The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, one of the main agencies of the Japanese government, recently announced that it will amend the provincial order to abolish the regulations on the use of floppy disks, CD-ROMs (i.e., read-only disks), and no longer require companies or other institutions to use these ancient storage media when applying and reporting.
Although it is already 2024, many companies and government agencies in Japan still relied on some traditional tools for office work. For example, fax machines, which many Japanese people complained about before, can obviously scan and send emails directly. Some companies and institutions have made it mandatory to use fax machines.
Ancient storage media such as floppy disks and CD-ROMs are also widely used by the Japanese government. Although floppy disks and CD-ROMs do not have many years of history, information technology has developed so fast that these storage media are indeed ancient versions.
Among the current laws under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, a large number of laws regulate the use, application and declaration methods of specific recording media such as floppy disks, which directly hinders online processing and digitization.
After amending the law and abolishing the regulations on the use of storage media such as floppy disks and read-only CDs, in the future, individuals and businesses will be able to submit information through other methods, including cloud services, and will no longer need to use those media for mailing or door-to-door processing.
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