In that regard, I realize that a viewpoint of ensuring stability of the settlement system has become more important than ever before. Japan and China are required to take the role of leading various efforts. Concluding remarks I have talked about the European debt problem’s spillover to Asia and measures taken to address it.
We have therefore been closely following developments of a measure of the poverty line, calculated in real terms since our base year (which we've taken as 1997 for calculation purposes). From our analyses, we see that in 2005 there was some drop in absolute poverty after it had risen in the years 2001 to 2004.