In accordance with the enforcement of the Corporation Law (Law No. 86, 2005), Law for Maintenance, etc. of Relevant Laws relating to the Enforcement of the Corporation Law (Law No. 87, 2005, hereinafter referred to as the "Maintenance Law"), Enforcement Regulations of the Corporation Law (Ministry of Justice Ordinance No. 12, 2006) and Regulations for Financial Statements of Corporations (Ministry of Justice Ordinance No. 13, 2006) on May 1, 2006, the Company intends to amend the Articles as follows.

(i) Certain Articles are inserted or amended to reflect the changes which are deemed to have been made at the time of enforcement of the Corporation Law. (Article 4, Article 8 and Article 10, paragraph 1.)

(ii) As the restriction regarding the venue of general meetings of shareholders was abolished, an Article is amended so that general meetings of shareholders may be convened within any of the wards of the Metropolis of Tokyo. (Article 14, paragraph 2.)

(iii) In order to diversify the means to provide information to shareholders, a new Article is inserted to the effect that the Company may be deemed to have provided shareholders with necessary information required to be described or presented in reference materials for general meetings of shareholders, business reports and non-consolidated and consolidated financial statements, if it is disclosed via the Internet. (Article 16.)

(iv) An Article is amended to stipulate the number of proxy through whom a shareholder may exercise his/her voting rights. (Article 18.)

(v) In order to make timely decisions at the Board of Directors of the Company, a new paragraph is inserted so that if and when all of the Directors express their approval in writing or by electronic means with respect to any matter to be resolved by the Board of Directors, and when none of the corporate auditors raises an objection thereto, it shall be deemed as a valid resolution of the Board of Directors to approve such matter. (Article 25, paragraph 2.)

(vi) In order to facilitate the appointment of suitable persons as outside directors and outside corporate auditors and their fulfillment of their roles, new Articles are inserted so that the Company may enter into an agreement with outside directors and outside corporate auditors to limit their liability in accordance with the provisions of Article 427, paragraph 1 of the Corporation Law. (Article 27 and Article 36.)

Each of the corporate auditors has given consent to the insertion of Article 27.

(vii) Since the powers of the Board of Directors and those of corporate auditors are evident by Article 362, paragraph 2 and Article 390, paragraph 2 of the Corporation Law, current Articles 20 and 29 of the Articles of Incorporation are deleted entirely.

(viii) Other necessary amendments are made, such as changes in terminology and quotations in accordance with the Corporation Law, changes in words and phrases and renumbering of Articles.

In order to enhance accessibility and efficiency of the Company's public notices, an Article is amended so that the Company’s public notices shall be given by electronic means, except in the event that electronic public notices cannot be provided due to an accident or other unavoidable circumstances, in which case other means of public notices will be utilized.