...Good afternoon. I'm Tetsuya Shigeta, CFO. Thank you for joining us today. I will begin with an overview of operating results for the first nine months and full year forecast. I will then hand over to Masao Kurihara, General Manager of the Global Controller Division, who will speak on the results in more detail. Although the global economy recovered gradually during Q3, many uncertainties in the operating environment remain, partially due to the direction of the new US administration's future policies. Even in this environment, Mitsui is strengthening its current earnings base by improving our business portfolio through investments for growth, asset recycling and our middle game initiatives, while at the same time laying the groundwork for future growth. I will provide a summary of operating results for the first nine months. During the first nine months, we were able to take advantage of earnings opportunities through our business portfolio, which globally spans a wide range of industries....
