Japan Govt OKs Bill for Maritime Trade Document Digitization
Tokyo, Oct. 23 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government Friday approved a bill to revise the Commercial Code to allow bills of lading, needed for maritime trade, to be exchanged electronically. As other maritime states, including Britain, France and Singapore, are developing similar legislation, Japan aims to digitize trade-related procedures to maintain its competitiveness. The government hop...
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