Obtaining Certification to Handle Electronic Powers of Attorney and Initiatives to Go Paperless

「The company has also begun cooperating with HANCOM Inc., a major South Korean software company, to expand AI biometric authentication and identity verification services in Japan's financial and enterprise markets.」

「CloudCerts expanded its use cases, including the start of digital certificate issuance by new customers and the use of digital student IDs issued through the service as certificates of school attendance on certain public transportation services in Okinawa Prefecture.」

「CloudCerts was used to issue official certificates for the Wakayama Prefecture High School Esports Championship in February 2025, and the company advanced efforts to develop the municipal government market in coordination with its government cloud business. At the Japan DX Week trade show held in April 2025, it recorded its highest-ever number of qualified leads. The company will continue systematic follow-up to secure new orders and will further intensify its sales activities to generate additional opportunities.」

「CloudCerts began issuing pharmacist qualification certificates issued by the Japan Pharmaceutical Association in March 2024, in what was Japan’s first initiative to digitalize certificates proving possession of a national qualification. From August 2024, it also began issuing certificates of completion for extracurricular foreign-language courses conducted by Kindai University. In addition, the company focused on initiatives to further expand the service, including releasing a Standard version for small-scale users and exhibiting at trade shows such as Blockchain EXPO, held in May 2024.」

「CloudCerts began issuing pharmacist qualification certificates issued by the Japan Pharmaceutical Association in March 2024, in what was Japan’s first initiative to digitalize certificates proving possession of a national qualification. The service was also selected to digitalize certificates of completion for extracurricular foreign-language courses conducted by Kindai University, and preparations proceeded for the launch of issuance in August 2024. In addition, the company focused on initiatives to further expand the service, including developing a Standard version for small-scale users, released in July 2024, and exhibiting at trade shows such as Blockchain EXPO, held in May 2024.」

「CloudCerts began issuing pharmacist qualification certificates issued by the Japan Pharmaceutical Association in March 2024. This was the first initiative in Japan to digitalize certificates proving possession of a national qualification.」

「In the trust business, recurring revenue increased and revenue grew as the company expanded its service offerings, including the launch in May 2023 of digital official certificates for the TOEIC® Program public test using CloudCerts. In addition, as part of its efforts to digitalize real estate transactions, the company plans to begin providing an electronic contract service using My Number Card authentication from the third quarter of the fiscal year ending December 2023 and continues preparations.」

「In the trust business, recurring revenue increased and revenue grew as the company expanded its service offerings, including the launch in May 2023 of digital official certificates for the TOEIC® Program public test using CloudCerts. In addition, as part of its efforts to digitalize real estate transactions, the company plans to begin providing an electronic contract service using My Number Card authentication from the third quarter of the fiscal year ending December 2023 and continues preparations.」

「The company steadily advanced preparations for the launch, in May 2023, of digital official certificates for the TOEIC® Program public test using CloudCerts, for which it received an order in 2022.」

「The company steadily advanced initiatives to develop new trust services based on the My Number Card, including a proof-of-concept project aimed at putting real estate registration fully online and conducting commercial registration changes online using its internally developed signature system, Mynat Trust Electronic Signature. In addition to the May 2022 agreement with South Korean company RAONSECURE, the company agreed in September of the same year to conduct joint research with Wakayama University, thereby building a framework for cooperation with external parties to support future business development in blockchain and decentralized ID technologies.」

「In May 2022, the company signed a business alliance agreement with South Korean software company RAONSECURE Inc. concerning electronic certificate services based on blockchain and decentralized ID infrastructure. Through this alliance, the company aims to leverage RAONSECURE’s blockchain-based decentralized ID infrastructure to distribute a broader range of certifications securely through its trust services.」

「The trust business began providing CloudCerts, a certificate issuance service using blockchain technology obtained in 2021. However, because resources were concentrated on developing new services, revenue was lower than in the same period of the previous year, when existing services were introduced. At the same time, the company steadily advanced the development of new trust services based on the My Number Card, including a proof-of-concept project aimed at putting real estate registration fully online.」

「In December 2021, the company made active R&D investments, including obtaining CloudCerts, a certificate issuance service using blockchain technology.」

「In August 2021, the company began operating its electronic power-of-attorney service, Mynat Trust Electronic Power of Attorney, on the Government Procurement Portal and the Government e-Procurement System (GEPS).」

「In the trust business, the company introduced its existing timestamp-enabled workflow, TsunAG, during the first quarter. At the same time, it expanded its workforce and made active R&D investments to develop new trust services based on the My Number Card.」

「Based on its accreditations as a timestamp service provider, a platform operator for the Public Personal Authentication Service, and an electronic power-of-attorney service provider, the company is developing trust services that anyone can use easily and at low cost by leveraging the rapidly spreading My Number Card.」

「On 14 July 2020, the company obtained accreditation for electronic power-of-attorney services from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and proceeded with preparations to fully launch initiatives aimed at improving the convenience of government and private-sector services by promoting paperless operations and the elimination of personal seals.」