US media said that Japan recently announced the new year number " Rei and " and will start using it on May 1. But changing the year number means "humidity" for most Japanese companies.
According to the US New York Times website on April 24, Moriya, deputy director of the Information Technology Innovation Department of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, said: "Changing the year number will have a huge impact on large companies with complex systems."
change year number cost is high
reported that large companies with relatively modern systems may calmly deal with this change. However, its overall impact is not entirely clear, and for many, such a change is not cheap either. All official forms, including tax refunds and marriage registration, use the imperial calendar, which makes it impossible for government employees and businesses to avoid this problem.
report pointed out that the cost of changing the year number is rising. The industrial center in central Japan, Nagoya , estimates that the city alone will spend about US$4.3 million (1 USD is approximately RMB 6.7) on preparations for the new era. For those businesses that cannot do paperwork well by the deadline, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry recommends an old-school solution: change the file with a Japanese erase seal with a New Year's name.
In a small factory in the suburbs of Tokyo, only three days after the "Reiwa" year number was announced, workers worked overtime to make this product order with Japanese characteristics (elastic seal).
"We used up our rubber in the first three days," said Takiguchi, the manager of the factory. He said he was considering hiring temporary workers to help with the busyness expected at the last minute of the month.
triggered discussion
The New York Times website said that various difficulties have triggered a nationwide discussion in Japan, that is, whether Japan finally has time to fully adopt the Gregorian calendar. Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar in dealing with other countries and coordinating global affairs such as the 2020 Olympics. Most people here have also adopted the Gregorian calendar in their personal lives.
reported that perhaps it is just difficult for Japan to give up tradition.
There has been a whole generation in Japan that has not experienced the change of the year number. The last time the era of high-speed computers has not yet arrived. In 1989, Japan announced that it would change the year number from Showa to Heisei . Within 24 hours, most of the preliminary work of replacing the logo and updating the table was done manually.
reported that this time, many people were not prepared. Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said that as of March this year, one in five of the more than 2,700 companies surveyed by the agency were not ready for the transition. Officials kept the name of the new era secret until April 1, just one month before the New Year's number change, making the problem even more difficult.
Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said government agencies and domestic financial institutions are most likely to encounter problems, some of which rely on outdated computer systems.
"Some private enterprises may not fully realize this problem and do not know what kind of problems they will encounter," he said.
In some cases, system administrators may have to update an operating system that is almost as old as the Heisei era. Moriya said the conversion process could be tricky or expensive, but could also force more companies to keep pace with the times.
On April 1, in Shinbashi, Tokyo, Japan, after the New Year's name "Reiwa" was announced, the Japanese people fought for newspapers on that day. (Xinhua News Agency)
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