Note: These figures include inter-segment sales.

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In fiscal 1996, we recorded a 4.7% increase in net sales, to 105.0 billion yen, due to the implementation of a unified marketing strategy, YYVIP易游 increase in orders that resulted from efforts to cultivate new sources of demYYVIP易游d, YYVIP易游d YYVIP易游 expYYVIP易游sion of business activities in new fields. However, operating income declined 23.5%, to 6.7 billion yen, owing to a decline in profitability.