[TRANSLATION]
May 15, 2012
To Whom It May Concern：
Name of Company: Central Japan Railway Company
Name of Representative: Yoshiomi Yamada,President and Representative Director(Code: 9022, First Sections of the TSE, OSE and NSE)
Contact Person: Katsumi Miyazawa,
Executive Director and General Manager of the Public Relations Department(Telephone No.: +81-52-564-2549)
Change in Representative Directors and Officers
At the meeting of the Board of Directors of Central Japan Railway Company (the “Company”)
held on May 15, 2012, the Company resolved that the appointment of candidates for Directors(fourteen (14) persons) be proposed at the 25th ordinary general meeting of shareholders (to be heldon June 22, 2012) and the Company resolved to appoint Corporate Officers (twenty-three (23)persons) to assume office on June 22, 2012.
The structure of officers is intended to expedite decision making and facilitate solid
discussions at meetings of the Board of Directors and to further clarify the roles shared between theDirectors and the Corporate Officers who are responsible for performing the business operations inorder to timely and appropriately respond to changes in the business environment surrounding theCompany.
As of June 22, 2012, the composition of the Directors and the Corporate Officers shall be as
follows:

1.

Appointment and Retirement of Directors(1)

Reappointed Director Candidates (ten (10) persons)

Yoshiyuki Kasai
Shin Kaneko
Fujio Cho

Yoshiomi Yamada
Naotoshi Yoshikawa
Kenji Koroyasu

Koei Tsuge
Masaki Seki

Tsutomu Morimura
Katsumi Miyazawa

Messrs. Fujio Cho and Kenji Koroyasu are Outside Director candidates, as required by Article 2,
Paragraph (3), Item (vii) of the Enforcement Regulations of the Companies Act.
(2)

New Director Candidates (four (4) persons)

Yutaka OsadaSumio Kudo
Kimiaki Tanaka
Takashi Saeki(currently a Corporate Executive Officer)(currently a Corporate Executive Officer)(currently a Corporate Officer)(currently the President and Representative Director of Toho Gas Co.,Ltd.)[expected to assume the office of the Chairman and Representative
Director of Toho Gas Co., Ltd. on June 26, 2012]

Mr. Takashi Saeki is an Outside Director candidate, as required by Article 2, Paragraph (3), Item(vii) of the Enforcement Regulations of the Company Act.
(3)

Retiring Directors (twelve (12) persons)

Koushi Akutsu

Toyonori NodaJun-ichi Hirasawa

Mitsuru Nakamura

Mamoru Uno

Yoshiki Suyama

Yoshito Tsubouchi

Hidenori Fujii

Sumio Atsuchi

Kiyoshi Watanabe

Hideyuki Shoji

Kotaro Mizuno(currently an Executive Vice President and Representative Director)[expected to assume the office of the President and Representative
Director of JR Tokai Agency Co., Ltd. on June 28, 2012](currently an Executive Vice President and Representative Director)[expected to assume office at Meiko Construction Co., Ltd.](currently a Senior Executive Director)[expected to assume the office of the President and Representative
Director of JR Tokai Real Estate Co., Ltd. on June 28, 2012](currently a Senior Executive Director)[expected to assume the office of a Senior Executive Director of Tokai
Kiosk Company on June 27, 2012](currently a Director)[expected to assume the office of a Corporate Executive Officer of theCompany on June 22, 2012](currently a Director)[expected to assume the office of a Corporate Executive Officer of theCompany on June 22, 2012](currently a Director)[expected to assume the office of a Corporate Executive Officer of theCompany on June 22, 2012](currently a Director)[expected to assume the office of a Corporate Executive Officer of theCompany on June 22, 2012](currently a Director)[expected to assume the office of a Corporate Executive Officer of theCompany on June 22, 2012](currently a Director)[expected to assume the office of a Corporate Executive Officer of theCompany on June 22, 2012](currently a Director)[expected to assume the office of a Corporate Executive Officer of theCompany on June 22, 2012](currently a Director)

2.

Appointment of Directors with Titles
Directors with titles will be determined at the meeting of the Board of Directors to be held
after the 25th ordinary general meeting of shareholders. Such Directors with titles who are
expected to assume office shall be as follows:(1)

Expected Chairman and Representative Director

Yoshiyuki Kasai(2)(currently the Chairman and Representative Director)

Expected President and Representative Director

Yoshiomi Yamada(currently the President and Representative Director)

(3)Expected Executive Vice Presidents and Representative Directors

Koei Tsuge
Tsutomu Morimura
Shin Kaneko
Naotoshi Yoshikawa(currently an Executive Vice President and Representative Director)(currently a Senior Executive Director)(currently a Senior Executive Director)(currently a Senior Executive Director)

3.

Appointment and Retirement of Corporate Officers(1)

Reappointed Corporate Officers (nine (9) persons)

Yutaka Osada
Makoto Baba
Hiroyuki Kawarasaki(2)

Sumio Kudo
Shuichi Takashima

Shun-ichi Kosuge
Kenji Hamada

New Corporate Officers (fourteen (14) persons)

Masaki Seki
Katsumi Miyazawa
Mamoru Uno
Yoshiki Suyama
Yoshito Tsubouchi
Hidenori Fujii
Sumio Atsuchi
Kiyoshi Watanabe
Hideyuki Shoji
Tokuji Matsuno
Yoshihiro Yamamoto
Kazuhiro IgarashiYasukazu Endo

Yoshihisa Yamaguchi(3)

Noriyuki Shirakuni
Kimiaki Tanaka(currently a Senior Executive Director)(currently an Executive Director)(currently a Director)(currently a Director)(currently a Director)(currently a Director)(currently a Director)(currently a Director)(currently a Director)(currently a Deputy Director General of the Corporate Planning Division)(currently a General Manager of the Engineering Department of theConventional Lines Operations Division)(currently a Deputy Director General of the General TechnologyDivision)(currently a General Manager of Yamanashi Maglev Test Center of theMaglev Systems Development Division of the Chuo Shinkansen
Promotion Division)(currently a Deputy Director General of the Business PromotionDivision)

Retiring Corporate Officers (two (2) persons)Seiichi Ishizu

Masayuki Kushiyama(currently a Corporate Officer)[expected to assume the office of an Executive Vice President andRepresentative Director of the Japan Electrical Consulting Co., Ltd. on
June 14, 2012](currently a Corporate Officer)[expected to assume the office of the President and Representative
Director of Shizuoka Terminal Hotel Co., Ltd. on June 27, 2012]

4.

Appointment of Corporate Officers with Titles(1)

Senior Corporate Executive Officers

Masaki Seki
Katsumi Miyazawa
Yutaka Osada
Noriyuki Shirakuni
Sumio Kudo
(2)

(currently a Senior Executive Director)(currently an Executive Director)(currently a Corporate Executive Officer)(currently a Corporate Executive Officer)(currently a Corporate Executive Officer)

Corporate Executive Officers

Shun-ichi Kosuge
Mamoru Uno
Yoshiki Suyama
Makoto Baba
Yoshito Tsubouchi
Hidenori Fujii
Sumio Atsuchi
Kimiaki Tanaka
Kiyoshi Watanabe
Hideyuki Shoji(currently a Corporate Officer)(currently a Director)(currently a Director)(currently a Corporate Officer)(currently a Director)(currently a Director)(currently a Director)(currently a Corporate Officer)(currently a Director)(currently a Director)

5.

Roles Shared among Directors and Corporate Auditors (Reference) --- Exhibit 1hereto

6.

Roles Assigned to Corporate Officers (Reference) --- Exhibit 2 hereto

Exhibit 1
May 15, 2012
Central Japan Railway Company
Roles Shared among Directors and Corporate Auditors
As of June 22, 2012, the roles to be shared among Directors and Corporate Auditors shall be asfollows:
New Title
Chairman andRepresentative Director

NameYoshiyuki Kasai

Old Title[Chairman andRepresentative Director]

President andRepresentative Director

Yoshiomi Yamada[President andRepresentative Director]

Koei Tsuge
Executive Vice President
and Representative Director:
in charge of the Secretarial
Department, the Audit
Department, the Public
Relations Department, theAdministration Department,
the Legal Affairs
Department, the Personnel
Department and the Property
Management Department[Executive Vice Presidentand Representative Director:
in charge of the Secretarial
Department, the Audit
Department, the PublicRelations Department, theAdministration Department,
the Legal Affairs
Department and thePersonnel Department]

Tsutomu Morimura
Executive Vice President
and Representative Director:
in charge of controlling theTechnology Section and incharge of the Overseas High
Speed Railway Project[Senior Executive Director:
in charge of the General
Technology Division and theOverseas High Speed
Railway Project]

Shin Kaneko
Executive Vice President
and Representative Director:
in charge of the Corporate
Planning Division, the Chuo
Shinkansen Promotion
Division, the Finance
Department, the Marketing
Division and the Business
Promotion Division[Senior Executive Director:
Director General of theCorporate Planning Divisionand in charge of the Chuo
Shinkansen Promotion
Division]Executive Vice President
Naotoshi Yoshikawa
and Representative Director:
in charge of the Shinkansen
and Conventional Lines
Operations Division and incharge of controlling theTransportation andTransportation Safety
SectionDirector
Senior Corporate Executive
Officer:
Director General of theShinkansen Operations
Division and in charge ofcontrolling the Tracks andStructures Section

Masaki Seki

Katsumi Miyazawa
Director
Senior Corporate Executive
Officer:
Director General of theCorporate Planning Division
Director
Senior Corporate Executive
Officer:
Director General of theGeneral Technology
Division and in charge ofcontrolling the ElectricalEngineering Section

Yutaka Osada

DirectorSenior Corporate Executive
Officer:
Director General of theConventional Lines
Operations Division

Sumio Kudo

Director
Corporate Executive
Officer:
Director General of theBusiness Promotion
Division

Kimiaki Tanaka[Senior Executive Director:
Director General of theShinkansen Operations
Division][Senior Executive Director:
Director General of theGeneral Technology
Division][Executive Director:
General Manager of the
Public Relations
Department][Corporate Executive
Officer:
Deputy Director General ofthe General Technology
Division, General Managerof the Technology Researchand Development
Department and Deputy
Director General of the
Chuo Shinkansen Promotion
Division][Corporate Executive
Officer:
Director General of theShizuoka Branch Office][Corporate Officer:
Deputy Director General ofthe Business Promotion
Division]Director (Non Full-time)

Fujio Cho

[Director (Non Full-time)* Chairman and
Representative Director of
Toyota Motor Corporation]

Director (Non Full-time)

Kenji Koroyasu[Director (Non Full-time)* Attorney-at-law]Director (Non Full-time)

Takashi Saeki[ ____________*Expected to assume theoffice of the Chairman and
Representative Director of
Toho Gas Co., Ltd.]

Corporate Auditor(Full-time)

Osamu Nakayama[Corporate Auditor(Full-time)]

Corporate Auditor(Full-time)

Takaharu Kachi[Corporate Auditor(Full-time)]

Corporate Auditor(Full-time)

Harumi Umeda[Corporate Auditor(Full-time)]

Corporate Auditor(Full-time)

Hiromu Emi[Corporate Auditor(Full-time)]

Corporate Auditor

Shigeo Kifuji[Corporate Auditor]

Exhibit 2
May 15, 2012
Central Japan Railway Company

Roles Assigned to Corporate Officers
As of June 22, 2012, the roles to be assigned to each Corporate Officer shall be as follows:
New Title
NameSenior Corporate Executive Masaki Seki
Officer:
Director General of theShinkansen Operations
Division and in charge ofcontrolling the Tracks andStructures Section

Old Title[Senior Executive Director:
Director General of the General
Technology Division]

Senior Corporate Executive Katsumi Miyazawa
Officer:
Director General of the
Corporate PlanningDivision[Executive Director:
General Manager of the Public
Relations Department]

Senior Corporate Executive Yutaka Osada
Officer:
Director General of theGeneral Technology
Division and in charge ofcontrolling the ElectricalEngineering Section[Corporate Executive Officer:
Deputy Director General of theGeneral Technology Division,
General Manager of theTechnology Research andDevelopment Department of theGeneral Technology Division and
Deputy Director General of the
Chuo Shinkansen Promotion
Division]

Senior Corporate Executive Noriyuki Shirakuni
Officer:
Director General of theMaglev Systems
Development Division ofthe Chuo Shinkansen
Promotion Division[Corporate Executive Officer:
Director General of the Maglev
Systems Development Division ofthe Chuo Shinkansen Promotion
Division]

Senior Corporate Executive Sumio Kudo
Officer:
Director General of theConventional Lines
Operations Division[Corporate Executive Officer:
Director General of the Shizuoka
Branch Office]Shun-ichi Kosuge
Corporate Executive
Officer:
Deputy Director General ofthe General Technology
Division and General
Manager of the Technology
Planning Department of theGeneral Technology
Division and Head ofConsulting andCoordination Office –Overseas High Speed
Railway Project of theTechnology Planning
Department of the General
Technology Division and incharge of the Overseas
High Speed Railway
ProjectCorporate Executive
Officer:
Director General of theChuo Shinkansen
Promotion Division

Mamoru Uno

Yoshiki Suyama
Corporate Executive
Officer:
General Manager of theAdministration Department[Corporate Officer:
Deputy Director General of theGeneral Technology Division andHead of Consulting andCoordination Office – Overseas
High Speed Railway Project of theTechnology Planning Departmentof the General Technology
Division and in charge of theOverseas High Speed Railway
Project][Director:
Director General of the Chuo
Shinkansen Promotion Division][Director:
General Manager of theAdministration Department]

Corporate Executive
Officer:
General Manager of theLegal Affairs Department

Makoto Baba

[Corporate Officer:
General Manager of the Legal
Affairs Department]

Corporate Executive
Officer:
General Manager of thePersonnel Department

Yoshito Tsubouchi[Director:
General Manager of the PersonnelDepartment]

Corporate Executive
Officer:
General Manager of theFinance Department

Hidenori Fujii[Director:General Manager of the Finance
Department]

Corporate Executive
Officer:
Director General of theMarketing Division

Sumio Atsuchi[Director:
Director General of the Marketing
Division]Corporate Executive
Officer:
Director General of theBusiness Promotion
Division

Kimiaki Tanaka

Corporate Executive
Kiyoshi Watanabe
Officer:
General Manager of theConstruction Department
and in charge of controlling
the Construction Section[Corporate Officer:
Deputy Director General of theBusiness Promotion Division][Director:
General Manager of theConstruction Department]

Corporate Executive
Officer:
General Manager of theTransportation Safety
Department

Hideyuki Shoji[Director:General Manager of theTransportation Safety Department]

Corporate Officer:
Deputy General Managerof the Construction
Department

Shuichi Takashima[Corporate Officer:
Deputy General Manager of theConstruction Department]

Corporate Officer:
Director General of the
Shizuoka Branch OfficeKenji Hamada[Corporate Officer:
Deputy Director General of theShinkansen Operations Division
and General Manager of theTransportation and Marketing
Department of the Shinkansen
Operations Division]

Corporate Officer:
Director General of theKansai Branch OfficeHiroyuki Kawarasaki[Corporate Officer:
Director General of the Kansai
Branch Office]Tokuji Matsuno
Corporate Officer:
Deputy Director General ofthe Corporate Planning
Division, General Managerof the Project Development
Department of the
Corporate Planning
Division, General Managerof the Investment Planning
Department of theCorporate Planning
Division and General
Manager of the Tokyo
Project Development
Department of the
Corporate Planning
Division[Deputy Director General of the
Corporate Planning Division,
Acting General Manager of the
Project Development Departmentof the Corporate Planning Division
and Acting General Manager of theTokyo Project Development
Department of the Corporate
Planning Division]

Corporate Officer:
Yoshihiro Yamamoto
Deputy Director General ofthe Corporate Planning
Division and General
Manager of the Information
Systems Department of theCorporate Planning
Division[General Manager of theEngineering Department of theConventional Lines OperationsDivision]

Kazuhiro Igarashi
Corporate Officer:
Deputy Director General ofthe General Technology
Division, General Managerof the Technology
Research and Development
Department of the General
Technology Division and in
charge of controlling theRolling Stock Section[Deputy Director General of theGeneral Technology Division andActing General Manager of theTechnology Planning Departmentof the General Technology
Division]

Yasukazu Endo
Corporate Officer:
Deputy Director General ofthe Maglev SystemsDevelopment Division ofthe Chuo Shinkansen
Promotion Division andGeneral Manager ofYamanashi Maglev Test
Center of the Maglev
Systems Development
Division of the Chuo
Shinkansen Promotion
Division[General Manager of Yamanashi
Maglev Test Center of the Maglev
Systems Development Division ofthe Chuo Shinkansen PromotionDivision]

Corporate Officer:
Yoshihisa Yamaguchi
Deputy Director General ofthe Business Promotion
Division[Deputy Director General of theBusiness Promotion Division]

[Expected New Representative Director]
ResumeTsutomu Morimura
Born March 1, 1949
Born

Tokyo

April, 1972

Graduated from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Tokyo

May, 1972

Joined Japanese National Railways (“JNR”)

May, 1986

Deputy Manager of the Repair Division of the Rolling Stock Bureau of JNRApril, 1987

Joined Central Japan Railway Company (“CJR”)

October, 1987

Manager of the Rolling Stock Section of the Osaka Supervision Department ofCJR

December, 1988 Manager of the Rolling Stock Section of the Rolling Stock Department of theShinkansen Operations Division of CJRMarch, 1990

Manager of the Supervision Section of the Rolling Stock Department of theShinkansen Operations Division of CJRMarch, 1991

Deputy General Manager of the Rolling Stock Department of the Shinkansen
Operations Division of CJR

June, 1992

General Manager of the Rolling Stock Department of the Shinkansen Operations
Division of CJR

June, 1994

General Manager in charge of the Technology Division of CJR

June, 1998

Deputy Director General of the Technology Division of CJR

June, 2002

Director and Deputy General Manager of the Technology Research andDevelopment Department of the General Technology Division of CJR

June, 2003

Corporate Officer and Deputy General Manager of the Technology Research andDevelopment Department of the General Technology Division of CJR

June, 2004

Corporate Officer and General Manager of the Technology Research andDevelopment Department of the General Technology Division of CJR

June, 2006

Corporate Executive Officer and General Manager of the Technology Researchand Development Department of the General Technology Division of CJR

June, 2007

Executive Director and Director General of the General Technology Division ofCJRJune, 2008

Senior Executive Director and Director General of the General Technology

Division of CJR
June, 2010

Senior Executive Director, Director General of the General Technology Divisionand in charge of the Overseas High Speed Railway Project of CJR (Incumbent)[Expected New Representative Director]
ResumeShin Kaneko
Born August 29, 1955
Born

Toyama Prefecture

March, 1978

Graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Tokyo

April, 1978

Joined Japanese National Railways (“JNR”)

February, 1986

Deputy Manager of the Labor Division of the Personnel Affairs Bureau of JNRApril, 1987

Joined Central Japan Railway Company (“CJR”)

March, 1991

Manager in charge of the Personnel Section of the Personnel Department of CJR

June, 1994

Manager of the Labor Section of the Personnel Department of CJR

June, 1996

Manager of the Personnel Section of the Personnel Department of CJR

June, 1998

General Manager of the Supervision Department of the Shinkansen Operations
Division of CJR

June, 2002

General Manager of the Administration Department of CJR

June, 2004

Director and General Manager of the Administration Department of CJR

June, 2006

Director and General Manager of the Personnel Department of CJR

June, 2008

Executive Director and Director General of the Corporate Planning Division ofCJRJune, 2010

Senior Executive Director and Director General of the Corporate Planning
Division of CJR

July, 2011

Senior Executive Director, Director General of the Corporate Planning Divisionand in charge of the Chuo Shinkansen Promotion Division of CJR (Incumbent)[Expected New Representative Director]
ResumeNaotoshi Yoshikawa
Born August 23, 1951
BornTokyo

March, 1975

Graduated from the School of Engineering of Tohoku University

April, 1975

Joined Japanese National Railways (“JNR”)

February, 1986

Manager of the Operating Rolling Stock Division of the Working Rolling Stock
Department of the Nagoya Supervision Bureau of JNRApril, 1987

Joined Central Japan Railway Company (“CJR”)

February, 1988

Manager of the Operating Section of the Transportation Department of theShinkansen Operations Division of CJRDecember, 1989 Manager of the Transportation Section of the Transportation Department of theShinkansen Operations Division of CJR
June, 1992

Manager of the Supervision Section of the Transportation and Marketing
Department of the Shinkansen Operations Division of CJR

June, 1993

General Manager of the Transportation and Marketing Department of the Kansai
Branch Office of CJR

June, 1996

General Manager of the Rolling Stock Department of the Shinkansen Operations
Division of CJR

June, 1998

General Manager of the Transportation and Marketing Department of theShinkansen Operations Division of CJRDecember, 2003 General Manager of the Transportation Safety Department of CJRJune, 2004

Director and General Manager of the Transportation Safety Department of CJR

June, 2008

Executive Director and General Manager of the Transportation Safety Departmentof CJR

June, 2009

Executive Director and Director General of the Shinkansen Operations Divisionof CJR

June, 2010

Senior Executive Director and Director General of the Shinkansen Operations
Division of CJR (Incumbent)