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Re:Japan adding mandatory programming education to all eleme... by sdlion on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @12:19AM (#11758964)
I guess they might be also worried about the low literacy on computer knowledge among their citizens.[1]

More mandatory programming courses could increase existence of desktop/laptop in households. The reference I included says that most people prefer smartphones than desktops/laptops, and programming could be a good enough reason to make them use them.

1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11758933

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