Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry promotes the abandonment of floppy disks and CD-ROMs and no longer forces the use of outdated storage media

According to news from this site on January 23, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) issued an announcement yesterday to amend the relevant legal provisions within its jurisdiction, will no longer designate floppy disks or CD-ROM discs as storage media.

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Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry stated in the announcement: Under the original law, although cloud services were used to create documents "It is feasible in practice", but overall, it is not clear whether outdated storage media can be completely replaced by cloud services, This has also become an obstacle to online services.

In Japan, the elimination of floppy disks and CD-ROMs has always been a troublesome issue. On the one hand, Japan is one of the most aging countries in the world, and older people tend to use storage media that they are familiar with. On the other hand, Japan’s bureaucracy and corporate culture are relatively conservative, so efforts to change habits in government and business face significant resistance. This situation makes it more difficult to eliminate floppy disks and CD-ROMs.

This site reported in 2022 that Japan’s Digital Minister Taro Kono stated that 1,900 regulations owned by the Japanese government that specify the use of backward storage media such as floppy disks and CD-ROMs will be revised to facilitate the public’s online submission material.

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