rail, but what is this attachment floppy disks, and retro tech, particularly within government circles that you think might try and be more on the cutting edge? the cutting edge? japan is really strong the cutting edge? japan is really strong in the cutting edge? japan is really strong in hardware, | the cutting edge? japan is i really strong in hardware, if you talk about industrial robots, some of the most advanced come from japan, video game machines, little parts that go into smartphones, this is really more of a software problem. it s getting information that might be on my desk into the hands of a government official, maybe a list of employees or something. it could be anything. i think that s where japan really is struggling and finally is recognising that. the covid i9 pandemic really inspired these reforms. ., pandemic really inspired these reforms.- early - pandemic really inspired these reforms.- early in - pandemic really inspired these reforms.- early in the| reforms.
cost of this war. without a decisive breakthrough, ukraine is still suffering. quentin sommerville, bbc news, donbas. a cargo ship carrying a grain shipment from ukraine has run aground in turkey s bosphorus strait. it s halted shipping through istanbul. turkish officials say lady zehma suffered rudderfailure, but was safely anchored. the ship is one of six that left black sea ports in ukraine under a un brokered export deal. japan declares war on retro technology after discovering almost two thousand govenment processes are still carried out using, minidiscs, floppy disks and cds. she received the nobel peace prize for her work
page of the wall street journal a few years ago, the minister was having a war against the fax and this is the new campaign. is anybody pushing back? 0ne cyber security minister admitted a few years ago that he had never used a computer. i m just wondering what the public reaction is, to floppy disks still being in use or indeed to this war on floppy disks? i think there is a lot of sympathy for the minister dealing with this, kono. he isa he is a public relations pro as well. he knows this is a way to get attention for his initiatives. people here are familiar with bureaucracy. may be accustomed to it so that it another reason why change has been slow. no one would object to improving procedures but they are also accustomed to bringing in paper and floppy
it would be the costa del sol, costa did lose and this beautiful cove in gibraltar. i ve just come back from there, the ship is metres away from this lovely beach, which is very, very popular with locals and tourists. now some good news through the morning, they are pumping the fuel from the ship, about 250 tonnes of diesel, half of that operation is now complete. there is a lot of concern but also optimism. to japan, somewhere which most of us associate with high tech and innovation. but it s also a country whose government still uses floppy disks. it s reported up to 1,900 government procedures still require businesses to use the storage devices and now the country s digital minister has declared war on floppy disks and other retro tech that s still used. taro kono says regulations would be updated to allow people to use online services instead. earlier i spoke to the wall streetjournal s tokyo bureau chief, peter landers, who said mr kono is on a mission to digitalise japan.
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