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Provides information on a report issued by Gartner Group which focused on the purchase of computer network gear of the Japanese in the first half of 1999. Japan's total market for local area network (LAN) equipment in the first six-months of 1999; Percent increase in sales of routers and LAN switches; Other highlights of the report.

Reports that the Japan Ministry of International Trade and Industry agreed last week to drop a software quality assurance proposal that United States industry groups had attacked as a potential trade barrier. Use of the variant of International Standards Organization (ISO) 9000 quality assurance standard by Japan Accreditation Board for Quality System Registration.

Focuses on Japan's computer market. NEC Corp.'s emergence as the leading computer company in Japan; Popularity of NEC 9800 computers; International Business Machines (IBM) Corp.'s introduction of a version of the IBM PC with the capability to display the Japanese language; American companies' adoption of DOS/V architecture to break into the Japanese market; Projections for the industry.