Japan’s tax system KSK2 clogs counters, Oracle issues a force majeure notice, and the EU’s packaging rules hit the shop floor — plus 7 more｜BPJ News Evening Edition
Tonight, IT spend and regulation are exposing not how fast things run—but how work gets done when they stop. Paper, labels, and fulfillment are being revalued as the “last resort.”
After Japan’s National Tax Agency switched over to the new KSK2 system (2026-09-24–), some tax certificates are no longer issued immediately. Data-center investment is wobbling under both financial-regulator scrutiny and construction delays, while the EU’s packaging rules are pushing labels and materials documentation into day-to-day operations.
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The more work goes digital and automated, the more visible the “manual scaffolding” becomes the moment something stops.
This morning’s set of stories—an administrative system disruption, shaky AI-infrastructure investment, and the EU moving from rulemaking to enforcement—were separate events. But they connected in one place: they all pull real-world work upward around printed notices, forms, evidentiary documents, and version changes.…
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