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Japan wins 2-year “war on floppy disks,” kills regulations requiring old tech
But what about fax machines?
There are also basic concerns around the old storage format, such as Tokyo police reportedly losing a pair of floppy disks with information on dozens of public housing applicants in 2021. The IMD says its rankings measure the "capacity and readiness of 64 economies to adopt and explore digital technologies as a key driver for economic transformation in business, government, and wider society." Kono urged government offices to quit requiring hanko personal stamps in 2020, but per The Japan Times, movement from the seal is occurring at a "glacial pace."
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