TOKYO, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Japanese trading house Mitsubishi Corp reported on Thursday a 26.5% drop in net profit for the nine months to December to 607.9 billion yen ($3.88 billion), but maintained its full-year profit forecast.

Mitsubishi forecasts net profit for the current fiscal year at 700 billion yen, down from 950.7 billion yen earned the previous year.

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