Learn in the textbookDigital Government and the Foundations of Administrative Systems
DefinitionThe Resident Register Network System (住民基本台帳ネットワークシステム, or Juki-net) links each municipality's Basic Resident Register (住民基本台帳) over a network so that identity verification information (本人確認情報) can be used nationwide.
ExplanationThe Basic Resident Register is the municipal register that collects each resident's record. Through Juki-net (住基ネット), information used for identity checks, such as name, address, and resident record code, can be looked up via a nationwide system. This can spare people from attaching a copy of their resident record when they apply to national agencies and others.
AnalogyLike taking the member lists each branch kept separately and making just the fields needed for identity checks available through one nationwide lookup desk.
Memory hookThe short form Juki-net (住基ネット) joins the first characters of jūmin (resident) and kihon daichō (basic register) with "net".