[May 26, 2006]

At the Meeting of the Board of Directors on May 11, 2006, the company approved a new lineup of directors, auditors, and executive officers as follows that will be made subject to approval at the 52nd Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and ensuing Meeting of the Board of Directors to be hold on June 29, 2006.

(To be effective June 29)

< New Position >	< Current Position >	< Name >
Representative Director,President	Representative Director,President	Shunichi Yano
Representative Director,Senior ManagingExecutive Officer	Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer	Bumpei Hashizume
Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer	Director, Managing Executive Officer	Masatoshi Moriya
Director, Managing Executive Officer	Director, Managing Executive Officer	Isao Takano
Director, Managing Executive Officer	Director, Executive Officer	Yukio Umemoto
Director, Managing Executive Officer	Director, Executive Officer	Masaki Tanaka
Director, Board Counselor	Representative Director, Chairman of the Board	Michio Tanaka
Director, Executive Officer	Director, Executive Officer	Tomohiro Iida
Director, Executive Officer	Director, Executive Officer	Takashi Hirano
Director	Director	Yuji Hirano (part time)
Auditor	Auditor	Kazutoshi Uno
(New) Auditor		Masayoshi Ono
Auditor	Auditor	Shu Ichikawa (part time)
(New) Auditor		Tsuguo Yamada (part time)
Executive Officer	Executive Officer	Taizo Taguchi
Executive Officer	Executive Officer	Hiroshi Harada
Executive Officer	Executive Officer	Masaaki Suemune
Executive Officer	Executive Officer	Masahiro Omori
Executive Officer	Executive Officer	Takao Takano
(New) Executive Officer		Sizuo Kikuyama

< Retiring Auditors >	< Name >
Auditor	Shigenobu Kojima
Auditor	Atsushi Tsuyuki

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