The Japan Times: Japan has recently made it a priority to do away with the traditional stamps, us…

Japan has recently made it a priority to do away with the traditional stamps, used to approve official paperwork, which are as ubiquitous in the country as signatures elsewhere. Japan has been targeting the nation’s reliance on cheap, ready-made “hanko” seals, often ridiculed by foreign media outlets as a symbol of the country’s outdated customs in an age of widespread digital signature use. But with hand-carved, high-quality hanko made by artisans considered virtually impossible to counterfeit, hanko culture — which has existed in Japan for over a millennium — is likely to endure. Read more with the link in our bio. 📸 Ryusei Takahashi (@ryuseitakahashi217)
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