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INVENTORIES

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2011

5. INVENTORIES

Inventories as of March 31, 2010 and 2011 comprised the following:


	Yen in millions				U.S. Dollars in thousands
	2010		2011		2011
Finished goods	¥	75,084	¥	91,059	$	1,097,096
Work in process		2,400		2,551		30,735
Raw materials		11,327		16,985		204,639

Total	¥	88,811	¥	110,595	$	1,332,470

Inventory write-downs, which are charged to cost of sales, amounted to ¥ 990 million, ¥195 million, and ¥ 709 million ($ 8,543 thousand) for the years ended March 31, 2009, 2010 and 2011, respectively. Inventory write-downs for the year ended March 31, 2011 include ¥ 3 million ($ 36 thousand) of damaged inventory caused by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and resulting tsunami in Japan.

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The entire disclosure for inventory. This may include, but is not limited to, the basis of stating inventory, the method of determining inventory cost, the major classes of inventory, and the nature of the cost elements included in inventory. If inventory is stated above cost, accrued net losses on firm purchase commitments for inventory and losses resulting from valuing inventory at the lower-of-cost-or-market may also be included. For LIFO inventory, may disclose the amount and basis for determining the excess of replacement or current cost over stated LIFO value and the effects of a LIFO quantities liquidation that impacts net income.

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