mrj is at the low end.ion is we take them all seriously whether they come from russia, japan, or china. there is no arrogance or hubris in embraer when we think about our competitors. what we can do to address the competition is try to improve our offering on a consistent basis. haslinda: congratulations on the orders. amounting to about $1 billion. yugo: thank you very much. haslinda: so your orders so far from japan, the u.s. -- how about the rest of asia? what are you doing to gain? yugo: asia is the most expanding region, and we are doing our best to sell mrj in this region, and we feel it very strong potential. haslinda: how do you view the competition, because you have to break the duopoly. are you prepared for that? can you do it? yugo: first of all, we are the newcomers. we have designed aircraft that has quite a huge advantage compared to the existing product. so with these frank, strong points, we are convincing our customers to order the next mrj. haslinda: what is your competitive advantage, and

mrj is at the low end.ompetition is we take them all seriously whether they come from russia, japan, or china. there is no arrogance or hubris in embraer when we think about our competitors. what we can do to address the competition is try to improve our offering on a consistent basis. haslinda: congratulations on the orders. amounting to about $1 billion. yugo: thank you very much. we are very happy. haslinda: so your orders so far from japan, the u.s. -- how about the rest of asia? what are you doing to gain? >> we actually have one customer in asia. asia is the most expanding sitting,nd we are doing our best to sell mrj in this region, and we feel it very strong potential. haslinda: how do you view the competition, because you have to break the duopoly. dominated by andrea from iba. are you prepared for that? can you do it? yugo: first of all, we are the newcomer. we have designed aircraft that has quite a huge advantage compared to the existing product. with these strong points, we are convincing our cu

. >>> executives at mitt sue bish si aircraft are expecting an order with 20 more of their mrj racings. the japanese firm has received more than 400 orders for the mitsubishi regional jet. the first locally produced passenger aircraft in half a century. they have had to postpone the first batch of deliveries by a year. >>> it was a volatile session in tokyo on tuesday but shares managed to extend some gains as the dollar remained steady against the yen. we go to our business reporter at the tokyo stock exchange. >> higher commodity prices helped brighten the mood in asia. shares managed to end in the positive thanks to the surge in heavy weight soft bank. nikkei eventually closed at a one-week high of $16,054. the broader topix closed just a tad below 1300. the company soft bank announced a 14.4 million shares buy back. and that was on concerns over soft bank's u.s. arms. now, it looks like investors really took this buyback plan because soft bank shares soared and ended the day up nearly 16%. and real estate stocks were hoping the boj changes will boost sales. kirin hoeltdings had di