Due to the shutdown of Internet Explorer, 49% of Japanese companies cannot fully work

The fact that Microsoft disabled Internet Explorer on June 15 caused panic among many companies and government agencies in Japan. They delayed updating their sites until the last moment, although the resources were only compatible with Internet Explorer, writes Nikkei Asia.

The main 49% of organizations in Japan used Internet Explorer to work back in March 2022. The browser was needed to track employee attendance, calculate expenses, and other internal tools. More than 20% of organizations didn't know or understand how to switch to other browsers after Internet Explorer was shut down. Since April, Tokyo-based software developer Computer Engineering & Consulting has been inundated with requests for help. These were government agencies, financial institutions, manufacturing and logistics companies that manage sites that are compatible only with Internet Explorer.Details

Computer Engineering & Consulting expects that the chaos among customers will last "several months".

"They knew [about the phased shutdown] for a long time, but apparently postponed solving the problem," a company spokesperson said.

Microsoft said that the decision to abandon Internet Explorer is largely due to the fact that developers are less likely to make their sites compatible with it. Since 2015, the corporation has not released new versions of the browser.

Microsoft encourages people to use Edge, which is built on Chromium and runs on all supported versions of Windows and macOS. If there is a relic site that still needs Internet Explorer to open, people using the Edge browser will be able to run it in "IE mode".