This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.'We have won the war on floppy disks on June 28!' says Digital Minister Taro Kono, who has been vocal about wiping out fax machines and other analog technology in Japan's government
By the middle of last month, the Digital Agency had scrapped all 1,034 regulations governing their use, except for one environmental stricture related to vehicle recycling. The Digital Agency was set up during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, when a scramble to roll out nationwide testing and vaccination revealed that the government still relied on paper filing and outdated technology.