I took over the presidency from predecessor, Mr. Shinmyo, as of April 2, 2004. Your continued support will be greatly appreciated for my new assignment. My portrait shows only craggy face from outside, but internally it is very explosive. My nickname is poisonous mamushi, a pit viper, which was given by our CEO, Mr. Fukutomi, and I like it. Here goes an explosive greeting from that poisonous mamushi.

Before I became president of Landscape I worked with accounting matters for the general contractor of the 1st section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. I left this project to join Landscape in 2000 also in an accounting role. A short 3 1/2 years later I was appointed President. This demonstrates how explosive our company can be. The average age of the employees was only 27, but the corporate culture seemed to be short of breath at the time of the turn of the millennium. I believe I was appointed to the presidency so that my energy could provide an explosion of this static situation in order to meet the expectations of the shareholders.

Yes, we have the largest database of business and consumer data in Japan and one would think this should differentiate us from our competitors, but even with this advantage, our sales have only been growing at about 10% per year.

In the past we frequently have heard...
“Are you preparing for IPO? Your company is very promising in the future,”
or some investment companies say,
“We should have encountered earlier when your capital was much smaller,”
or some financial analysts say,
“With that database, your annual sales seems to be two digits missing?

Yes, there is a problem with the sales effort.
I will change it and as a result Landscape will change.
I ask that those customers who we’ve worked with in the past and those that we will work with in the future to watch how dramatically we have and will continue to change. We firmly believe that in this period of time there can been no winners in any industry without a continuous investment in enhancing their existing customer and prospective customer data. We feel we are well positioned to support these ongoing investments as we continue to strengthen our core competencies and do a better job of spreading our message and explaining our value.

Again I would appreciate your continuous support and guidance in the future.