Nihongo Work

Seikatsu no NihongoAt the hospital

Do you have your My Number card? — asked at the reception desk

How to answer in Japan

★The paper health insurance card stopped working on 1 December 2025. You now show your My Number card. If you do not have one, your city office or health insurance society has sent you a paper called 資格しかく確認かくにん書しょ (certificate of eligibility). Without either, you may have to pay the whole cost that day.

⭕️ A good answer

Yes, here it is. / Sorry, I do not have one yet. I have a certificate of eligibility.

❌ Not enough

Saying nothing while you keep searching through your wallet. Tell them what you do have.

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Every question here comes from an interview on video, from a published guide to applying and interviewing in Japan, or from teachers explaining Japanese interviews in Nepali. Where a question turns on an official rule, the official page is listed as well. These are the sources for this one.