A newly detected computer virus was confirmed as being present in Japan on Wednesday, affecting computer servers of the farm ministry, travel agencies, hospitals and news organizations, including Kyodo News.
The highly infectious virus, W32/Nimda, hit computers at the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry, Yamanashi Gakuin University's Web site and computers at some research facilities at Waseda University.
It also affected Microsoft Corp.'s Internet connection service MSN at around 11 p.m. on Tuesday.