Message from CEO

Koji Hatsukawa
Chief Executive Officer
PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata

PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata' s mission as a group of professionals is to provide an unrivalled level of service and to contribute to the healthy growth of the economy through the execution of vigorous, fair, and high-quality auditing based on clear leadership and creative teamwork.

In recent years, an environment surrounding companies has dramatically changed. For instance, audit of internal control for financial statement and discloser of information on quarterly results are required. On top of it, discussion on International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) planed to be adopted in the near future becomes more and more active. Increasingly borderless business environments are facing various changes, and companies have to cope with a wide range of complicated business issues.

Swiftly responding to such societal demands and client needs, PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata calls on the experience, knowledge and human capital derived from the global network of PricewaterhouseCoopers(PwC) to provide clients with international-level services.

We are striving to further enhance our client-oriented services and push forward with organizational strengthening measures. As always, we continue to effectively offer high-quality auditing and assurance services. In addition, to create a system that makes it possible to offer advisory services that more accurately meet client needs, we are deepening our ties with PwC Advisory Co., Ltd and PricewaterhouseCoopers Consultant Co., Ltd. which has newly joined PwC global network.

On the matter of social responsibilities, it is not only the quality of services provided by audit firms but also the very trustworthiness of the firms themselves that is being questioned. To be equal to the faith society places in us, we have implemented strict risk management and sophisticated quality management for our services and, protecting our independence as professionals, we endeavor to maintain a high sense of ethics.

Everyone at PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata works with our value concept of "3 In" representing Integrity, Intelligence and Innovation. We aim to win the trust of clients, markets, and all stakeholders throughout society, and be the first choice among all audit firms.

May 2009
Koji Hatsukawa
Chief Executive Officer
PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata