@witchling a lot of it is also basically a lingering cultural legacy Japan had in the 80s in the west where everyone was terrified it was going to get ahead of everyone with their tech industry and be unstoppable. but that pretty much collapsed after the bubble popped and Japan experienced its "lost decade(s)" where ironically they in general are way less willing to embrace modern technologies e.g. in their offices where a lot of stuff is still written by hand