Japan needs a lot more tech workers. Can it find a place for women?

If Anna Matsumoto had listened to her teachers, she would have kept her inquisitive mind to herself -- asking questions, they told her, interrupted class. And when, at age 15, she had to choose a course of study in her Japanese high school, she would have avoided science, a track that her male teachers said was difficult for girls. Instead, Matsumoto plans to become an engineer. Japan could use a lot more young women like her. Despite its tech-savvy image and economic heft, the country is a digital laggard, with a traditional paperbound office culture where fax machines and personal seals known as hanko remain common.