[Torwaldson]

Very funny!!!

Japan's new cyber-security minister has dumbfounded his country by saying he has never used a computer.

Yoshitaka Sakurada made the admission to a committee of lawmakers.

"Since I was 25 years old and independent I have instructed my staff and secretaries. I have never used a computer in my life," he said, according to a translation by the Kyodo news agency.

The 68-year-old was appointed to his post last month.

His duties include overseeing cyber-defence preparations for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Full reading: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46222026

[mothered]

Japan's new cyber-security minister has dumbfounded his country by saying he has never used a computer.

His duties include overseeing cyber-defence preparations for the 2020 Olympic Games.

Goodness me, overseeing cyber defense without any knowledge of booting up a PC?
Enough said.

[Dismas]

RIP Tokyo Olympics.

[Wezuviy]

They hardly understand what they are doing.

[LunchBox8]

If this headline is an accurate TL;DR of the article then it's ridiculous. How can they put someone in such a position with little to no experience?

[vamosquevoy]

good someone will do his job xD

[geyu29]

Hes a minister not a specialist, specialists are instructed by the minister, and those specialists have their teams and so on.
He has to be a good administrator to be appointed to this position.

[-Isotope]

Welcome To China.
The Minister of cyber-sec haven't ever fired up a PC ?

[mothered]

The Minister of cyber-sec haven't ever fired up a PC ?

It makes you wonder how they get appointed to that role.

Logic has It, they'd have some basic knowledge.

[philxdl]

Bureaucrats in action. They are the worse. That's unsurprising