toshiba says sales fell more than 8% and panasonic dropped 11% and fujitsu dropped almost 6%. another factor for the decline is disruption of output by the march 11 disaster. the three companies said the dollar exchange rate for earnings are between 80 and 85 yen. they say their businesses will be under more pressure if the dollar stays below 80 yen. trance tans . >> translator: if the yen stays strong we cannot offset the impact by cost-cutting alone and must reconsider our export dependent business mod model in japan. >> now time for a recast latest market figures. >>> that's all for new in business. back to shery. >> slunl water at facilities is containing radio active seesz yum rulting from plant. >> forming 49,000 tons of sludge has been found. a total of 1600 found, fukushima. contain -- at a water treatment facility in fukushima. the ministry says three fourths of it is stored at water treatment plants with no way it dispose of it. it says more than 54,000 tons is yet to be check ford radio activity. the ministry continues to study to how to dispose of the radio active

from a who's who of high-tech companies in japan, from sony, sharp, toshiba, panasonic, nintendo, fujitsu, as well as construction machinery giant, komatsu, we'll see how the strong yen, stutter i ing currencies play in china play as well. >>> electronics giant panasonic will sell its holding in sanyo electrics home appliance business to a chinese maker in the same field. sources say the company decided to sell sanyo's washing machine and refrigerator operations in japan and southeast asia to cli in a's haier. the selling price is estimated at about $128 million. most of the 2,000 employees are expected to be transferred to haier. sanyo became a subsidiary of panasonic in 2009. sanyo has been in a tie-up in haier in home appliance development. the move is part of panasonic's efforts to streamline operations that overlap with its own. the sale to haier comes ahead of the final integration of the overall businesses early next year. >>> here's a recap now of the latest market figures. krk that's all for now in business. back to catherine. >> thanks very much, ai. >>> the operator of the dama