Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange Setting Up "Y2K Task Force"
Date 09/10/1999
The Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange started a "Y2K Task Force" on 1 October 1999. The task force is headed by Takao Hotta, TIFFE's Senior Managing Director, and composed of all the senior staff on TIFFE. The task force work from October 1999 to March 2000.
Between 31 December 1999 and 4 January 2000, the critical transition period, the task force will allocate staff on-site on a 24 hours basis.
On 2 January 2000, TIFFE is to have an external testing of its trading systems and networks with all of its members.