POLA Corporation's 2018 financial statements reported the following items, with 2017 figures given for comparison (adapted and in millions):

Compute POLA's return on assets and return on common equity for 2018. Evaluate the rates of return as being strong or weak. What additional information would be helpful in making this decision? ¥ is the symbol for the Japanese yen.

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2018 2017 Balance sheet Total assets Total liabilities Total shareholders' equity (all common) Total liabilities and shareholders' equity Y10,632 ¥ 7,414 3,218 ¥10,632 Y9,523 Y6,639 2,884 Y9,523 Income statement Revenues and other income Operating expense Interest expense Other expense Net income Y 7,632 7,289 31 194 Y 118