Kono said. Hanko stamps are used widely across the country to officially sign a document in addition to using a signature. It is in many instances a legal requirement and is a cultural tradition ...

Taro Kono, the digital transformation minister, on Aug. 26 announced his candidacy for the Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential race in September, promising to tackle the “urgent” task of ...

This was the message former digital minister Taro Kono, 62, delivered as he welcomed members of the media and some of his fellow Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers last Thursday in the first ...