Next, we examine sales by geographic area. In Japan, there was a decrease in domestic automobile unit sales, although this was offset by exports, and sales growth by the Aerospace and Industrial Products companies. As result, Japan sales generally finished on a par with the same period last year. In North America, sales increases by SOA and its Canadian subsidiary boosted revenues by 23.7 billion yen. In other areas, solid European sales helped raise the total by 1.1 billion yen.