Notice Regarding Purchase of Treasury Stock
(Purchase of shares pursuant to the provisions of Article 211-3 I (ii) of the Commercial Code)

This is to notify that the company, at a meeting of the Board of Directors held on February 4, 2005, decided the purchase of its own shares pursuant to the provisions of Article 211-3, paragraph 1 item 2 of the Commercial Code of Japan as follows;

1. Purpose of Purchase To improve profit distribution and stock value flexibly.

2. Contents 1)Type of shares to be purchased Common stock of the company 2)Total number of shares to be purchased Up to 3,000,000 shares 3)Total amount of purchase costs of shares Up to 30,000,000,000 yen 4) Method of purchase Purchase in market

(Reference)Status of the company's own shares as of February 3, 2005 Number of outstanding shares (inclusive of treasury stock) Number of treasury stock 118,801,388 shares 23,643 shares