Is Japan Right to Declare War on Floppy Disks?
“Where does one even buy a floppy disk?” a rhetorical Taro Kono asked a room full of reporters.
Ironically, the answer is Japanese. In fact, anyone who’s shuffled along the basement aisles of an Akihabara retro store, perused the shelves in a Tokyo Hard Off, or fumbled around in a Japanese office desk will tell you as much.
But I appreciate Kono’s point. I also fall right in line with the sentiment — it’s about time the government rid itself of antiquated technology.
The digital affairs minister posed the question as part of his opening gambit to “declare war” on


