In general, the global economy has continued to make steps toward recovering. However, as the Chinese
economy has entered mid-term deceleration, Asia seems to have lost some of its previous strength.
Therefore, it is necessary to take measure of the effects which are particular to each country, regardless of
its development level, mature or emerging. Our corporate group will focus on such situations and are very
aware of the importance of our task in tackling changes with due promptness.
In the meantime, we have formulated a mid-term business plan, “Best Integration 2017” for the four-year
period from 2014 to 2017. We now consider it one of our most important tasks to soundly implement
certain measures toward the realization of this mid-term plan. In concrete terms, we will expand our
business through an increase in our market share, both domestically and internationally, improve on costs
through the enhancement of facilities and on increase in procurements in overseas countries, and streamline
operations through optimal distribution of resources, in order to realize an improvement in profitability.
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1 Expansion of global business
2 Provision of community-based customer services
3 Realization of community-based production systems
4 Realization of community-based development systems
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