This is the first in an occasional series on Japan's Y2K preparedness.
Staff writer
Japan has long been criticized for dragging its feet in tackling the Year 2000 computer problem. But a private high-tech research company whose earlier report provided strong grounds for that censure has now changed its opinion.
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