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3. BASIS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT TRANSLATION
The accompanying consolidated financial statements are expressed in yen and, solely for the convenience of the reader, have
been translated into United States dollars at the rate of ¥98=U.S.$1, the approximate exchange rate prevailing on the Tokyo
Foreign Exchange Market as of March 31, 2009. This translation should not be construed as a representation that all amounts
shown could be converted into U.S. dollars.
4. INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES AND AFFILIATED COMPANIES
Short-term investments as of March 31, 2009 and 2008 are as follows:
Millions of yen
Thousands of
U.S. dollars
2009 2008 2009
Investments in securities:
Available-for-sale securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ¥8,478 ¥55,999 $86,510
Held-to-maturity securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 259 837
Trading securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 5,031 959
¥8,654 ¥61,289 $88,306
Investments and advances, including affiliated companies as of March 31, 2009 and 2008 are as follows:
Millions of yen
Thousands of
U.S. dollars
2009 2008 2009
Investments in securities:
Available-for-sale securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ¥158,615 ¥ 269,268 $1,618,520
Held-to-maturity securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 230 2,082
Cost-method investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,325 54,898 544,133
Investments in affiliated companies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309,429 555,470 3,157,439
Advances and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171,914 162,791 1,754,224
¥693,487 ¥1,042,657 $7,076,398
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Hitachi, Ltd.
Annual Report 2009