The Japanese government has been relying on Floppy Disks in its state IT system for a long time, which has become a problem as Floppy Disks have become increasingly scarce. Previously, they attempted to amend the outdated laws that still mandated the use of Floppy Disks as the official data storage medium for the public sector.
In the past week, the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) of Japan has announced numerous revisions to ministerial regulations, aiming to eliminate the specific requirement of using Floppy Disks or CD-ROMs for data recording. This move allows government agencies to explore alternative methods of data transmission, such as cloud-based solutions.
TLDR: The Japanese government is finally ditching the obsolete use of Floppy Disks in its IT system, as new regulations have been introduced to embrace modern data storage and transmission methods.
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