cards stopped being issued on December 2, 2024, the last of them expired on December 1, 2025, and the grace period that still accepted expired cards ended on July 31, 2026. People without a registered My Number health card are issued a qualification confirmation certificate free of charge and without applying, so not registering does not cut you off from insured treatment

Both National Health Insurance and employer-based health insurance are supported

Foreign nationals with a residence card are also eligible. You can register as long as you are enrolled in health insurance

Even after the electronic certificates on your card expire, it still works as a health insurance card for 3 months. During that time none of the other functions work, so renew at your municipal office promptly

Since September 19, 2025, medical institutions and pharmacies that are equipped for it accept a My Number card loaded onto a smartphone as your health insurance card

If for some reason the reader cannot process your My Number health card, the clinic confirms your coverage another way, so you pay your normal share rather than the full cost

Official info verified: 2026-09-10 / Source: mhlw.go.jp
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