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May 18, 2010
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 TSE, OSE and NSE)
Contact Person: Katsumi Miyazawa,
Director and General Manager of the Public Relations Department(Telephone No.: +81-52-564-2549)
CHANGE IN OFFICERS
At the meeting of the Board of Directors of Central Japan Railway Company (the “Company”)
held on May 18, 2010, the Company resolved that the appointment of candidates for Directors(twenty-three (23) persons) and a candidate for Corporate Auditor (one (1) person) be proposed atthe 23rd ordinary general meeting of shareholders (to be held on June 22, 2010). In addition to that,
the Company resolved to appoint Corporate Officers (eleven (11) persons) to assume office onJune 22, 2010.
As from June 22, 2010, the composition of the Directors, the Corporate Auditors and theCorporate Officers shall be as follows:1.

Appointment and Retirement of Directors and Corporate Auditors(1)

Candidates for reappointed Directors (nineteen (19) persons)

Yoshiyuki Kasai
Toyonori Noda
Mitsuru Nakamura
Yoshiki Suyama
Hideyuki Shouji

Masayuki MatsumotoKouei Tsuge
Shin Kaneko
Yoshito Tsubouchi
Fujio Cho

Yoshiomi Yamada
Tsutomu Morimura
Naotoshi Yoshikawa
Hidenori Fujii
Kenji Koroyasu

Koushi Akutsu
Jun-ichi Hirasawa
Katsumi Miyazawa
Sumio Atsuchi

Messrs. Fujio Cho and Kenji Koroyasu are the candidates for Outside Directors, as required byArticle 2, Paragraph 3, Item 7 of the Enforcement Regulations of the Companies Act.
(2)

Candidates for new Directors (four (4) persons)

Masaki Seki

Mamoru Uno

Kiyoshi Watanabe

Designated Director General of the General Technology Division(currently a Corporate Executive Officer and General Manager of theTechnology Research and Development Department of the General
Technology Division)
Designated Director General of the Tokaido Shinkansen 21st CenturyDivision(currently a Corporate Officer and Deputy Director General of theTokaido Shinkansen 21st Century Division)
Designated General Manager of the Construction Department(currently a Corporate Officer, Deputy Director General of the Tokaido

Kotaro Mizuno

Shinkansen 21st Century Division and General Manager of the Tokyo
Construction Branch of the Construction Department)(Non Full-time)(currently Chairman and Representative Director of Toho Gas Co., Ltd)Mr. Kotaro Mizuho is the candidate for Outside Director, as required by Article 2, Paragraph 3,
Item 7 of the Enforcement Regulations of the Company Act.
(3)

Directors to retire (three (3) persons)

Yukihiro Masuda

Tadashi Morishita

Toshitaka Hayakawa(4)

Candidate for new Corporate Auditor (one (1) person)

Osamu Nakayama(5)

Statutory Corporate Auditor(currently a Corporate Executive Officer and Director General of theShizuoka Branch Office)Corporate Auditor to retire (one (1) person)

Masayuki Kono
2.

(currently a Director)(expected to assume the office of Executive Director of JR Central
Consultants Co., Ltd. on June 25, 2010)(currently a Director)(expected to assume the office of Executive Vice President andRepresentative Director of JR Central Consultants Co., Ltd. on June 25,2010)(currently a Director)(currently a Statutory Corporate Auditor)

Appointment of Directors with Titles
Directors with titles will be determined at the meeting of the Board of Directors to beheld after the 23rd ordinary general meeting of shareholders. Such Directors with titles
who are expected to assume office are expected to be as follows:(1)

Chairman and Representative Director to be：

Yoshiyuki Kasai(2)

Vice Chairman and Representative Director to be：

Masayuki Matsumoto(3)(currently Vice Chairman and Representative Director)

President and Representative Director to be：

Yoshiomi Yamada(4)(currently Chairman and Representative Director)(currently President and Representative Director)

Executive Vice Presidents and Representative Directors to be：

Koushi Akutsu
Toyonori Noda

(currently an Executive Vice President and Representative Director)(currently an Executive Vice President and Representative Director)-2-

Kouei Tsuge(5)

Senior Executive Directors to be：

Tsutomu MorimuraJun-ichi Hirasawa
Mitsuru Nakamura
Shin Kaneko
Masaki Seki
Naotoshi Yoshikawa(6)(currently a Senior Executive Director)(currently a Senior Executive Director)(currently a Senior Executive Director)(currently an Executive Director)(newly appointed)(currently an Executive Director)

Executive Director to be：

Katsumi Miyazawa
3.

(currently an Executive Vice President and Representative Director)(currently a Director)

Change of Roles Shared among Directors
The roles to be shared among Directors will be determined at a meeting of the Board ofDirectors to be held after the 23rd ordinary general meeting of shareholders. The detailsof the changes in roles are expected to be as follows:

Executive Vice President
and Representative
Director

Koushi Akutsu

Executive Vice President
and Representative
Director

Toyonori Noda

Senior Executive
Director

Tsutomu Morimura-3-Person in charge of the Corporate
Planning Division, the FinanceDepartment, the Property ManagementDepartment, the Marketing Division andthe Business Promotion Division(currently an Executive Vice President
and Representative Director, and person
in charge of the Finance Department, theProperty Management Department, theMarketing Division, the Shinkansen
Operations Division and the KansaiBranch Office)
Person in charge of all the technology
related divisions, the Conventional LinesOperations Division, the Tokaido
Shinkansen 21st Century Division andthe Transportation Safety Department(currently an Executive Vice President
and Representative Director, and person
in charge of all the technology relateddivisions (including the Tokaido
Shinkansen 21st Century Division), theTransportation Safety Department, theTokai Conventional Lines Operations
Division and the Shizuoka BranchOffice)
Person in charge of the General
Technology Division and the Overseas
High Speed Railway Project(currently a Senior Executive DirectorDirectorYoshiki Suyama

DirectorYoshito Tsubouchi

and Director General of the General
Technology Division)
Designated General Manager of theAdministration Department(currently a Director and General
Manager of the Personnel Department)
Designated General Manager of thePersonnel Department(currently a Director and General
Manager of the AdministrationDepartment)

4.

Appointment and Retirement of Corporate Officers(1)

Reappointed Corporate Officers (six (6) persons)

Yutaka Osada
Makoto Baba
(2)

Noriyuki Shirakuni
Kimiaki Tanaka

Shun-ichi Kosuge

New Corporate Officers (five (5) persons)Seiichi Ishizu

Shuichi Takashima

Masayuki Kushiyama

Kenji HamadaHiroyuki Kawarazaki(3)

Sumio Kudo

Designated Deputy Director General of the Corporate Planning Division
and Designated General Manager of the Information Systems Departmentof the Corporate Planning Division(currently Deputy Director General of the Corporate Planning Division
and Acting General Manager of the Information Systems Department ofthe Corporate Planning Division)
Designated Deputy General Manager of the Construction Department(currently General Manager in charge of the Construction Department
and Acting Manager of the Electronical Engineering Section of theConstruction Department)
Designated General Manager of the Employee Training Center and
Designated General Manager of the Mishima Employee Training Center(currently a General Manager of the Audit Department)
Designated Deputy Director General of the Shinkansen Operations
Division and Designated General Manager of the Transportation and theMarketing Department of the Shinkansen Operations Division(currently General Manager of the Transportation and the Marketing
Department of the Shinkansen Operations Division)
Designated Director General of the Kansai Branch Office(currently General Manager of the Supervision Department of the Tokai
Conventional Lines Operations Division)

Corporate Officers to retire (eight (8) persons)

Masaki Seki

Osamu Nakayama

Takashi Ono(currently a Corporate Executive Officer)(expected to assume the office of Senior Executive Director of theCompany on June 22, 2010)(currently a Corporate Executive Officer)(expected to assume the office of Statutory Corporate Auditor of theCompany on June 22, 2010](currently a Corporate Officer)-4-Takatoshi Yoshida

Sakae Ishikawa

Mamoru Uno

Kiyoshi Watanabe

Atsushi Suzuki

5.

(expected to assume the office of President and Representative Directorof JR DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT CORPORATION OF
SHIZUOKA. on June 25, 2010)(currently a Corporate Officer)(expected to assume the office of President and Representative Directorof JR Tokai Information Systems Co., Ltd. on June 25, 2010)(currently a Corporate Officer)(expected to assume the office of President and Representative Directorof Shinkansen Engineering Co., Ltd. on June 24, 2010)(currently a Corporate Officer)(expected to assume the office of Director of the Company on June 22,2010)(currently a Corporate Officer)(expected to assume the office of Director of the Company on June 22,2010)(currently a Corporate Officer)(expected to assume the office of Executive Director of Tokai Rolling
Stock & Machinery Co., Ltd. on June 29, 2010)

Appointment of Corporate Officers with Titles
Corporate Executive OfficersYutaka Osada
Noriyuki Shirakuni
Sumio Kudo
6.

(currently a Corporate Officer)(currently a Corporate Officer)(currently a Corporate Officer)

Change of Roles Shared among Corporate Officers

Corporate Executive
Officer

Yutaka Osada

Corporate Executive
Officer

Sumio Kudo

Corporate Officer

Shun-ichi Kosuge-5-

Designated Deputy Director General ofthe General Technology Division,
Designated General Manager of theTechnology Research and Development
Department of the General Technology
Division and Designated Deputy Director
General of the Tokaido Shinkansen 21stCentury Division(currently a Corporate Officer, Deputy
Director General of the Shinkansen
Operations Division and General
Manager of the Electrical EngineeringDepartment of the Shinkansen
Operations Division)
Designated Director General of theShizuoka Branch Office(currently a Corporate Officer andDirector General of the Kansai BranchOffice)
Designated Deputy Director General ofthe General Technology Division andperson in charge of the Overseas High
Speed Railway Project(currently a Corporate Officer andGeneral Manager of the Technology
Planning Department of the General
Technology Division
7.

Roles Shared among Directors and Corporate Auditors (Reference) --- Exhibit 1
hereto8.

Roles Assigned to Corporate Officers (Reference) --- Exhibit 2 hereto-6-

Exhibit 1
May 18, 2010
Central Japan Railway Company
ROLES SHARED AMONG DIRECTORS ANDCORPORATE AUDITORSAs from June 22, 2010, the roles to be shared among Directors and Corporate Auditors shall be as
follows:Chairman andRepresentative Director

Yoshiyuki Kasai

Vice Chairman andRepresentative Director

Masayuki Matsumoto

President andYoshiomi Yamada
Representative Director
Executive Vice President Koushi Akutsu
and Representative
Director

Executive Vice President Toyonori Noda
and Representative
Director

Executive Vice President Kouei Tsugeand Representative
Director

Senior Executive
Director

Tsutomu Morimura

Senior Executive
Director
Senior Executive
Director

Junichi Hirasawa

Senior Executive
Director

Shin Kaneko

Mitsuru Nakamura-7-

Person in charge of the Corporate
Planning Division, the Finance
Department, the Property
Management Department, theMarketing Division, and theBusiness Promotion Division
Person in charge of all of thetechnology related divisions, theConventional Lines Operations
Division, the Tokaido Shinkansen
21st Century Division and theTransportation Safety
Department
Person in charge of theSecretarial Department, the Audit
Department, the Public Relations
Department, the Administration
Department, the Legal Affairs
Department and the Personnel
Department
Person in charge of the General
Technology Division and theOverseas High Speed RailwayProjectDesignated Director General of
the Business Promotion Division
Designated Director General of
the Tokai Conventional Lines
Operations Division
Designated Director General of
the Corporate Planning Divisionand person in charge of theSenior Executive
DirectorSenior Executive
Director

Masaki Seki

Executive Director

Katsumi Miyazawa

Director

Mamoru Uno

Director

Yoshiki Suyama

Director

Yoshito Tsubouchi

Director

Hidenori Fujii

Director

Sumio Atsuchi

Director

Kiyoshi Watanabe

Director

Hideyuki Shoji

Director (Non Full-time)

Fujio Cho

Director (Non Full-time)
Director (Non Full-time)

Kenji Koroyasu
Kotaro Mizuno

Corporate Auditor(Full-time)
Corporate Auditor(Full-time)
Corporate Auditor(Full-time)
Corporate Auditor(Full-time)
Corporate Auditor

Osamu Nakayama

Naotoshi Yoshikawa

Tokaido Shinkansen 21st CenturyDivision
Designated Director General of
the General Technology Division
Designated Director General of
the Shinkansen Operations
Division
Designated General Manager of
the Public Relations Department
Designated Director General of
the Tokaido Shinkansen 21stCentury Division
Designated General Manager ofthe Administration Department
Designated General Manager of
the Personnel Department
Designated General Manager of
the Finance Department
Designated Director General of
the Marketing Division
Designated General Manager ofConstruction Department
Designated General Manager of
the Transportation Safety
Department(Chairman and Representative
Director of Toyota Motor
Corporation)(Attorney-at-law)(Chairman and Representative
Director of Toho Gas Co., Ltd.)

Takaharu Kachi
Harumi Umeda
Hiromu Emi
Shigeo Kifuji(Attorney-at-law)-8-

Exhibit 2
May 18, 2010
Central Japan Railway Company

ROLES ASSIGNED TOCORPORATE OFFICERS
As from June 22, 2010, the roles to be assigned to each Corporate Officer shall be as follows:
Corporate Executive
Officer

Yutaka Osada

Corporate Executive
Officer

Noriyuki Shirakuni

Corporate Executive
Officer
Corporate Officer

Sumio Kudo

Corporate Officer

Makoto Baba

Corporate OfficerKimiaki Tanaka

Corporate Officer

Seiichi Ishizu

Corporate Officer

Shuichi Takashima

Corporate Officer

Masayuki Kushiyama

Shun-ichi Kosuge-9-

Designated Deputy Director
General of the General Technology
Division, Designated General
Manager of the Technology
Research and Development
Department of the General
Technology Division and
Designated Deputy Director
General of the Tokaido Shinkansen
21st Century Division
Designated Director General of theMaglev Systems Development
Division of the Tokaido
Shinkansen 21st Century Division
Designated Director General of theShizuoka Branch Office
Designated Deputy Director
General of the General Technology
Division and person in charge ofthe Overseas High Speed RailwayProject
Designated General Manager ofthe Legal Affairs Department
Designated Deputy Director
General of the Business Promotion
Division
Designated Deputy Director
General of the Corporate Planning
Division and Designated General
Manager of the Information
Systems Department of theCorporate Planning Division
Designated Deputy General
Manager of the Construction
Department
Designated General Manager ofthe Employee Training Center and
Designated General Manager ofthe Mishima Employee Training
CenterCorporate Officer

Kenji Hamada

Corporate Officer

Hiroyuki Kawarazaki- 10 -

Designated Deputy Director
General of the Shinkansen
Operations Division and
Designated General Manager ofthe Transportation and Marketing
Department of the Shinkansen
Operations Division
Designated Director General of theKansai Branch Office