Japanese companies graduate from 'hanko' stamps era

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Should Japanese businesses and people continue using their corporate and personal stamps, or should the things be put in museums? (Nikkei Montage)

NANA SHIBATA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- The coronavirus pandemic of 2020 is upending a Japanese business tradition that goes back more than 100 years -- hand-stamping documents to authenticate them.

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