In Japan personal seals are required to buy a car, rent an apartment or get married
over the shelves in Fujio Kawasaki’s shop. Customers once sought out this corner of Tokyo for quality, the personal seals Japanese use as signatures. Among the goods on display is a seal carved from elephant tusk, a relic from a bygone era. Nobody will fork out ¥80,000 for such items these days, says Mr Kawasaki. Now he fears the government will force him out of business altogether.are a feature of life in Japan. Every adult—even the emperor—has one.
The rationale for the legislation is simple and sound, argues Takuya Hirai, minister of science and technology. Japanese people waste far too much time filling in forms, he says; the shrinking population can no longer afford to maintain this bloated paper-based bureaucracy. Mr Hirai has little sympathy for the sentimental national attachment to personal seals.industry has reacted with an emotional letter, pleading with Mr Hirai to scrap his plans.
Many Japanese seem ready to let go, however. The use of signatures had been spreading even before the government got involved. Mr Kawasaki’s shop is more than 80 years old. His father founded it. But it will not survive to the next generation, Mr Kawasaki laments.
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