The floppy disk refused to die in Japan - laws that forced the continued use of floppies have finally hit the chopping block - eviltoast
Officials won't ask for CD media either.
  • AnneBonny@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    10 months ago

    FTA:

    Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has abolished any requirement for applicants to use this ancient clicking and buzzing magnetic media when filing official documents. Until last week there were about 1,900 official governmental application procedures that stipulated businesses must submit floppies or CD-ROMs (specifically) containing supplementary data.