Responding to the needs of this new age of IT, our mission is to contribute to the healthy development of the IT industry and its market expansion in Japan. To achieve this mission, MMRI strives to always have a thorough grasp of market movements, constantly stay on top of the direction taken by the industry and to provide timely and effective feedback to the industry. Specifically,MMRI performs the following: 1) close monitoring of product/manufacturer trends in the market, 2) investigation into the marketability and/or state of distribution of new products, 3) analysis with theaim of furthering the development of the distribution market, and 4) consultation services.