In the left-hand chart, figures are current profits based on the Financial Statements Statistics of Corporations by Industry, Quarterly, and exclude "finance and insurance." Figures from 2009/Q2 onward exclude pure holding companies.
Small and medium-sized firms are firms with a capitalization of 10 million yen or more but less than 1 billion yen, while large firms are firms with a capitalization of 1 billion yen or more. 2. In the right-hand chart, figures are based on the LOBO survey. Sources: Ministry of Finance; Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry. 50 %  14