Japanese Government Says Employees Will Stop Saving Official Data on Floppy Disks

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Japanese Government Says Employees Will Stop Saving Official Data on Floppy Disks
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'Where does one even buy a floppy disk these days?'

On Tuesday, Kono announced a new initiative to allow government agencies to store data on the cloud — a major technological upgrade, given the ongoing use of outdated storage.

In fact, according to Kono, the country still has roughly 1,900 provisions in its laws requiring workers to store data on floppies and CDs. Other provisions call for data to be submitted on cassette tapes and MiniDiscs.. "We will change [these rules] promptly."

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