Japan is fascinating to me because obviously the culture puts a huge emphasis on traditions. And that is fine. It also seems to me that at some point the fear o

Japan is fascinating to me because obviously the culture puts a huge emphasis on traditions. And that is fine. It also seems to me that at some point the fear of not "refreshing" the old ways leads to anachronisms like these. This is not just a one off, as we know - Japan is still a heavy (the only?) user of floppy disks and fax machines. Sometimes traditions need to be revisited - and then retired.