Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends a session at the parliament in Tokyo on April 30. He has been promoting working from home to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. — AFP
TOKYO: Japan's health ministry will introduce a system for health centres to report new coronavirus cases online instead of by hand-written faxes, phone or email – drawing praise from some but scorn from others wondering what took it so long.
Despite Japan's high-tech image, many businesses and government offices still rely on fax machines, generating documents on which officials can stamp their approval with traditional "hanko" seals, and leaving a paper trail.
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