Chairman Imai's Press Conference

Mr. Imai, Chairman of Keidanren, held an impromptu press conference on March 8 and announced new lineups of Keidanren's leadership(to take office in May, 2000).

Chairman

IMAI Takashi

Representative Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors
Nippon Steel Corporation

Vice Chairmen

TSUJI Yoshifumi

Counselor, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.

KANAI Tsutomu

Chairman of the Board and Representative Director, Hitachi, Ltd.

MAEDA Katsunosuke

Chairman of the Board, Toray Industries, Inc.

SUZUKI Toshifumi

President and Chief Executive Officer, Ito-Yokado Co., Ltd.

OHGA Norio

Chairman and Representative Director, Sony Corporation

KISHI Satoru

President, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd.

ARAKI Hiroshi

Chairman, The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc.

KATADA Tetsuya

Chairman of the Board, KOMATSU Ltd.

MORISHITA Yoichi

President, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

MAKIHARA Minoru

Chairman, Mitsubishi Corporation

KOSAI Akio

President, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.

UESHIMA Shigeji

President and Chief Executive Officer, Mitsui & Co., Ltd.

Chairman of the Board of Councillors

NASU Shoh

Counselor, The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc.

Vice Chairmen of the Board of Councillors

FUKUHARA Yoshiharu

Chairman of the Board, Shiseido Company Limited

HASHIMOTO Toru

Chairman of the Board of Directors, The Fuji Bank, Limited

HIGUCHI Hirotaro

Director, Corporate Adviser, Asahi Breweries, Ltd.

ITOH Josei

Chairman, Nippon Life Insurance Company

IMAMURA Harusuke

Chairman of the Board and Representative Director, Shimizu Corp.

OSAWA Hidejiro

President and Representative Director, Nippon Mitsubishi Oil Corporation

MORIKAWA Toshio

Chairman of the Board, The Sumitomo Bank Ltd.

NISHIMURO Taizo

President and Chief Executive Officer, Toshiba Corp.

YOSHINO Hiroyuki

President and Chief Executive Officer, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

CHO Fujio

President, Toyota Motor Corporation

AKIKUSA Naoyuki

President, FUJITSU Limited