With the IC passport service fee set to increase in the coming year, Lo said the number of applications for new passports is expected to increase in the second half of this year. Lo added that the 1.5 ...

A new kind of passport containing an integrated circuit chip is part of the Japanese government's anti-terrorism program, Yomiuri Shimbun reported Tuesday. The passports, which may appear as early ...

TOKYO &#151 Responding to a fast-approaching deadline by the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security for global deployment of electronically readable visas, Japan's Sharp Corp. has begun volume shipments of ...

In a bid to counter passport forgery, Japan will start issuing on March 20 a new type of passport that uses an integrated circuit chip containing the holder's facial data, Foreign Minister Taro ...

Kenneth Liao (廖港民), head of the TECO New York office, reiterated that objective as he handed the 1,000th IC passport to its applicant. He also expressed the hope that the US, which he described as one ...

This cute Pasmo Passport IC card, which you can use for transport and shopping in Tokyo, will be discontinued in August. Written by Kaila Imada Digital Editor, Time Out Tokyo Monday 8 April 2024.