For hundreds of years, Japanese people have used name stamps, known as hanko, to sign their name. People use hanko in everyday situations, such as receiving a parcel, and in formal contexts ...

The government plans to stamp out hanko requirements across ... list of several thousand procedures requiring registered seals and official seal-registration certificates to around 80.

Taro Kono announced on Oct. 2 that the “hanko” stamp seal requirement will be ... to submit documents stamped with an official seal to government agencies, a whopping 96 percent, or 785 ...