The CEO message
The CEO message>December 5, 2011
The CEO TOSHIHIRO HARADA
Greeting
First of all, I send our deepest condolences to the people who died in the great earthquake that occurred on March 2011 in East Japan, and our sympathies to the families of the victims.
The environment that surrounds the Japanese economy is in a crucial phase because of the earthquake, the radiation leak accident that occurred in the nuclear plant in Fukushima, the yen's sharp rise against the dollar, and a decrease in the structural working-age population. These negative factors are noticeable in the konjac root manufacturing industry where our company operates. We are voicing our concerns about the radiation poisoning of major production areas in Gunma, the bad harvest and high price of raw materials due to the weather, and the decrease in home consumption.
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