Tamio Hayashi, 77, doubted he could ever navigate the internet systems set up to register for COVID-19 vaccines across most of Japan.
He hated the idea of using the "troublesome" systems that have broken down and befuddled other older residents, hobbling the nation's inoculation push.
Luckily, local officials in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, helped him through the red tape and he got his shots.