Kokusai Electric Corp (KOKSF) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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We will now begin Kokusai Electric financial results briefing for the second quarter of the year ending in March 2026. Thank you very much for taking the time to join us today. My name is Matsumoto from public relations and IR department, and I will serve as the moderator. First is the introduction of today's speakers. Mr. Kazunori Tsukada, representative director, president and CEO. Thank you. Mr. Yoshitaka Kawakami, Senior Vice President, Executive Officer, and CFO. Thank you. Today's agenda is as follows. First, Mr. Kawakami will present the consolidated financial results for the second quarter and the full year forecast. Next, Mr. Tsukada will provide an outlook going forward. After that, we will move on to the questions and answers session. This briefing is conducted via Zoom webinar, and both the presentation and Q&A responses will be in Japanese. Participants may also choose English through simultaneous interpretation. As this briefing is intended for institutional investors and analysts, questions will be limited to this audience. Thank you for your understanding. we kindly ask that you refrain from video or sound recording or taking photographs. Now, let us proceed to the presentation. Mr. Kawakami, please go ahead. I am Kawakami, Managing Executive Officer and CFO. Thank you for joining Kokusai Electric's earnings call today. First, I will go over our second quarter results as well as our full year earnings and dividend forecasts. These are disclaimers that I will skip. First, starting with an overview of the second quarter results. Page four, carry the highlights. Since both sales and revenue and all profit figures for the first half of the fiscal year exceeded our previous forecast, we have today announced the difference between forecasted and actual figu...