JR Hokkaido conducts Y2K rehearsal

JR Hokkaido conducts Y2K rehearsal

SAPPORO, Japan - An employee of Hokkaido Railway Co. (JR Hokkaido) practices buying a ticket past midnight Nov. 26 with a ticket machine on which the date was advanced to Jan. 1, 2000 after midnight, in a drill to prepare for potential Y2K computer problems.

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