EROPA Bulletin Volume 34 Nos. 3-4 | Page 12

12 EROPA Bulletin Vol. 34 Nos. 3-4 (July-December 2013) Key officials discuss leadership... (From page 11) when the National Tax Agency’s e-tax system began an ID verification system, then in May 2013, with the passage of the “My Number” bill, assigning ID numbers to all residents. Mr. Taki then discussed innovations in emergency response in Japan. He related the aftermath of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake in 1995, and implied that Japan Y