TOKYO -- Japan's coronavirus response and economic activities as a whole have suffered because only a small fraction of government applications and forms have been migrated online, despite a decades-old push to turn the country into a digital pioneer.
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Japan's analog government struggles to accept anything online
Under 10% of applications are digital, while neighbor South Korea zooms ahead
Japanese residents still need to go to local municipal offices, like city hall in Utsunomiya pictured here, to submit paperwork. (Photo by Naoyuki Kozuki)
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