Japanese Hanko Stamp System
Boing Boing is carrying this older article about the Hanko stamp system in Japan, which I’ve never heard about. Apparently, instead of signing an official document, one simply stamps it with a registered mark. I see a great increase in efficiency here, but the idea seems fraught with the sorts of dangers that the article goes into:
Two peoples withdrew money from a bank with identical seals. Guess what? They both lost $4000 or so. In the court sentence for this case, the guy will be reimbursed in full, because the seal of the copy hanko was different. The edge was thicker. As a proffessional, the bank should have found the difference when they saw the paper. The women will not get any money, because in her case the copy seal looked very close and it was hard to tell the difference…
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Yeah it’s a crazy system. You can get hanko’s for 100 yen, in fact I gave one away on my site in July. (only just came across your post).
If you’re interested, the post is: July’s Free Stuff – Hanko Set. We have free draws every month.