Abe orders review of seal-stamping custom

Having Abe or the government involved In this will only result in a report that “recommends “ and “strongly urges”, and probably only after several months of endless discussions.

Even if they decide to go ahead and officially scrap the system for something more befitting of the 21st century, you just know that the decision will require at least one hanko.

HBG...very funny and very true.

Just don't copy what Mizuho bank have implemented, it's essentially 1997 technology

Just don't copy what Mizuho bank have implemented, it's essentially 1997 technology

That is ten years better than most places.

It takes a pandemic threatening the economy to even get Japanese people to discuss joining the late 20th century in terms of technology.

Here’s another “novel” idea to assist the economy: Have banking hours be 9-5.

Another: Your bank doesn’t charge you after-hours fees to use its ATMs.

I don't see what the problem is. Just have someone get all the names of their department. Then go to Daiso and pick up about 20 of those hanko's, bring it back to the office and someone stamp everything for everyone. Same result.

or

Just GET RID of the outdated system!!!!!!!

"We have to review the system and its operation"

Ahhh, I can see it now:

Abe: Hmmm, Aso. What do you think?

Aso: Yeah I like hankos. I have 5.

Abe: No, I mean how can we avoid using these and try something new?

Aso: New? Like a fax machine?

Abe: Newer than that. Like one of them emailer (email) things or an SNES apple? (SNS app)

Aso: Never heard of those.

Abe: You're right. Why make any change? It's not like anyone is in any trouble. I mean we just sent out those donated masks from China, right? Everyone should be happy.

Aso: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...................

I remember filling out an application online. I had to email the form, but the thing that struck me was no option for digital signature. It asked to print out the form, sign it, scan it back in, then email. I said shrew it, screenshotted the form, and doodled my signature in paint (programme).

zichi:

Westerners sign a signature. For most no problem but for some they can't remember how they signed.

But I've never forgotten to bring my fingers with me wherever I go.

she would just write her name in alphabet but not in any signature form.

Doesn't matter. As long as you write it yourself.

My late grandmother never received any formal education and was illiterate. She HAD to learn to sign in her sixties to receive her pension. Yes, she was slow, but she managed to write in joint letters. You learn if you need it to survive. I find it hard to believe your wife would struggle that much.

Many commercial transactions now can be hanko or signature. But clearly the use of the seal for formal, goverment documentation is a carry over from Japan's long history and this crisis should be taken as an opportunity to put that into the historical museum.

Abe and Aso should talk to the Japan National Tax Authority - they use an e-tax system amd electronic submission, digital signatures, and were quite happy when they audited my company's paperless office and digital signatures on documents, as long as files were retained.