Internet Explorer shutdown to cause Japan headaches 'for months'

Government, corporate users scramble to find alternative to Microsoft program

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Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser will shut down after 27 years. (Photo by Kazuhisa Shibuya)

KOSUKE TOSHI and MASAHARU BAN, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Microsoft bids farewell to Internet Explorer on Thursday, stirring a sense of panic among many businesses and government agencies in Japan that waited to update their websites until the last minute.

Since April, Tokyo-based software developer Computer Engineering & Consulting has been inundated with requests for help.

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