Internet Explorer shutdown to cause Japan headaches ‘for months’

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. Those customers are mostly government agencies, financial institutions and manufacturing and logistics companies that operate websites only compatible with Internet Explorer.