FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Hitachi Announces Executive Changes
Tokyo, February 4, 2013 --- Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE:6501) today announced the following
executive changes in accordance with a resolution passed by a meeting of the Boardof Directors. The appointments take effect on April 1, 2013.
1. Executive Changes [Effective April 1, 2013](1) Promotion
Shinjiro Iwata
New Position: Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President andExecutive Officer, in charge of Information Technology, President & CEO ofInformation & Telecommunication Systems Group, Hitachi Group Chief Innovation
Officer and Hitachi Group Chief Information Security Officer
Current Position: Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, President & CEO ofInformation & Telecommunication Systems Group and Information &Telecommunication Systems Company
Tatsuro Ishizuka
New Position: Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Business
Incubation, President & CEO of Power Systems Group and Power Systems Company,
Hitachi Group Chief Transformation Officer and Deputy General Manager of Smart
Transformation Project Initiatives Division
Current Position: Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Business
Incubation, President & CEO of Power Systems Group and Power Systems Company
Toshikazu Nishino
New Position: Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager ofStrategy Planning Division, Deputy General Manager of Smart Transformation ProjectInitiatives Division and Project Leader of Group Structure Transformation ProjectCurrent Position: Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Strategy
Planning Division, Deputy General Manager of Smart Transformation Project
Initiatives Division and Project Leader of Group Structure Transformation Project- more --2-Toshiaki Higashihara
New Position: Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of MedicalSystems Business, President & CEO of Infrastructure Systems Group andInfrastructure Systems Company
Current Position: Vice President and Executive Officer, Vice President and Executive
Officer of Infrastructure Systems Group, General Manager of Water Environment
Solutions Division and President and Representative Director of Hitachi Plant
Technologies, Ltd.
(2) New Executive Officers
Hiroto Uozumi
New Position: Vice President and Executive Officer, Chief Executive Officer ofNuclear Systems and General Manager of Nuclear Systems Division and Global
Nuclear Energy Business Division, Power Systems Company, Power Systems Group
Current Position: President and Representative Director of Hitachi-GE Nuclear
Energy, Ltd.
Yoshihito Kitamatsu
New Position: Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Corporate Pension
System, General Manager of Finance Group
Current Position: General Manager of Finance & Accounting Department, FinanceGroupKunizo Sakai
New Position: Vice President and Executive Officer, Chief Executive Officer of Plant
Systems, Infrastructure Systems Company, Infrastructure Systems Group
Current Position: President & CEO of Defense Systems Company, Infrastructure
Systems Group
Keiichi Shiotsuka
New Position: Vice President and Executive Officer, Chief Executive Officer ofServices Business, Information & Telecommunication Systems Company, Information& Telecommunication Systems Group
Current Position: Chief Operating Officer of System Solutions Business, Information& Telecommunication Systems Company, Information & Telecommunication SystemsGroupAkira Shimizu
New Position: Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager ofInternational Strategy Division and Deputy General Manager of International
Marketing Division, Corporate Marketing Group
Current Position: General Manager of International Strategy Division and Deputy
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New Position: Vice President and Executive Officer, Chief Executive Officer ofThermal Power Systems and General Manager of Thermal Power Business Division,Power Systems Company, Power Systems Group
Current Position: Chief Executive Officer of Thermal Power Systems and General
Manager of Thermal Power Business Division, Power Systems Company, PowerSystems Group(3) Changes of Position*Junzo Nakajima
New Position: Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, Chief Executive
Officer for Asia Pacific
Current Position: Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President andExecutive Officer, in charge of Information & Telecommunication Systems Businessand Information Technology, Hitachi Group Chief Innovation Officer and Hitachi Group
Chief Information Security Officer
Toyoaki Nakamura
New Position: Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President andExecutive Officer, in charge of Management Strategy, Finance and Corporate Pension
System, Deputy General Manager of Smart Transformation Project Initiatives Division,Project Leader of Administrative Operations Transformation Project and General
Manager of Consumer Business Division
Current Position: Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President andExecutive Officer, in charge of Management Strategy and Corporate Pension System,
General Manager of Finance Group, Deputy General Manager of Smart
Transformation Project Initiatives Division and Project Leader of Administrative
Operations Transformation ProjectToshiaki Kuzuoka
New Position: Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Human
Capital, Government & External Relations and Corporate Auditing, General Managerof Legal and Communications Group and Compliance Division, Deputy General
Manager of Hitachi Group Headquarters for Post-earthquake Reconstruction andRedevelopment, Project Leader of Headquarters Transformation Project and Global
Human Resources Transformation Project, Smart Transformation Project Initiatives
Division and Hitachi Group Chief Compliance Officer
Current Position: Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Human
Capital, Government & External Relations and Corporate Auditing, General Managerof Legal and Communications Group and Compliance Division, Deputy General
Manager of Hitachi Group Headquarters for Post-earthquake Reconstruction andRedevelopment and Project Leader of Headquarters Transformation Project andGlobal Human Resources Transformation Project, Smart Transformation Project
Initiatives Division- more --4-Yutaka Saito
New Position: Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, President & CEO of
Information & Telecommunication Systems Company, Information &Telecommunication Systems Group
Current Position: Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Medical
Systems Business, President & CEO of Infrastructure Systems Group andInfrastructure Systems Company
Kaoru Kawano
New Position: Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager ofInfrastructure Systems General Sales Division, Infrastructure Systems Group
Current Position: Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager of Kansai
Area Operation
Yoshihiko Mogami
New Position: Vice President and Executive Officer, Vice President of Information &Telecommunication Systems Company and Chief Executive Officer of System
Solutions Business, Information & Telecommunication Systems Company, Information& Telecommunication Systems Group
Current Position: Vice President and Executive Officer, Chief Executive Officer ofSystem Solutions Business, Information & Telecommunication Systems Company,Information & Telecommunication Systems Group* Underlined positions will be changed.

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2. Resignation [Effective March 31, 2013]
Kazuhiro Mori, currently Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, Chief
Executive Officer for Asia Pacific-- Scheduled to be appointed Associate of Hitachi, Ltd., effective on April 1, 2013
Makoto Ebata, currently Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, General
Manager of Consumer Business Division, Hitachi Group Chief Transformation Officer,
Deputy General Manager of Smart Transformation Project Initiatives Division andProject Leader of Indirect Materials Cost Transformation Project-- Scheduled to be appointed Associate of Hitachi, Ltd., effective on April 1, 2013
Kaichiro Sakuma, currently Vice President and Executive Officer, Chief Executive
Officer of Platform Systems Business, Information & Telecommunication Systems
Company, Information & Telecommunication Systems Group-- Scheduled to be appointed Representative Director, President and Chief Executive
Officer of Hitachi Solutions, Ltd., effective on April 1, 2013
Masaharu Hanyu, currently Vice President and Executive Officer, Chief Executive
Officer of Nuclear Systems and General Manager of Nuclear Systems Division andGlobal Nuclear Energy Business Division, Power Systems Company, Power Systems
Group-- Scheduled to be appointed Deputy Chairman of Hitachi Europe Ltd. and Chief
Executive of the Nuclear Power System Business in Europe
Note: Executives are listed by position and in Japanese alphabetical order within each grouping.

About Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global
electronics company with approximately 320,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2011
(ended March 31, 2012) consolidated revenues totalled 9,665 billion yen. Hitachi isfocusing more than ever on the Social Innovation Business, which includes
information and telecommunication systems, power systems, industrial, transportation
and urban development systems, as well as the sophisticated materials and key
devices that support them.
For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at
http://www.hitachi.com.

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1. Executive Officers [Effective April 1, 2013][(a) Promotion / (b) New]
Hiroaki Nakanishi

Representative Executive Officer and President
General Manager of Hitachi Group Headquarters for
Post-earthquake Reconstruction and Redevelopment
and Smart Transformation Project Initiatives Division(a)

Shigeru Azuhata

Representative Executive Officer,Executive Vice President and Executive Officer,
Hitachi Group Chief Technology Officer,
Hitachi Group Chief Environmental Strategy Officer
and General Manager ofResearch & Development Group

Shinjiro Iwata

Representative Executive Officer,
Executive Vice President and Executive Officer,
in charge of Information Technology,
President & CEO of Information & Telecommunication
Systems Group, Hitachi Group Chief Innovation Officer
and Hitachi Group Chief Information Security Officer

Koji Tanaka

Representative Executive Officer,
Executive Vice President and Executive Officer,
in charge of Power Systems Business andInfrastructure Systems Business

Junzo Nakajima

Executive Vice President and Executive Officer,
Chief Executive Officer for Asia PacificToyoaki Nakamura

Representative Executive Officer,
Executive Vice President and Executive Officer,
in charge of Management Strategy, Finance andCorporate Pension System, Deputy General Managerof Smart Transformation Project Initiatives Division,
Project Leader of Administrative Operations
Transformation Project and General Manager ofConsumer Business DivisionNobuo Mochida

Representative Executive Officer,
Executive Vice President and Executive Officer,
in charge of High Functional Materials & Components,
Quality Assurance, Production Engineering, andAutomotive Systems Business andProject Leader of Production Cost Transformation
Project, Smart Transformation Project Initiatives
Division- more --7-(a)Tatsuro Ishizuka

Senior Vice President and Executive Officer,
in charge of Business Incubation,
President & CEO of Power Systems Group andPower Systems Company,
Hitachi Group Chief Transformation Officer andDeputy General Manager ofSmart Transformation Project Initiatives Division

Toshiaki Kuzuoka

Senior Vice President and Executive Officer,
in charge of Human Capital, Government & External
Relations and Corporate Auditing,General Manager of Legal and Communications Groupand Compliance Division, Deputy General Manager ofHitachi Group Headquarters for Post-earthquake
Reconstruction and Redevelopment,
Project Leader of Headquarters Transformation Projectand Global Human Resources Transformation Project,
Smart Transformation Project Initiatives Division andHitachi Group Chief Compliance Officer

Yutaka Saito

Senior Vice President and Executive Officer,
President & CEO of
Information & Telecommunication Systems Company,
Information & Telecommunication Systems Group

Masahide Tanigaki

Representative Executive Officer,
Senior Vice President and Executive Officer,
in charge of Hitachi Group Global Business,
General Manager of Corporate Marketing Group,
International Marketing Division andCorporate Export Regulation Division(a)Toshikazu Nishino

Senior Vice President and Executive Officer,
General Manager of Strategy Planning Division,
Deputy General Manager ofSmart Transformation Project Initiatives Division andProject Leader of Group Structure Transformation
Project(a)Toshiaki Higashihara

Senior Vice President and Executive Officer,
in charge of Medical Systems Business,
President & CEO of Infrastructure Systems Group andInfrastructure Systems Company

Toshio Ikemura

Vice President and Executive Officer,
President & CEO of Urban Planning andSystems Company,
Infrastructure Systems Group- more -Development

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Hiroto Uozumi

Vice President and Executive Officer,
Chief Executive Officer of Nuclear Systems andGeneral Manager of Nuclear Systems Division andGlobal Nuclear Energy Business Division,
Power Systems Company, Power Systems Group

Shinichiro Omori

Vice President and Executive Officer,
General Manager of Corporate Procurement Division
and Project Leader ofDirect Materials Cost Transformation Project,
Smart Transformation Project Initiatives Division

Kaoru Kawano

Vice President and Executive Officer,
General Manager of Infrastructure Systems General
Sales Division, Infrastructure Systems Group

Yoshifumi Kanda

Vice President and Executive Officer,
Deputy General Manager of Corporate
Marketing Group, General Manager ofDomestic Marketing Division,
Customer Satisfaction Promotion Center andPower Systems Sales Management Division,
Power Systems Company, Power Systems Group

Yoshihito KitamatsuVice President and Executive Officer,
in charge of Corporate Pension System,
General Manager of Finance Group

Ryuichi Kitayama

Vice President and Executive Officer,
Chief Executive for China

Kazuhiro Kurihara

Vice President and Executive Officer,
in charge of Medical Systems Business,
General Manager ofSocial Innovation Business Project Division andService Businesses Incubation Division

Keiji Kojima

Vice President and Executive Officer,
General Manager of Hitachi Research Laboratory,
Research & Development Group

Kunizo Sakai

Vice President and Executive Officer,
Chief Executive Officer of Plant Systems,
Infrastructure Systems Company, Infrastructure
Systems Group- more --9-(b)Keiichi Shiotsuka

Vice President and Executive Officer,
Chief Executive Officer of Services Business,
Information & Telecommunication Systems Company,
Information & Telecommunication Systems Group(b)

Akira Shimizu

Vice President and Executive Officer,
General Manager of International Strategy Division andDeputy General Manager of International Marketing
Division, Corporate Marketing Group

Yasuo Tanabe

Vice President and Executive Officer,
General Manager of Government & External Relations
Division

Hiroshi Nakayama

Vice President and Executive Officer,
President & CEO of Rail Systems Company,
Infrastructure Systems Group

Yasuo Fujitani

Vice President and Executive Officer,
Chief Executive Officer of Thermal Power Systems, andGeneral Manager of Thermal Power Business Division,
Power Systems Company, Power Systems Group

Naoki Mitarai

Vice President and Executive Officer,
General Manager of Human Capital Group andCorporate Administration Division

Yoshihiko Mogami

Vice President and Executive Officer,
Vice President of Information & Telecommunication
Systems Company and Chief Executive Officer ofSystem Solutions Business, Information &Telecommunication Systems Company, Information &Telecommunication Systems Group

Masaya Watanabe

Vice President and Executive Officer,
Chief Strategy Officer of Information &Telecommunication Systems Company,Information & Telecommunication Systems Group(b)

Note: Executives are listed by position and in Japanese alphabetical order within each grouping.

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Shinjiro Iwata
1. Date of Birth
2. Education
March, 1972

June 6, 1948
Graduated from School of the Faculty of Science andEngineering, Waseda University

3. Share33,000 shares (as of February 4, 2013)
Ownership
4. Business Experience
April, 2012
Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, President & CEOof Information & Telecommunication Systems Group andInformation & Telecommunication Systems Company
April, 2011
Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, President & CEOof Information & Telecommunication Systems Company
April, 2009
Vice President and Executive Officer, Chief Executive Officer ofService & Global Business, Information & Telecommunication
Systems Group, Hitachi, Ltd.
October, 2007
Executive Vice President of Hitachi Global Storage
Technologies, Inc.
August, 2006
Chief Marketing Officer ofHitachi Global Storage Technologies, Inc.
April, 2006
Chief Marketing Officer of Information & Telecommunication
Systems Group, Hitachi, Ltd.
September, 2001
Chief Executive Officer of Hitachi Data Systems Corporation
April, 2001
General Manager of Global Business Development Division
and Deputy General Manager of Corporate Export Regulation
Division
August, 2000
Deputy General Manager of Global Business Division,
Hitachi, Ltd.
June, 1997
Executive Vice President of Hitachi Data Systems Corporation
November, 1993
Senior Manager of Computer Department II,
Global Information Sales Division
April, 1972
Joined Hitachi, Ltd.

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Hiroto Uozumi
1. Date of Birth
2. EducationMarch, 1975

March 10, 1953

Graduated from the Faculty of Engineering, The University ofTokyo
3. Business Experience
April, 2011
President and Representative Director ofHitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd.
July, 2007
Executive Vice President of Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy Ltd.
April, 2005
Deputy General Manager of Air-Conditioning Systems Division,
Hitachi Plant Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd.
April, 2004
Deputy General Manager of Hitachi Works,
Power Systems Group
April, 2003
General Manager of Nuclear Power Systems Production
Division, Nuclear Systems Division, Power and Industrial
Systems Group
April, 1999
Senior Manager of Nuclear Equipment Design Department,
Hitachi Production Division, Nuclear Systems Division, Powerand Industrial Systems Group
April, 1975
Joined Hitachi, Ltd.

Yoshihito Kitamatsu
1. Date of Birth
October 8, 1956
2. Education
March, 1980
Graduated from the Faculty of Economics, The University ofTokyo
3. Business Experience
April, 2011
General Manager ofFinance & Accounting Department, Finance Group
June, 2009
General Manager of Finance Management Division,
Power Systems Company
April, 2005
Senior Manager of Financial Accounting Controls Department,
Hitachi Works, Power Systems Group
April, 1980
Joined Hitachi, Ltd.

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1. Date of Birth
December 23, 1952
2. Education
March, 1975
Graduated from the Faculty of Engineering, Nigata University
3. Business Experience
President & CEO of Defense Systems Company
October, 2009
General Manager & CEO of Defense Systems Group
April, 2006
January, 2003
General Manager of Command Control Systems Division,
Defense Systems Group
August, 1998
Senior Manager of Defense & Social Systems Design
Department, Omika Factory
April, 1975
Joined Hitachi, Ltd.
Keiichi Shiotsuka
May 8, 1954
1. Date of Birth
2. Education
March, 1977
Graduated from the Faculty of Economics, Chuo University
3. Business Experience
April, 2012
Chief Operating Officer of System Solutions Business,
Information & Telecommunication Systems Company,Information & Telecommunication Systems Group
April, 2010
General Manager of Financial Information Systems Division,
Information & Telecommunication Systems Company
April, 2003
Deputy General Manager of Financial Information SystemsDivision, Information & Telecommunication Systems Group
April, 2001
General Manager of Financial Systems 5 Department,Financial Information Systems Division, System Solution Group
January, 1999
Senior Manager of Financial Systems Department, Regional
Systems Business Unit, Information Systems Division
April, 1977
Joined Hitachi, Ltd.

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1. Date of Birth
November 3, 1954
2. Education
March, 1979
Graduated from the Faculty of Letters, The University of Tokyo
3. Business Experience
October, 2012
General Manager of International Strategy Division andDeputy General Manager of International Marketing Division,
Corporate Marketing Group, Hitachi, Ltd.
April, 2010
Managing Director of Hitachi Europe Ltd.
October, 2008
Senior Manager of Emerging Market Development Center,
Global Business Division
April, 2005
General Manager of International Sales Division,
Consumer Business Group
April, 1999
Senior Manager of Europe Area, International Business
Planning & Development Division
April, 1979
Joined Hitachi, Ltd.
Yasuo Fujitani
1. Date of Birth
2. Education
February, 1987
March, 1980

November 5, 1955

Master of Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Graduated from the Graduate School of Engineering,
Yokohama National University
3. Business Experience
April, 2012
Chief Executive Officer of Thermal Power Systems andGeneral Manager of Thermal Power Business Division,
Power Systems Company, Power Systems Group
April, 2011
General Manager of Hitachi Works, Power Systems Company,Hitachi, Ltd.
April, 2010
President of Hitachi Power Europe GmbH
October, 2007
General Manager of Thermal Power Systems Division,
Power Systems Group, Hitachi, Ltd.
October, 2005
Senior Vice President of Hitachi America, Ltd.
April, 2004
General Manager of Thermal & Hydroelectric Power
Development & Management Division, Thermal & HydroelectricPower Systems Division, Power Systems Group
October, 2002
Senior Manager of Thermal Power Plant Design Department,
Hitachi Production Division, Thermal & Hydroelectric Power
Systems Division, Power and Industrial Systems Group
April, 1980
Joined Hitachi, Ltd.
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