# Japan and technology.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-and-technology/848258>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 20, 2020, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-and-technology/848258 "2020-02-20T20:59:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-and-technology/848258/5 "2020-02-21T06:13:43Z")

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> [@CastletonSnob](#):
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> Japan is often thought of as the country of cutting edge, futuristic technology, but that might not always be true. I recently read that lots of people in Japan still use fax machines and a lot of Japanese companies still use Geocities for web design.
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> Can anyone who’s been to Japan or knows more about Japanese culture say if this is true or not? And if it’s true, why does Japan use outdated technology?

I am sick and tired of people sneering at fax machines and claiming that they’re outdated technology. You personally may be smart; I don’t know. I’ve never met you. But you hold some mighty ignorant opinions.

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