Get your fax right: Bungling officials spark nuclear scare

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3 pointsUltramanoid2 comments

>Many Japanese government departments and companies still rely on fax machines for communication.

My understanding is that was and still might be the case for a lot of Japan.

IIRC the story of a restaurant who stopped taking fax orders and tried to encourage internet orders ... people just quit ordering so they went back to taking fax orders.

You can send / receive faxes from konbini ( tens of thousands of stores open 24/7 ) as well, not even needed to actually own a fax machine -- I don't, but have to use the service a few times a week.

Edit : I can only confirm the relatively widespread use of it in Japan to this day, not sure what's the reasoning behind it myself.

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