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&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 18px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;3. INVESTMENTS IN AND
LOAN RECEIVABLES FROM AFFILIATED COMPANIES&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 6px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"&gt;Investments in and loan
receivables from affiliated companies in which the Company has the
ability to exercise significant influence over their operating and
financial policies are comprised of the following:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;At March
31:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"&gt;14,443&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;278&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"&gt;68&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 12px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"&gt;The following table
presents a summary of financial information of affiliated
companies:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;At
March&amp;#xA0;31:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;62,414&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"&gt;62,858&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;118,372&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;61,495&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"&gt;74,758&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
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&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
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&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
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&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
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&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
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&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
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&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 3px double" valign="bottom"&gt;
&amp;#xA0;&lt;/td&gt;
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&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td width="76%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td valign="bottom" width="2%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;(&amp;#xA5; in
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&lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;For the
years ended March 31:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;2010&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;2009&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" valign="bottom" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;2008&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -1em; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"&gt;Revenues&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#xA5;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;210,492&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"&gt;&amp;#xA5;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"&gt;216,430&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"&gt;&amp;#xA5;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"&gt;215,574&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -1em; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"&gt;Cost of revenues&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;155,350&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"&gt;160,690&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"&gt;&amp;#xA0;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"&gt;162,533&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td valign="top"&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-INDENT: -1em; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"&gt;Net income&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;873&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"&gt;Trade notes and
accounts receivable from affiliated companies at March&amp;#xA0;31,
2010 and 2009 were &amp;#xA5;24,827&amp;#xA0;million and
&amp;#xA5;21,302&amp;#xA0;million, respectively.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"&gt;Revenues from
affiliated companies aggregated &amp;#xA5;65,246&amp;#xA0;million,
&amp;#xA5;55,374&amp;#xA0;million, and &amp;#xA5;48,847&amp;#xA0;million for the
years ended March&amp;#xA0;31, 2010, 2009, and 2008,
respectively.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"&gt;Cash dividends
received from affiliated companies were &amp;#xA5;72&amp;#xA0;million,
&amp;#xA5;46&amp;#xA0;million, and &amp;#xA5;31&amp;#xA0;million for the years
ended March&amp;#xA0;31, 2010, 2009, and 2008, respectively.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"&gt;Retained
earnings include net undistributed earnings of affiliated companies
in the amount of &amp;#xA5;10,652&amp;#xA0;million and
&amp;#xA5;9,719&amp;#xA0;million at March&amp;#xA0;31, 2010 and 2009,
respectively.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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