Microsoft releases Japanese version of Windows Me

TOKYO, Japan - People form a long queue at a shop in Tokyo's Akihabara area for the Japanese-language version of the Windows Me operating system released Sept. 22 by the Japan unit of U.S. computer software giant Microsoft Corp.

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