ｉＰｈｏｎｅもマイナカード機能　来春搭載、利用拡大へアピール―政府

　政府は３０日、米アップル社のスマートフォン「ｉＰｈｏｎｅ（アイフォーン）」にマイナンバーカード機能を来春搭載すると発表した。マイナカードは保有枚数が今年４月末時点で１億枚に迫る一方、利用拡大が課題。デジタル社会を目指す政府は、スマホ搭載でカードの利便性を高め、メリットの実感につなげたい考えだ。
　岸田文雄首相が同日、ティム・クック最高経営責任者（ＣＥＯ）とオンラインで会談して合意した。林芳正官房長官は記者会見で「スマホ一つで、カードをかざす必要がなく、生体認証で安全かつ便利にこれらの利便性を享受してもらえる」とアピールした。（2024/05/30-18:01）

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met online with Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook on Thursday, confirming that personal identification functions of the My Number card will be bundled into iPhone smartphones.
   The government aims to improve the convenience of the card through the feature, which will be made available to iPhone users next spring. The functions can already be mounted on smartphones running on Google's Android operating system.
   Smartphone users do not need to use their My Number cards for identification for such purposes as applying for child care support, moving residence or obtaining public certificates at convenience stores, if their devices are mounted with their personal information read from the cards.
   The online meeting was also attended by digital transformation minister Taro Kono.
   Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi told a press conference that the government is working to expand the functionality of the My Number card.