| Nikon Corp. said unconsolidated pretax profit increased 70 % to 12.12 billion yen -LRB- $ 85.3 million -RRB- in the first half ended Sept. 30 , from 7.12 billion yen a year ago . | /R-46^n/ACT-arg/nsubj $NUMBER$ /R-31^n/ERR/dobj | yen /R-43^n/PAT-arg/nmod:to | half /R-27^n/ERR/nmod:in </s><s> increase /3/Change_position_on_a_scale/RootInDisc |
| Pretax profit is expected to increase 18 % to 22 billion yen and net income is expected to rise 53 % to 10.5 billion yen . | /3/Change_position_on_a_scale/RootInDisc $NUMBER$ /R-31^n/ERR/dobj | yen /R-43^n/PAT-arg/nmod:to | </s><s> begin /83/Activity_start/RootInDisc |
| Net income increased 6.7 % to 12.43 billion yen from 11.66 billion yen . | /R-46^n/ACT-arg/nsubj $NUMBER$ /R-31^n/ERR/dobj | yen /R-43^n/PAT-arg/nmod:to | yen /R-24^n/ORIG-arg/nmod:from </s><s> start |
| Net income increased 6.7 % to 12.43 billion yen from 11.66 billion yen . | /R-31^n/ERR/dobj yen /R-43^n/PAT-arg/nmod:to | yen /R-24^n/ORIG-arg/nmod:from | </s><s> start /83/Process_start/RootInDisc |
| Sales increased 11.9 % to 279.39 billion yen from 249.68 billion yen . | /R-46^n/ERR/nsubj $NUMBER$ /R-31^n/ERR/dobj | yen /R-43^n/PAT-arg/nmod:to | yen /R-24^n/ORIG-arg/nmod:from </s><s> cover |
| Sales increased 11.9 % to 279.39 billion yen from 249.68 billion yen . | /R-31^n/ERR/dobj yen /R-43^n/PAT-arg/nmod:to | yen /R-24^n/ORIG-arg/nmod:from | </s><s> cover /322/Filling/RootInDisc London |
