We continue to pay close attention to how the recent development will lead to the recovery of corporate profitability and competitiveness, and eventually the restoration of corporate vitality. Possibility of an information technology (IT) revolution Third, the IT revolution seems to have reached Japan.
Finally, the short-term consolidation process in the financial sector has not yet reached its final and acceptable destination. International financial markets observe the still relatively high rates of expansion in bank credit extension and in the money supply, the above average-rate of inflation, and the growing indebtedness of particular private individuals with circumspection.