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TIL that Japan used to be a tech giant but it is stuck with fax machines, ink stamps, and other outdated tools due to bureaucracy, aging population, and resistance to digital change. Once home to Sony and Nintendo, it now struggles to modernize despite creating a Digital Agency after the pandemic.

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