The Japanese government plans to popularize the use of online birth registration from fiscal 2026 at the earliest, no longer requiring physical submission of necessary documents to a municipal government.The country's family registration law requires a birth registration document along with a doctor-issued birth certificate to be submitted to local governments within 14 days of birth.Currently, the Justice Ministry only allows online birth registration when submitted with a digitally signed birth certificate. Due to the additional complexity of processing documents with digital signatures, …READ FULL ARTICLE
