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This is the best summary I could come up with:
It recently announced amendments to laws requiring the use of the physical media formats for submissions to the government for things like alcohol business, mining, and aircraft regulation.
Kono announced intentions to amend regulations to support online submissions and cloud data storage, changing requirements that go back several decades, as noted recently by Japanese news site SoraNews24.
As per a Google translation of a January 23 article from the Japanese tech website PC Watch, the ministry has deleted requirements of floppy disks and CD-ROMs for various ordinances, including some pertaining to quarrying, energy, and weapons manufacturing regulations.
METI's announcement, as per a Google translation, highlighted the Japanese government's "many provisions stipulating the use of specific recording media such as floppy disks regarding application and notification methods," as well as "situations that are hindering the online implementation of procedures."
With usage growing and peaking in the '80s and '90s, the floppy disk couldn't compete with the likes of CD-ROMs, USB thumb drives, and other more advanced forms of storage made available by the late '90s.
Its Japanese customers are "mostly hobbyists and private parties that have machines or musical equipment that continue to use floppy disks," Tom Persky, who runs the site, said.
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