Soshi Hamaguchi | Identity Specialist
Digital Agency, Government of Japan
Soshi Hamaguchi is an Identity Specialist at the Digital Agency, Government of Japan, where he works on policy and technical initiatives related to trusted digital identity and cross-border interoperability. His areas of expertise include digital identity wallets, verifiable credentials, public key infrastructure, electronic signatures and seals, trust services, and identity assurance frameworks. He has contributed to government, academic, and industry discussions on Japan’s digital identity ecosystem and has presented internationally on verifier registration, trusted lists, and the interoperability of trust services.
Appearances:
Identity Week America - Day 2 @ 11:10
Japan's My Number Card: Advancing digital identity through smartphone integration
This session presents a case study on Japan's My Number Card, the cornerstone of the nation's digital identity infrastructure, and its integration into smartphones. It will cover the current status and adoption of the My Number Card, its role within Japan's Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), and how embedding secure credentials into mobile devices is transforming citizen access to government and private-sector services.
The session will also touch on some of the challenges and future considerations, and hopes to offer useful perspectives for those interested in digital identity initiatives.
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