(Rate of increase in the number of employees)
Q10: Have you increased or do you plan to increase the number ofemployees by age group and employment form? For the results for thisyear (FY2007) and the prospect for next year (FY2008), refer to Table A
and state a number relating to the rate of increase in the number ofemployees.

II. Survey on background of wage revision(Your business conditions)
Q7: In terms of the current conditions (FY2007) and prospect for the nextyear (FY2008) regarding the business conditions of your company, selectone of the following and circle the corresponding number.
Current conditions (FY2007)

Prospect for the next year (FY2008)

Good1Better1

Not good or bad

2

Unchanged2

Bad3

Worse3Don’t know

4

Rate ofincrease
Agegroup

Current condition(FY2007)
Regularemployees

Non-regular
employees

Next year(FY2008)
Regularemployees

Non-regular
employees

20s or younger
30s
40s(Excessive or insufficient of employment condition)
Q8: Do you have an excessive or insufficient of employment condition byage group and employment form? For the current condition (FY2007),
select one of the following: 1. Insufficient, 2. Appropriate or 3.
Excessive, and circle the relevant number.

50s
60s or older

Regularemployees

Non-regularemployees

Total forall age groups
Note: Please state the rate of increase in the number of employees,
including the change in the age structure, for all employees and not only
based on the increase or decrease in those employees who are in their
mid-career or newly hired.

20s or younger

12

3

12

3

Table A (for Q10) Rate of increase in the number of employees

30s

123

1

2

340s12312350s

12312360s or older

123

123

Total for all age groups

123123Form ofemployment
Age
group

Current condition (FY2007)(Number of employees)
Q9: For the current condition (FY2007), state the number ofemployees you have by age group and employment form.
Number ofemployees
Age
group

Regularemployees

Non-regular
employees

20s or younger
30s
40s
50s
60s or older4

1. -2% or below

2. -2% (not incl.) to 0% (not incl.)

3. 0%

4. 0% (not incl.) to 2% (not incl.)

5. 2% to 4% (not incl.)

6. 4% to 6% (not incl.)

7. 6% to 8% (not incl.)

8. 8% or above

(Wage revision)(Continued employment of baby-boomers)
Q13: Are you continually employing baby-boomers?*
Circle the relevant answer.

Q11: To what degree have you raised the wages of your employees by age
group and by employment form (including scheduled and nonscheduledrevisions) for this year (FY2007)? Refer to Table B and state anumber relating to the rate of increase in wages.
Rate of increasein wages
Age group

1. YesCurrent condition (FY2007)
All
employees

Regularemployees

2. No* “Continued employment” in this survey means you have an arrangement
to continue to employ workers who are sixty years old or older, such as
re-employing them after they reach the mandatory retirement age,extending their employment after they reach the mandatory retirementage, or raising the mandatory retirement age.

Non-regular
employees

20s or younger(Form of continued employment and wage in continuedemployment)
Q14: (Answer this question only if you circled “1. Yes” in Q13.)
What are the forms of your continued employment? Please state thepercentage of employees who you continue to employ out of allcontinued employment forms, and state the level of their wage
compared with the level before they were re-employed.

30s
40s
50s
60s or older

Form of continued
employment

Total for all age groups
Table B (for Q11) Rate of increase in wages
1. -2% or below

2. -2% (not incl.) to -1%

3. -1% (not incl.) to 0% (not incl.)

4. 0%

5. 0% (not incl.) to 1% (not incl.)

6. 1% to 2% (not incl.)

7. 2% to 3% (not incl.)

8. 3% to 4% (not incl.)

9. 4% to 5% (not incl.)

10. 5% to 6% (not incl.)

Remains regular
employee
From regular employee
to non-regular employee
From non-regular
employee to regular
employee
Remains non-regular
employee
All re-employedemployees

11. 6% or above

Percentage of
all continued
employment
forms

Wage level after there-employment assuming thewage before re-employment
was 100%%%%100%(Factors for curbing the wage increase)
Q12: What are the factors for curbing the wage increase when determining
the wages of your employees? Refer to Table C, select 3 mostimportant reasons and state numbers (if there are no factors forcurbing the wage increase, write “9. None” in the space for the firstreason).
1st reason

2nd reason

3rd reason

Table C (for Q12) Factors for curbing the wage increase
1. Increased dividend for shareholders
2. Increased facility investment
3. Cheap overseas labor force available by establishing a local overseas
corporation
4. Cheap domestic labor force available including part-timers and casualstaff
5. Emphasis on going-rate levels in wage revision
6. Increased purchase prices of raw materials, etc.
7. No sales increase
8. Other (please state:☆Thank you for sparing your precious time for answering thequestionnaire.

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9. NonePlease return to us the questionnaire filled out byJanuary 16, 2008 (Wed)5