premise: Three leading Japanese banks have announced an alliance forming the world's largest financial group. Fuji Bank, Dai-Ichi Kangyo and the Industrial Bank of Japan say their operations will be integrated by the spring of 2002.
hypothesis: Industrial Bank of Japan say their operations will be integrated by the spring of the year prior to 2004.
reason: Industrial Bank of Japan say their operations will be integrated by the spring of 2002. The system was confused by the year.