The Chemicals Group is pursuing new business opportunities while focusing on enhancing and enlarging existing businesses, which has
enabled us to lay a solid foundation. In the petrochemical and plastics fields, we are continuing to strengthen trading functions as we further
enhance these existing businesses. At the same time, we are promoting a strategy of increasing resilience to market changes. In the methanol
and fertilizer fields, we are expanding the regions and sub-segments in which we do business and increasing the scale of our business
through new investment based on competitive resources. In the life sciences field, we are creating a value chain spanning from materials to
seasoning products in the food science field, where growth is projected, and expanding business