Fourth in an occasional series on Japan's Y2K preparedness
Akira Ogata does not place full confidence in government survey figures on the nation's preparedness for the so-called millennium bug.
The general manager of research and planning at the Japan Information Service Industry Association, a nationwide group of major software firms, says most such surveys are conducted without a clear definition of trial tests, which he argues to be the most important element in gauging preparedness for the computer bug.
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