Japanese regularly validate day-to-day documents, as well as official forms, with hanko, personal seals made from wood, plastic, and other materials. These stamps, which carry the same weight as ...

Takahashi was among those who campaigned for a stamp to honor Japanese American WWII veterans ... They sent the U.S. Postal Service 10,000 handwritten signatures and 10,000 online signatures.

But in Japan, everyone is expected to have a stamp called a hanko or inkan. These customised seals are used to print your name in in the exact same way every time you sign something. The inkan's ...

As more people work remotely, Japanese companies are switching to e-signatures from physical stamps called hanko to authenticate documents—a practice Japan followed since at least the 1800s.

Japan will give e-signatures stamp of approval: DocuSign chief . Traditions like hanko seals face reckoning as coronavirus transforms workplaces. DocuSign's revenue last year was around $1 billion.

In Japan, instead of writing your signature on legal documents, adults are expected to use a personal seal, called either a hanko or inkan. Usually stamped with red ink, the seal leaves a round circle ...

A portrait of Fusako "Fusa" Takahashi, 93 of Granite Bay, Ca., holding an envelope with the new US Postal stamps "Go For Broke" at the Japanese American National Museum on Friday, June 4, 2021 in ...

Japan is home to the world’s largest legal market in ivory, driven by demand for hankos: the small stamps Japanese use in place of signatures for anything from opening a bank account to signing ...