About our reporting
Referenced guidelines
We have compiled our sustainability online content and non- nancial information with reference to theprinciples of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Index Sustainability Reporting Standards.

Wede ned the content of our non- nancial information using a materiality assessment covering the entireJT Group.
Our GRI Standard Content Index shows the list of Universal Standard Disclosures and Speci c Standard
Disclosures for which we have provided related information, either in this report or in other public
documents such as our Integrated Report. The identi cation of Speci c Standard Disclosures is basedon materiality assessments for the entire JT Group.

Notes on data
Our data in our sustainability online content covers January to December 2019, unless otherwise
stated. In 2014, the JT Group moved its reporting period to the calendar year ending December 31. Until
March 2014, the scal year for our Japanese domestic operations began on April 1 and ended on
March 31. Historical data indicated with ‘FY’ covers those periods.
Although we report the overall JT Group gures wherever possible, in some areas this has not beenpossible. In such instances, we have made it clear to which part of the business the data applies.
We have shown how we calculate and consolidate compliance, human resources (HR), health andsafety, environment and community investment data in our Basis of Reporting, which we will continue
to update in the future.
The Japanese Yen exchange rates against the U.S. dollar (1 U.S. dollar = 109.03 Yen) used in this report
are the same as those used in our consolidated nancial reporting.

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Scope of our data and information presented
Unless the content indicates otherwise, references in our sustainability online contents to ‘we,’ ‘us,’ ‘our,’and ‘the JT Group’ are to Japan Tobacco Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries. References to ‘Torii
Pharmaceutical’ are to Torii Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., our pharmaceutical subsidiary. References to‘TableMark’ are to TableMark Co., Ltd., our processed food subsidiary, which manufactures and sells
ambient and frozen foods, and its consolidated subsidiaries.
References to ‘Reduced-Risk Products’ and/or ‘RRP’ are to products with the potential to reduce therisks associated with smoking.
In our sustainability online content, we use the following scope annotations:*A
The entire JT Group, including subsidiaries: our international tobacco, Japanese domestic tobacco,
pharmaceutical and processed food business*B
Solely our Japanese domestic tobacco and pharmaceutical business: Japan Tobacco Inc. (JT)(excludes our international tobacco business, processed food business, and subsidiaries of allbusinesses)*C
Our Japanese operations, including subsidiaries of Japanese domestic businesses: Japan Tobacco
Inc. (JT) and Japanese domestic Group companies (excludes our international tobacco business)*DOur Japanese domestic tobacco and pharmaceutical businesses: Japan Tobacco Inc. (JT); and ourinternational tobacco business: Japan Tobacco International (JT)*E
Solely our international tobacco business: Japan Tobacco International (JTI)External veri cation and assurance
The information in our sustainability online content is not externally assured, although some of theinformation within it has been externally veri ed, such as the environmental data and occupational
health and safety data of our international tobacco business.
Environmental data of Group-wide Scope 1 and 2 GHG data, some Scope 3 GHG data, energy
consumption, which includes renewable electricity, water withdrawal, and waste-related data have beenexternally assured.
In the future, we will consider expanding the scope of assurance of our non- nancial data in oursustainability online content.

Changes in structure, size, or ownership

There were no signi cant changes in 2019.

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Torii Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (pharmaceutical subsidiary)
TableMark Co., Ltd. (processed food subsidiary)
JT Integrated Report

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