Impairment of Investments in Securities and Investments in Unconsolidated Affiliates
    
    
		
	    January 13, 2009 - Since the market prices of investments in 
      	both securities and unconsolidated affiliates have dropped remarkably from their original cost, 
        we decided to reflect such impairment of their values as follows:
				
				  
            
              | <Consolidated> | (Unit: Millions of JPY) | 
          
				  
            
              | (A) Impairment of investments in securities and investments in unconsolidated affiliates | 16,328 | 
            
              | (B) Net assets as of Mar 31, 2008 (A/B x 100) | 376,277 (4.3%) | 
            
              | (C) Net income before extraordinary items at the end of accounting as of Mar 31, 2008 (A/C x 100) | 125,867 (13.0%) | 
            
              | (D) Net income at the end of accounting as of Mar 31, 2008 (A/D x 100) | 83,011 (19.7%) | 
          
				 
				
		     
				
				  
            
              | <Non-Consolidated> | (Unit: Millions of JPY) | 
          
				  
            
              | (A) Impairment of investments in securities and investments in unconsolidated affiliates | 16,328 | 
            
              | (B) Net assets as of Mar 31, 2008 (A/B x 100) | 258,075 (6.3%) | 
            
              | (C) Net income before extraordinary items at the end of accounting as of Mar 31, 2008 (A/C x 100) | 88,422 (18.5%) | 
            
              | (D) Net income at the end of accounting as of Mar 31, 2008 (A/D x 100) | 58,938 (27.7%) |