The Tokyo-listed company said it made JPY 100m ($1.1m) ona net basis to 31 December, up from a loss of JPY 112m in the same period of2011.

Revenue climbed to JPY 16.62bn, against JPY 15.58bn.

The full-year forecast of a JPY 250m profit is worse thanthe JPY 507m achieved in the previous 12 months, however.