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 has purchased its own shares in the market pursuant to the provisions of Article 211-3 I (ii) of the Commercial Code of Japan as follows. With this purchase, the company completed the purchase of all shares based on the resolution at the Board of Directors' meeting held on February 4, 2005.

1.Purchase period From April 1 to 22, 2005 2.Total number of shares purchased 963,000 shares 3.Total amount of purchase costs of shares 10,093,333,000 Yen 4.Method of purchase Purchase in market

(Reference) 1. Contents of the resolution at the Board of Directors' meeting held on February 4, 2005 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 2. Total number of shares and purchase costs after the Board of Directors' meeting held on February 4, 2005 (1)Total number of shares purchased 2,889,700 shares (2)Total amount of purchase costs of shares 29,987,068,000 Yen