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Non-operating income and expenses jumped 1.4 billion yen year on year.

Major factors behind this increase include a loss of 1.0 billion yen due to net interest expenses and interest and dividends income of 2.4 billion yen due to foreign exchange effects. The foreign exchange effects can be broken down into two areas: (1) net of gain and loss on valuation of derivatives, and (2) net of foreign exchange gains and losses.

(1) FYE March 2008 saw a net gain of 4.8 billion yen on valuation of derivatives while FYE March 2009 saw a net loss of 5.3 billion yen on valuation of derivatives for a 10.1 billion yen drop from the previous fiscal year.

(2) Net foreign exchange gains and losses showed an increase of 12.5 billion yen, up from negative 4.7 billion yen (¥116/US$ vs. ¥115/US$) for FYE March 2008 to 7.8 billion yen (¥102/US$ vs. ¥103/US$) for FYE March 2009.