Advantest Corp Sp/Adr

Thank you very much for taking your time to attend FI2023 Q2 Earnings Call for Advantis today. I would like to introduce our attendees today. This is Yoshida, the representative director and president, group CEO.

Thank you, Kim.

This is Douglas Lafeeva, Representative Director, Corporate Vice President and Group COO. And this is Mihachi, Senior Executive Officer, CFO and CSO, Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy Group. And Nakahara, Senior Executive Officer and CCRO, Executive Vice President of Sales Group. I'm Kobayashi from the Investor Relations Department of the Corporate Strategy Headquarters. I'll be the moderator for today. So today, we'll begin with FI2023 Q2 Financial Results by Mihashi, followed by FI2023 Business Outlook by Yoshida. After that, we'll take any questions you may have. The scheduled end time is 1700. And please note that today's financial results briefing will be streamed with simultaneous Japanese-English interpretation. If you'd like to use the Japanese audio channel, click on the globe icon at the bottom left of the Webex screen. And there will be a menu called My Interpretation Language, so please select Japanese. And also, if you move the slide bar on the balance menu below to interpreter on the far right, you can listen to the Japanese interpretation while English is being spoken. If you want original audio in both Japanese and English, there is no need to change the settings. Please use the default settings. Today's presentation materials are posted on TDNet and our website. If you are participating via phone line, please download them separately. Also, only Japanese materials will be projected on the screen at today's briefing session. If you need to view the English materials, please download the English versions separately. Prior to the briefing session, we have some information to share. The following explanation may include future outlooks based on current expectations, but all of these involve risks and uncertainties. Please note that accurate results may differ from the forecasts. Now I'd like to pass the floor over to Mihashi. Thank you.