Japan declares 'war' on the humble floppy disk in new digital push

"We will be reviewing these practices swiftly," Kono said in a press conference, who added that PM Fumio Kishida has offered his full support. "Where does one even buy a floppy disk these days?"

Japan’s digital minister, who’s vowed to rid the bureaucracy of outdated tools from the hanko stamp to the fax machine, has now declared “war” on a technology many haven’t seen for decades -- the floppy disk. 
 

The hand-sized, square-shaped data storage item, along with similar devices including the CD or even lesser-known mini disk, are still required for some 1,900 government procedures and must go, digital minister Taro Kono wrote in a Twitter post Wednesday. 

“We will be reviewing these practices swiftly,” Kono said in a press conference Tuesday, who added that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has offered his full support.