The Japanese Immigration Bureau will develop smartphone application dedicated to detecting fake residence cards. They aim to launch the said application within this year. Residence card is issued to every non-Japanese resident of Japan to be carried all the time.

News article from the Sankei News dated January 7, 2020

https://www.sankei.com/affairs/news/200107/afr2001070002-n1.html

For now, you can check for the genuine residence card from the following link provided by the Immigration Bureau:

http://www.immi-moj.go.jp/newimmiact_1/pdf/zairyu_syomei_mikata.pdf

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