Notice Regarding Purchase of Treasury Stock
(Purchase of shares pursuant to the provisions of Article 210 of the Commercial Code)

This is to notify that the company, at a meeting of the Board of Directors held on November 9, 2005, decided the purchase of its own shares pursuant to the provisions of Article 210 of the Commercial Code of Japan as follows:

1. Purpose of acquisition To improve profit distribution and stock value.

2. Contents 1)Type of shares to be purchased Common shares of the company 2)Total number of shares to be purchased Up to 500,000 shares 3)Total amount of purchase costs of shares Up to 5,000,000,000 yen 5) Method of purchase Purchase in market

(Reference) 1) The Resolution at the 47th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on June 29, 2005 It was resolved that the company may purchase up to 1.5 million shares of its own common stock with a limit of 15 billion yen for the total purchase cost. 2) Status of the company's own shares as of November 8, 2005: Number of outstanding shares (inclusive of treasury stock) Number of treasury stock 118,801,388 shares 2,915,486 shares