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Japan government accepts it’s no longer the ’90s, stops requiring floppy disks
Government amends 34 ordinances to no longer require diskettes.
Kono announced intentions to amend regulations to support online submissions and cloud data storage, changing requirements that go back several decades, as noted recently by Japanese news site SoraNews24. As per a Google translation of a January 23 article from the Japanese tech website PC Watch, the ministry has deleted requirements of floppy disks and CD-ROMs for various ordinances, including some pertaining to quarrying, energy, and weapons manufacturing regulations. METI's announcement, as per a Google translation, highlighted the Japanese government's "many provisions stipulating the use of specific recording media such as floppy disks regarding application and notification methods," as well as "situations that are hindering the online implementation of procedures."
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