| Business Outlook Survey(January-March 2007)March 22 , 2007 | 
| 1.Business conditions | 
| Businesssurvey index (Difference of "up"-"down" compared with previous quarter) (%) 
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|  Oct.-Dec.  | Jan.-Mar. | Apr .-Jun. | Jul.-Sep.  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Corporationswith capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Allindustries | 6.4 | 6.2 | 4.2 | 9.9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manufacturing | 7.1 | 0.1 | 4.1 | 11.8 | Non-manufacturing | 6.0 | 9.8 | 4.3 | 8.8 | Corporationswith capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | Allindustries | 7.3 | -3.1 | 2.8 | 8.2 | Manufacturing | 12.1 | -8.9 | 4.9 | 11.3 | Non-manufacturing | 5.7 | -1.2 | 2.1 | 7.2 | Corporationswith capital of 10 to 100 million yen | Allindustries | -7.8 | -16.7 | -7.0 | -4.1 | Manufacturing | -4.0 | -22.5 | -6.2 | -1.7 | Non-manufacturing | -8.6 | -15.5 | -7.2 | -4.6 | ||||||||||||
| 2.Domestic economic conditions | 
| Businesssurvey index (Difference of "up"-"down" compared with previous quarter) (%) 
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|  Oct.-Dec.  | Jan.-Mar. | Apr .-Jun. | Jul.-Sep.  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Corporationswith capital of 1 billion yen or over | Allindustries | 13.0 | 13.4 | 10.1 | 10.3 | Manufacturing | 9.0 | 5.9 | 7.3 | 8.2 | Non-manufacturing | 15.4 | 17.9 | 11.8 | 11.5 | Corporationswith capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | Allindustries | 15.0 | 6.6 | 7.9 | 9.7 | Manufacturing | 14.9 | 0.8 | 6.2 | 10.2 | Non-manufacturing | 15.0 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 9.5 | Corporationswith capital of 10 to 100 million yen | Allindustries | -2.5 | -9.8 | -2.4 | -2.3 | Manufacturing | -0.4 | -16.6 | -5.8 | -4.7 | Non-manufacturing | -2.9 | -8.4 | -1.7 | -1.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3.Sales(compared with the previous year) | 
| (%) 
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| FY 2006 | 1sthalf FY 2006 | 2nd half FY 2006 | FY 2007 | 1sthalf FY 2007 | 2nd half FY 2007 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allindustries | 2.6 | 4.1 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 
| Manufacturing | 5.1 | 6.9 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 
| Non-manufacturing | 1.5 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 
| 4.Ordinary profits (compared with the previous year) | 
| (%) 
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| FY 2006 | 1sthalf FY 2006 | 2nd half FY 2006 | FY 2007 | 1sthalf FY 2007 | 2nd half FY 2007 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All industries | 4.5 | 10.9 | -0.9 | 6.2 | 0.7 | 11.1 | |||||||
| Manufacturing | 7.4 | 11.9 | 3.5 | 2.8 | -5.8 | 11.4 | Non-manufacturing | 2.2 | 10.0 | -4.2 | 8.6 | 5.8 | 11.0 | 
| 5.Investment in plant andequipment (compared with the previous year) | 
| (%) 
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| FY 2006 | 1sthalf FY 2006 | 2nd half FY 2006 | FY 2007 | 1sthalf FY 2007 | 2nd half FY 2007 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allindustries | 8.1 | 7.1 | 8.8 | -5.3 | 6.7 | -15.6 | 
| Manufacturing | 15.8 | 13.7 | 17.5 | 0.5 | 27.5 | -20.2 | 
| Non-manufacturing | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.2 | -8.9 | -5.0 | -12.5 | 
| 6.Employment | 
| Businesssurvey index (Difference of "insufficient"-"excessive" ) (%) 
 | 
|  Oct.-Dec.  | Jan.-Mar. | Apr .-Jun. | Jul.-Sep.  | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporationswith capital of 1 billion yen or over | |||||
| Allindustries | 16.9 | 18.6 | 11.3 | 10.7 | |
| Manufacturing | 9.4 | 9.7 | 5.7 | 5.0 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 21.3 | 23.9 | 14.6 | 14.0 | |
| Corporationswith capital of 100 million to 1 billion yen | |||||
| Allindustries | 22.5 | 21.6 | 14.9 | 13.9 | |
| Manufacturing | 16.8 | 11.7 | 9.5 | 8.5 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 24.4 | 24.8 | 16.6 | 15.7 | |
| Corporationswith capital of 10 to 100 million yen | |||||
| Allindustries | 17.5 | 14.7 | 9.6 | 9.0 | |
| Manufacturing | 14.2 | 10.2 | 7.3 | 6.9 | |
| Non-manufacturing | 18.2 | 15.7 | 10.1 | 9.4 | |