Note 1-7

7 The turnover rate due to reorganization-type bankruptcies (38.1%) is the average rate of labor reduction as of March 2002 of companies which applied for assistance under the Corporate Rehabilitation Law or Civil Rehabilitation Law between FY1999 and FY2001 (according to Teikoku Databank materials). The turnover rate due to private resolution (20%) is the rate of personnel cuts of companies which carried out private resolution and other companies in FY2002. The spread of unemployment (just under 50%) is the rate of the spread of unemployment due to company bankruptcies and personnel adjustments from Labour Force Survey "Detailed Tabulation" statistics.