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Internet Explorer shutdown to cause Japan headaches 'for months'

Government, corporate users scramble to find alternative to Microsoft program

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

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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