FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Hitachi Announces Director CandidatesTokyo, April 25, 2011 --- Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE:HIT / TSE:6501) today announced
director candidates in accordance with a decision taken at a meeting ofNominating Committee convened today, and is subject to approval at Hitachi’s
Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in June 2011.
1. Director Candidates <Proposed at Hitachi’s Ordinary General Meeting ofShareholders in June 2011> [* New]
<Chairman of the Board>
Takashi Kawamura, currently Chairman of the Board<Outside Director>
Yoshie Ota, currently Outside DirectorMitsuo Ohashi, currently Outside Director, Advisor of Showa Denko K.K.
*Nobuo Katsumata, currently Chairman, Member of the Board of Marubeni
Corporation
Tohru Motobayashi, currently Outside Director, Lawyer, Partner, Ihara &Motobayashi<Director>
Isao Ono, currently Director, Chairman of the Board of Hitachi Solutions, Ltd.
*Stephen Gomersall, currently Chairman of the Board of Hitachi Europe Ltd.
(Group Chairman for Europe)
Tadamichi Sakiyama, currently Director
Masaharu Sumikawa, currently Director, Chairman of the Board of Hitachi
Plant Technologies, Ltd.
Hiroaki Nakanishi, currently Director, Representative Executive Officer andPresident
Michiharu Nakamura, currently Director- more -2*Takashi Hatchoji, currently Deputy General Manager of Hitachi Group
Headquarters for Post-earthquake Reconstruction and Redevelopment,
Chairman of the Board of Hitachi America, Ltd. (Group Chairman for theAmericas)
Takashi Miyoshi, currently Director, Representative Executive Officer,
Executive Vice President and Executive Officer
2. Resigning Directors
Akihiko Nomiyama, currently Outside Director, Honorary Executive Consultant,
JX Holdings, Inc.
Kenji Miyahara, currently Outside Director, Honorary Advisor, Sumitomo
Corporation
3. Biography of New Director Candidates
Nobuo Katsumata
1. Date of Birth
December:5, 1942
2. Education
March, 1966
: Graduated from the faculty of economics, Keio
University
3. Business Experience
April, 2008
: Chairman, Member of the Board of Marubeni
Corporation
April, 2003:
President & CEO, Member of the Board of Marubeni
Corporation
April, 2001:
Senior Vice President, Director of Marubeni
Corporation
April, 1999:
Corporate Vice President, Director of Marubeni
Corporation
June, 1996:
Director of Marubeni Corporation
April, 1966:
Joined Marubeni-Iida Co., Ltd. (currently MarubeniCorporation)
Stephen Gomersall
1. Date of Birth
2. Education
June, 1970:

May, 1969:

January: 17, 1948

3. Business Experience
April, 2011:

October, 2006:

Graduated from Stanford University, MA in International
Studies
Graduated from Queens’ College Cambridge, BA in
Modern Languages
Chairman of the Board of Hitachi Europe Ltd. (GroupChairman for Europe)
Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, Chief
Executive for Europe, Chairman of the Board of Hitachi
Europe Ltd.
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November, 2005:

October, 2004
July, 2004
July, 1999
April, 1994::::

September, 1970:

Chief Executive for Europe, Chairman of the Board ofHitachi Europe Ltd.
Chief Executive for Europe of Hitachi, Ltd.
Retired Ambassador to Japan
Ambassador to Japan
Deputy Permanent Representative to the United
Nations
Joined Foreign and Commonwealth Office, UK

Takashi Hatchoji
1. Date of Birth
2. Education
March, 1970:

Graduated from the Department
Hitotsubashi University

3. Business Experience
April, 2011:

Deputy General Manager of Hitachi Group
Headquarters for Post-earthquake Reconstruction andRedevelopment, Chairman of the Board of Hitachi
America, Ltd. (Group Chairman for the Americas)
Representative Executive Officer, Executive VicePresident and Executive Officer, General Manager ofSupervisory Office for Business Infrastructure, HitachiGroup Chief Environmental Strategy Officer, General
Manager of Supervisory Office for ProductEnvironmental Information
President and Director of Hitachi Research Institute,Ltd., Hitachi Group Chief Environmental Strategy
Officer of Hitachi, Ltd.
President and Director of Hitachi Research Institute, Ltd.
Director of Hitachi Research Institute, Ltd.
Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice
President and Executive Officer, General Manager ofCompliance Division
Senior Vice President and Executive Officer,
General Manager of Hitachi Group‐Legal andCorporate Communications, Hitachi Group
Headquarters, Compliance Division and Invention
Management Division
Vice President and Executive Officer, General Managerof Legal and Corporate Communications andCorporate Auditing
General Manager of Legal and Corporate
Communications and Corporate Auditing

January: 27, 1947

April, 2009:

December, 2007:

June, 2007
April, 2007
April, 2006::
:April, 2004:

June, 2003:

April, 2003:

- more -ofCommerce,4April, 2002

:April, 2001:

November, 1997:

February 1995:

April, 1970:

Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer ofInformation &Telecommunication Systems Group,
General Manager of Business Solution Systems
Division
General Manager of Business Solution SystemsDivision, System Solutions
General Manager of Corporate Planning &Development Office, Hitachi, Ltd., Executive Vice
President of Hitachi Research Institute, Ltd.
Department Manager of Business Development
Department, Industrial Processing Division
Joined Hitachi, Ltd.

About Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi, Ltd., (NYSE: HIT / TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is aleading global electronics company with approximately 360,000 employees
worldwide. Fiscal 2009 (ended March 31, 2010) consolidated revenues totaled
8,968 billion yen ($96.4 billion). Hitachi will focus more than ever on the Social
Innovation Business, which includes information and telecommunication
systems, power systems, environmental, industrial and transportation systems,
and social and urban systems, as well as the sophisticated materials and key
devices that support them. For more information on Hitachi, please visit thecompany's website at http://www.hitachi.com.

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