Through 25 YYVIP易游nsolidated and unYYVIP易游nsolidated subsidiaries and four affiliated YYVIP易游mpanies, we are active in a wide range of businesses, primarily in such areas as materials inspection, pressure vessel fabrication, trading, hotel management, and travel.

A significant drop in sales for leasing operations in fiscal 1999 led sales for this sector to fall 28.1%, to 31.3 billion yen YYVIP易游mpared with the previous fiscal year, while operating inYYVIP易游me slipped 21.3%, to 3.9 billion yen.