Post and Duties of Board Directors and Corporate Officers
[Press Release 1999-027] May 21, 1999

KDD will make fundamental changes in its management structure in order to solidify its management base so as to be one of the most growing and advanced telecommunications carriers in the 21st centuries. Particularly included are the changes to reduce the number of board directors facilitating prompt decision making, to establish a structure being able to respond to rapid changes of its business environment with mobility and preciseness, and to introduce corporate officers reinforcing the structure of its business operation.

Posts and Duties of the board directors have been informally assigned as Attachment 1, which are expected to be made formal after the 68th annual stockholders' meeting. Assumption of the post of board directors is subject to appointment at the 68th annual stockholders' meeting.

The Board of Directors today also appointed corporate officers, as Attachment 2, after the 68th annual stockholders' meeting.

For further information:
KDD, Office of Public Relations:03-3347-6935
Post and Duties of Board Directors and Corporate Officers
(Attachment 1) Board Directors
Title Name Post and Duties
(From June 29, 1999)
Chairman of the
Board of Directors		 Taizo
Nakamura		 .
President Tadashi
Nishimoto		 Corporate Affairs Unit
Executive Vice
President		 Shinji
Sakai		 Head of Marketing & Sales Unit
Executive Vice
President		 Kinji
Iwasaki		 Head of Network Unit
- Head of Network Development Division
Board Director Tadashi
Kashiwamura		 Marketing & Sales Unit
- Head of Telephone Business Division
Board Director Masao
Sayato		 Corporate Affairs Unit
- Head of Group Business Development Division
Board Director Nariyoshi
Tanaka		 Network Unit
- Head of Network Business Division
Corporate Affairs Unit
- Head of Corporate Administration Division
Board Director Yasuo
Hirata		 Marketing & Sales Unit
- Head of Multimedia Business Division
Board Director Ryoichi
Shimojima		 Assistant to President
-Special Assignments
Board Director Kazuyuki
Tsukada		 Marketing & Sales Unit
- Head of Marketing & Sales Division
(Attachment 2) Corporate Officers
Title Name Post and Duties
(Effective June 29, 1999)
Senior Executive
Director		 Osamu
Ando		 Assistant to Head of Corporate Affairs Unit
-Special Assignments
Senior Executive
Director		 Sadanaga
Ochiai		 Network Unit
- Network Development Division
......Cable Systems Department
Senior Executive
Director		 Akitsugu
Kuwayama		 Marketing & Sales Unit
- Marketing & Sales Division
......Business Communications Department I
......Business Communications Department II
......Business Communications Department III
......Business Communications Department IV
......General Manager of Tokyo Regional Office
Senior Executive
Director		 Tsunekazu
Matsudaira		 Corporate Affairs Unit
- Corporate Administration Division
......International Strategy Department
Executive Director Kakuro
Taniguchi		 Marketing & Sales Unit
- Marketing & Sales Division
......General Manager of Osaka Regional Office
Executive Director Nobuo
Nezu		 Network Unit
- Director, Network Planning Office
Executive Director Hitomi
Murakami		 Marketing & Sales Unit
- Multimedia Business Division
......Director, Multimedia Services Department
Network Unit
- Network Business Division
......Advanced Technology Business Department
Executive Director Takashi
Shiraki		 Marketing & Sales Unit
- Marketing & Sales Division
......General Manager of Nagoya Regional Office
Corporate Affairs Unit
- Corporate Administration Division
......Director, General Administration Department
Executive Director Yasuhiko
Ito		 Network Unit
- Network Business Division
......Director, Wireless Business Department
Executive Director Kenichi
Kawaguchi		 Marketing & Sales Unit
- Multimedia Business Division
......Director, Network Solutions Department
Executive Director Ichiro
Kondo		 Corporate Affairs Unit
- Corporate Administration Division
......Director, Corporate Strategy Department
Executive Director Naoki
Kinoto		 President, KDD America Inc.
Executive Director Kantaro
Nakaoka		 Marketing & Sales Unit
- Director, Market & Sales Planning Office
Executive Director Yoshikazu
Ikeda		 Marketing & Sales Unit
- Multimedia Business Division
......Director, Multimedia Business Department

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