Japan plans massive national tech modernisation program

Japan has announced a policy to modernise its government with a massive new program of digitisation, because the nation has decided it needs better information infrastructure to cope with both the current pandemic and other future challenges. The novel coronavirus is the driver for the change: the documents describing the plan …

[Anonymous Coward]

What will al the desk jockeys at the ward office do now?

[Anonymous Coward]

Fax-geddon

What will happen to all the fax machines?

[Sudosu]

Re: Fax-geddon

They would go to Silicon Heaven, along with all of the calculators.

[sev.monster]

Re: Fax-geddon

Not all faxes go to heaven.

[prismatics]

Somehow I have a feeling that, unlike in other parts of the world, the planning of theirs will be executed perfectly.

[seven of five]

Using utmost discipline and massive, unrecorded overtime.

[Aleph0]

Hanko stamps

Wondering if they're thinking of doing away with those stamps they use in place of signatures.

Always thought of those hankos as a massive security issue, whoever steals (or compels the owner to hand over) them can legally sign everything in the owner's place. Like giving away your card and PIN to a mugger but worse...

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: Hanko stamps

There is talk of abolishing them.

[sev.monster]

Re: Hanko stamps

But how will you accept packages without your seal?? - Probably at least one Japanese person

[Dhanadar]

Re: Hanko stamps

I was wondering will humans be replaced with robots, there are already waiter robots in the market. future is horrifying.