Notice Regarding Purchase of Treasury Stock
(Purchase of shares pursuant to the provisions of its Articles of Incorporation
in accordance with Article 165, paragraph 2 of the Corporation Act)

This is to notify that the company, at the meeting of the Board of Directors held on August 17, 2007, decided the purchase of its own shares pursuant to the provisions of Article 156 which is applicable in accordance with Article 165, paragraph 3 of the Corporation Act as follows;

1. Purpose of Purchase 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 1,000,000 shares (Represents approximately 0.84% of total number of shares issued) 3) Total amount of purchase costs of shares Up to 10,000,000,000 Yen 4) Period of purchase From August 20 to September 14, 2007 5) Method of purchase Purchase in market

(Reference) Status of the company's own shares as of August 16, 2007 Total number of shares issued (exclusive of treasury stock) 113,347,696 shares Number of treasury stock 5,453,692 shares