Operating income decreased 14%, or 5.7 billion yen, to 36.8 billion yen, and ordinary income decreased 11%, or 4.8 billion yen, to 39.2 billion yen. Net income, however, increased 59 percent, or 15.3 billion yen, to 41.1 billion yen due to an extraordinary gain of 27.7 billion yen on the return of the substitutional portion of the welfare pension fund.
