Executive Officers

President	Chief Executive Officer	Katsuhiko Honda
Executive Deputy President	Assistant to CEO in Compliance, Finance, Communications, General Administration, Legal, and Operational Review and Business Assurance	Takao Hotta
Executive Deputy President	Chief Strategy Officer and Assistant to CEO in Human Resources	Kazuei Obata
Executive Deputy President	President, Tobacco Business and Assistant to CEO in Vending Machinery	Seigo Nishizawa
Senior Executive Vice President	Product Group, Tobacco Business	Yasumasa Matsunaga
Senior Executive Vice President	President, Food Business	Tetsuji Kanamori
Executive Vice President	Research & Development General Division, Tobacco Business	Ichiro Kumakura
Executive Vice President	Sales Headquarters, Tobacco Business	Koji Nishihara
Executive Vice President	Head of Central Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Chief Scientific Officer, Pharmaceutical Business	Shigeo Ishiguro
Executive Vice President	Chief General Affairs Officer	Ryoichi Yamada
Executive Vice President	Chief Legal Officer	Ryuichi Shimomura
Senior Vice President	Blending & Product Development General Division, Tobacco Business	Tadashi Iwanami
Senior Vice President	Manufacturing General Division, Tobacco Business	Kenji Iijima
Senior Vice President	Domestic Leaf Tobacco General Division, Tobacco Business	Tatsuya Hisano
Senior Vice President	Tobacco Business Planning Division, Tobacco Business	Mitsuomi Koizumi
Senior Vice President	Corporate, Scientific & Regulatory Affairs, Tobacco Business	Seiki Sato
Senior Vice President	President, Pharmaceutical Business	Noriaki Okubo
Senior Vice President	Soft Drink Business Division, Food Business	Gisuke Shiozawa
Senior Vice President	Food Business Division, Food Business	Mutsuo Iwai
Senior Vice President	Chief Human Resources Officer	Yoshiyuki Murai
Senior Vice President	Chief Financial Officer	Yasushi Shingai
Senior Vice President	Chief Communications Officer	Masakazu Shimizu

Subject to approval at the meeting of the Board of Directors, to be held on June 24, 2005
Changes from the latest announcement on April 27, 2005:

* Mr. Kazuo Kobayashi will retire from his senior vice president post as of June 24, 2005.
* Mr. Mutsuo Iwai was appointed as senior vice president for the Food Business Division.