Japanese media on December 2, 2025, heavily focused on the full transition to the My Number ID card for health insurance, with the conventional insurance cards expiring for 78 million company employees (Yomiuri Shimbun). This comes after ongoing discussions about its expansion challenges. Concurrently, discussions continued around proposed reductions to House of Representatives constituencies, affecting 20 prefectures, with the LDP and Ishin aiming to submit a bill to cut 10% of seats this session (NHK News, Asahi Shimbun). In other news, an individual was arrested after a knife incident at Tokyo DisneySea's Hotel Miracosta, identified as a former employee of a company holding a year-end party there (TBS News).
