Hoya Corp (HOCPF) Q2 2022 Earnings Call

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The transcript for this briefing will be posted on our IR site within two business days. Please do not upload the transcripts of today's meeting. without our permission. We have Eiichiro Ikeda, director, representative executive officer and CEO, and Ryo Hirooka, who is the director and representative executive officer. Today, there would be explanation about the second quarter earnings, as well as the overview of the business. Those of you participating online, please take a look at the materials shared on the screen. Now, Mr. Hirooka will provide you the explanation. I would like to first start out with the results of the second quarter. The first point, the highlights, what has happened in the past three months. Compared to three months ago when I spoke to you, there was worsening of the situation. we believe that the situation may further worsen. So we are in a very difficult situation. So it is not a highlight, but this is something that we felt deeply in the past three months. The second point is that the life care business maintained momentum under that environment. All major products achieved sales growth. even under this environment we have been able to post robust growth the third point there are both aspects of positive and negative but there has been some issues with the audio Oh, hi there. And everyone here. I would like to test the audio. Can you hear my voice? Sorry about the audio issue. I hope that the participants would be able to hear me. Can you hear me? So in the Q&A, it says I have been able to hear from the beginning and that some other people have said that they have been able to hear from the middle. Something you have already heard, but I would like to start over just in case. This is the key takeaways. Three points. The first point is not a ...