[This is an English translation prepared for the convenience of non-resident shareholders. Should there be any
inconsistency between the translation and the official Japanese text, the latter shall prevail.]

Securities Code: 2914
June 2, 2010
To Our Shareholders
Hiroshi Kimura
President, Chief Executive Officer andRepresentative Director

Japan Tobacco Inc.
2-1, Toranomon 2-chome, Minato-ku, TokyoNOTICE OF CONVOCATION OF
THE 25TH ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
You are cordially invited to attend the 25th ordinary general meeting of shareholders of Japan Tobacco Inc.
(“JT” or the “Company”) to be held as set forth below.
If you cannot attend the meeting, you may exercise your voting rights in written form or byelectromagnetic means including the Internet. Please see the “Reference Documents for the General
Meeting of Shareholders” hereinafter described and exercise your voting rights by 6:00 p.m., on
Wednesday, June 23, 2010, by returning to us by that time the Voting Rights Exercise Form enclosed
herewith indicating whether you are for or against each of the items, or by accessing the web-site
designated by us for the exercise of voting rights (http://www.evote.jp/).
Particulars
1. Date and Time of the Meeting: Thursday, June 24, 2010, at 10:00 a.m.
2. Place of the Meeting:Tokyo Prince Hotel
3-1, Shibakoen 3-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo

3. Purpose of the Meeting:
Matters to be Reported:

1. Report on the Business Report, the Consolidated Financial Statements,
and the Independent Auditors’ Report and JT’s Audit Board Report on
the Consolidated Financial Statements for the 25th Business Term
(From April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2010)
2. Report on the Non-Consolidated Financial Statements for the 25thBusiness Term (From April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2010)

Matters to be Resolved:
Item 1:
Item 2:

Appropriation of Surplus
Election of Nine (9) Directors* For those attending, please present the enclosed Voting Rights Exercise Form at the reception desk onarrival at the meeting.
* If there is any amendment to the “Reference Documents for the General Meeting of Shareholders,”
Business Report (Japanese only), or Non-Consolidated and Consolidated Financial Statements (Japaneseonly), it will be published on our web-site (http://www.jti.co.jp/).

-1-

4. Other Decisions on the Convocation of the Meeting(1) If the voting right is exercised both by return of the Voting Rights Exercise Form and via the Internet,
only the exercise of the voting right via the Internet shall be valid.
(2) If the voting right is exercised more than once via the Internet, only the last exercise of the voting rightshall be valid.

[Instructions for Exercising Your Voting Rights]

1. Exercise of the Voting Rights by post:
Please indicate whether you are for or against each of the items on the Voting Rights Exercise Form
enclosed herewith and return it to us.
2. Exercise of the Voting Rights via the Internet:
Please access the designated web-site for the exercise of voting rights (http://www.evote.jp/) from yourcomputer and indicate whether you are for or against each of the items following the directions on theweb-site using the “Log-in ID” and “Temporary Password” described in the Voting Rights Exercise
Form enclosed herewith. You are requested to refer to “Direction for Exercise of the Voting Rights viathe Internet”(Japanese only).
3. JT participates in the electromagnetic voting rights exercise system (Voting Rights Exercise Platform)
operated and administered by ICJ, Inc.

-2-REFERENCE DOCUMENTSFOR THE GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
Items and Relevant Information
Item 1: Appropriation of Surplus
The surplus is proposed to be appropriated as follows:
Year-end dividends
The year-end dividends on shares of Common Stock for the 25th Business Term are proposed to be paid on
the following terms that is ¥3000 per share, made up of ¥2,800 ordinary dividend and ¥200 commemorative
dividend to celebrate the 25th anniversary of JT’s foundation, for the purpose of making a return to JT’s
shareholders while ensuring the internal reserve fund required for the future business development.
(1) Type of assets to be paid as dividends:
Cash(2) Allotment of assets to be paid as dividends and their aggregate amount:¥3,000 per share of Common Stock of JT

Aggregate amount: ¥28,740,291,000

Together with the interim dividends of ¥2,800 per share paid in December 2009, the annual dividends
for the 25th Business Term will be ¥5,800 per share.
(3) Effective date for distribution of surplus:
June 25, 2010-3-

Item 2: Election of Nine (9) Directors
The terms of office of all nine (9) present Directors will expire at the conclusion of this ordinary general
meeting of shareholders. Accordingly, the election of nine (9) Directors is proposed.
The candidates for the office of Director are as follows:

Candidate
Number1

2

Brief Personal History, Positions and Responsibilities
in the Company, and Significant Concurrent Positions outside
the Company
Apr. 1964 Joined Ministry of FinanceMay 1995 Deputy Vice Minister
Jul. 1997 Director-General of the Budget Bureau
Jul. 1999 Vice Chairman of the General Insurance
Yoji Wakui
Association of Japan
Jun. 2004 Representative Director and Chairman of(February 5, 1942)
the Board, the Company
Jun. 2006 Chairman of the Board (Current Position)(Significant Concurrent Position)
Outside Director of NIPPONKOA Insurance Co., Ltd.
Apr. 1976 Joined the Company (Japan Tobacco andSalt Public Corporation)
Jan. 1999 Vice President of Corporate Planning Division
May 1999 Senior Manager in Tobacco Business Planning
Division, Tobacco Business Headquarters;
Hiroshi Kimura
Executive Vice President, JT International S.A
Name(Date of Birth)(April 23, 1953) Jun.
Jun.
Jun.
Jun.

3

1999 Member of the Board
2001 Retired from Member of the Board
2005 Member of the Board
2006 President, Chief Executive Officer andRepresentative Director (Current Position)

Apr. 1972 Joined Ministry of FinanceJul. 1999 Director-General of Kanto Local Finance
Bureau, Ministry of FinanceJan. 2001 Deputy Assistant Vice Minister, Cabinet Office
Jul. 2001 Director-General of Okinawa Promotion
Bureau, Cabinet Office
Jul. 2003 Director-General for Policy Planning,Cabinet Office
Sep.
2005
Assistant Vice Minister, Cabinet Office
Munetaka Takeda
Feb. 2007 Corporate Advisor of the Company(August 22, 1949) Apr. 2007 Senior Executive Vice President, and Chief
Financial Officer
Jun. 2007 Representative Director, Executive Deputy
President, Chief Financial Officer, andAssistant to CEO in Compliance and Food Business
Jun. 2008 Representative Director, Executive Deputy
President, Assistant to CEO in Compliance, Financeand Food Business(Current Position)-4-

Number of theCompany’s
Shares Held

64
shares96
shares34
sharesCandidate
Number45

Brief Personal History, Positions and Responsibilities
Number of thein the Company, and Significant Concurrent Positions outside
Company’sthe Company
Shares Held
Apr. 1974 Joined the Company (Japan Tobacco andSalt Public Corporation)
Jul. 1997 Vice President of Food Business DivisionJun. 1998 Vice President of General Administration Division
Jul. 2000 Vice President of Human Resources DivisionJun. 2003 Senior Vice President, and Assistant to CEO in
Real Estate Management, Agriculture, Printing andVending Machinery Businesses
MasaakiJan. 2004 Senior Vice President, and Assistant to CEO inSumikawa
81
Real Estate Management, Printing and Vending
Machinery Businesses
shares(October 11, 1950) Jun. 2004 Standing Auditor
Jun. 2008 Representative Director, Executive Deputy
President, and Assistant to CEO in CSR, Strategy,
Human Resources and Operational Review andBusiness Assurance
Jun. 2009 Representative Director, Executive Deputy
President, and Assistant to CEO in Strategy, Human
Resources, Legal and Operational Review andBusiness Assurance (Current Position)
Apr. 1981 Joined the Company (Japan Tobacco andSalt Public Corporation)
Jun. 2001 Vice President of Corporate Planning DivisionJun. 2003 Senior Vice President, and Head of Human
Resources and Labor Relations GroupJun. 2004 Senior Vice President, and Vice President ofTobacco Business Planning Division, Tobacco
Business Headquarters
Jun. 2006 Executive Vice President, and Vice President ofTobacco Business Planning Division, Tobacco
Mitsuomi Koizumi
Business Headquarters
80Jun. 2007 Member of the Board, Executive Vice President,shares(April 15, 1957)
and Head of Marketing & Sales General Division,Tobacco Business Headquarters
Name(Date of Birth)Jul.

2007 Member of the Board, Executive Vice President,and Chief Marketing & Sales Officer, Tobacco
Business Headquarters
Jun. 2009 Representative Director, Executive Deputy
President, and President, Tobacco Business(Current Position)(Significant Concurrent Position)
Chairman, JT International Holding B.V.

-5-Candidate
Number6789

Brief Personal History, Positions and Responsibilities
Number of thein the Company, and Significant Concurrent Positions outside
Company’sthe Company
Shares HeldApr. 1977 Joined the Company (Japan Tobacco and Salt PublicCorporation)
Apr. 1998 Vice President of Domestic Leaf Tobacco Division,Tobacco Business Headquarters
Sep. 1999 Vice President of Finance Division
Jul. 2001 Vice President of Temporary Systems Task Force
Masakazu Shimizu Jul. 2004 Vice President of General Administration Division
61
Jun. 2005 Senior Vice President, and Chief Communications
shares(April 22, 1953)
OfficerJun. 2007 Executive Vice President, and Chief
Communications Officer
Jun. 2009 Representative Director, Executive Deputy
President, Chief Communications Officer, andAssistant to CEO in CSR and General
Administration (Current Position)
Apr. 1983 Joined the Company (Japan Tobacco andSalt Public Corporation)
Apr. 2000 Vice President of Business Development Dept.,
Pharmaceutical DivisionJun. 2002 Vice President of Business Planning
Dept., Pharmaceutical Division
Noriaki Okubo
36
Jun. 2004 Member of the Board, Senior Vice President, andshares
President,
PharmaceuticalBusiness(May 22, 1959)
Jun. 2006 Member of the Board, Executive Vice President,and President, Pharmaceutical Business
Jun. 2009 Member of the Board, Senior Executive Vice
President, and President, Pharmaceutical Business(Current Position)
Apr. 1983 Joined the Company (Japan Tobacco andSalt Public Corporation)
Jun. 2003 Vice President of Corporate Planning Division
Jul. 2004 Vice President of Corporate Strategy Division
Mutsuo Iwai
Jun. 2005 Senior Vice President, and Vice President of Food
68
Business Division, Food Businessshares(October 29, 1960) Jun. 2006 Member of the Board, Executive Vice President,and President, Food Business
Jun. 2008 Executive Vice President, and Chief StrategyOfficer(Current Position)
Apr. 1980 Joined the Company (Japan Tobacco andSalt Public Corporation)
Jul. 2001 Vice President of Financial Planning DivisionJun. 2004 Senior Vice President, Head of Finance GroupJul. 2004 Senior Vice President, and Chief Financial Officer
Yasushi Shingai Jun. 2005 Member of the Board, Senior Vice President, and59
Chief Financial Officershares(January 11, 1956) Jun. 2006 Member of the Board(Current Position)
Executive Vice President, JT International S.A.
(Current Position)(Significant Concurrent Position)
Executive Vice President, JT International S.A.
Name
(Date of Birth)(Note) No conflict of interest exists between the Company and each of the above candidates.

-6-