As part of the Group’s efforts to realize its Innovation JP 2020 long-term vision, in April 2011, JP implemented its JP Group Mid-term Business Plan 2013, formulated to guide the Group’s business activities for the three year period from fiscal 2011 to fiscal 2013. To construct a platform from which to conduct sustained development of the JP Group, we are promoting management on a group-wide scale and making efforts to carefully select, gather and enhance resources essential to the management of such a group as we strive to improve the operational capabilities of both JP and the JP Group as a whole.