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Japanese fax fans rally to defence of much-maligned machine
In Japan, hundreds of government offices rally to the defense of the fax machine, forcing the government to abandon its mission to turn officialdom into a digital-only operation.
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Japanese Hospitals File COVID cases by fax
Picture a Japanese hospital during the coronavirus pandemic’s peak: doctors treating patients while case numbers climbed, then sitting down with pen and paper to handwrite each infection report before walking to a fax machine. This was the legal requirement for coronavirus reporting in Japan during April 2020, when speed seemed essential but institutional protocol demanded…