FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Tokyo, June 22, 2007 ---Japan Tobacco Inc. (JT) (TSE: 2914) announced today the new appointee to its Advisory Committee and new external appointee to its Compliance Committee. The Advisory Committee was inaugurated in July 2001, as a consultative body to the company’s top management, and provides its advisory services in areas related to middle and long-term planning and other important issues.

New Appointee to the Advisory Committee (effective July 1, 2007):

Hiroyuki Itami

(Professor of Management, Graduate School of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University)

Outgoing Member:

Takamitsu Sawa

(Professor, Graduate School of Policy Science, Ritsumeikan University)

Remaining Members:

Kazuo Inamori	(Chairman Emeritus, Kyocera Corporation)
Yoko Ohara	(President, Institute for the Fashion Industries’ IFI Business School)
Sakutaro Tanino	(Former Japanese Ambassador to India and China / Vice Chairman, Japan-China Friendship Center)
Tomijiro Morita	(Chairman of the Board, Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company)

In addition, JT has announced a new external appointee to its Compliance Committee, Koichi Ueda, attorney at law, Koichi Ueda Law Offices. The Compliance Committee was established in October 2000, and meets six times yearly to deliberate and determine company’s internal compliance program. The Committee reports directly to the Board of Directors.

New Appointee to the Compliance Committee (effective July 1, 2007):

Koichi Ueda

(Attorney at law, Koichi Ueda Law Offices)

Outgoing Member:

Shinichiro Tojo

(Attorney at law, Tawaraya Law Offices)

Remaining Member:

Makoto Matsuo

(Attorney at law, Momo-o, Matsuo & Namba)

New Advisory Committee Member Biography

Hiroyuki Itami Born: March 16, 1945 Graduated from the Department of Commerce, Hitotsubashi University in 1967
March 1969	Master of Commerce, Graduate Division, Hitotsubashi University
August 1972	Ph.D., Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie-Mellon University
April 1973	Assistant Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Hitotsubashi University
September 1975	Visiting Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University (until August 1976)
April 1977	Associate Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Hitotsubashi University
September 1982	Visiting Associate Professor, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University (until August 1983)
April 1984	Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Hitotsubashi University
April 1994	Dean, Faculty of Commerce, Hitotsubashi University
April 1998	Professor of Management, Graduate School of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University

New External Member to Compliance Committee Biography

Koichi Ueda Born: December 17, 1943 Graduated from the School of Law, Meiji University in 1963
April 1966	Judicial apprentice
April 1969	Public Prosecutor, the Sapporo District Public Prosecutors Office
February 2003	Chief Public Prosecutor, the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office
June 2006	Superintendent Public Prosecutor, the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office
December 2006	Took mandatory retirement
January 2007	Registered lawyer
Present	Koichi Ueda Law Offices, Professor of Meiji University Law school