2001.4.10

KDDI Announces Changes to Members of Board




KDDI Corporation (9433)
Tokyo, Japan
Mr. Yusai Okuyama, President

Tokyo - April 10, 2001 - KDDI made a preliminary decision at a special director's meeting today to reshuffle its board of directors. The details are outlined below.

KDDI plans to formerly make a decision about the reshuffle at its shareholders' and directors' meeting scheduled in late June.

New position Former position Name
Honorary Adviser Chairman Emeritus Kazuo Inamori
Honorary Adviser Chairman Emeritus Shoichiro Toyoda
Member of the Board
Senior Corporate Adviser
Vice Chairman of the Board Tadashi Nishimoto
Vice Chairman
Member of the Board
Representative Director
President Yusai Okuyama
President
Member of the Board
Representative Director
Executive Vice President Tadashi Onodera


About KDDI CORPORATION of Japan

KDDI CORPORATION was established in 1984 and is currently the second largest telecommunications company in Japan, providing a comprehensive range of voice, data, IP and mobile services to both business customers and consumers. After merging with KDD and IDO in October, 2000, KDDI serves over 15 million long-distance subscribers, 1.4 million internet subscribers, 13 million mobile subscribers, and 3.3 million PHS subscribers. KDDI has 34,000 km of highly reliable domestic network infrastructure, in addition to optical submarine cable systems such as TPC-5, Japan-US CN and China-US CN. KDDI also works to develop advanced technology in the areas of radio & mobile, lightwave, multimedia, and Internet communications. The KDDI Group consists of approx 100 companies covering a wide variety of telecommunications-related businesses such as engineering, facility hosting, submarine cable construction, and R&D. It has 125 offices in Japan and 46 abroad providing customers with global support. The main shareholders of KDDI are Kyocera Corporation and TOYOTA Motor Corporation.
For more information about the company and its products, visit the website at http://www.kddi.com/.



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