We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Japanese politics & policy news every morning. Taro Kono catalogued almost 15,000 occasions when the only way to satisfy Japan’s ...
The ink’s still drying, but the shrinking “hanko” seal industry may have found an unlikely savior amid Japan's push to go paperless: international tourists. In early May, Rachel Grey and Danielle ...
TOKYO >> After being tapped as administrative reform minister, Taro Kono has wasted little time in waging war on emblems of Japan’s bureaucratic red tape: first, hanko (personal seals), and now, the ...
Often used in lieu of signatures, hanko (personalized seals displaying one's name) are a necessary means of identification to stamp official documents in everything from work to marriage. While these ...
TOKYO >> Hanko — personal stamps used in Japan for official business — has been the focus of much attention amid the move toward teleworking in response to the coronavirus. The stamps, also referred ...
MATSUE—A company employee’s request to artisans for a project to promote their struggling industry was met with incredulity. “This has never been done before,” they said. The employee had held up a ...
For centuries, the hanko have served as the official mark of companies, organizations and individuals. The COVID-19 health crisis has pushed Japan to realize that technology can be deployed for ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Taro Kono catalogued almost 15,000 occasions when the only way to satisfy Japan’s fastidious bureaucracy was ...
Often used in lieu of signatures, hanko (personalized seals displaying one's name) are a necessary means of identification to stamp official documents in everything from work to marriage. While these ...
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