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Exhibit

                                  (TRANSLATION)





                            ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION


                           (Amended on June 27, 1997)






                    MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
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                                  (TRANSLATION)


                            ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                    MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
                   (Matsushita Denki Sangyo Kabushiki Kaisha)



                                    CHAPTER I


                               GENERAL PROVISIONS


ARTICLE 1.    (Trade Name)

      The Company shall be called Matsushita Denki Sangyo Kabushiki Kaisha, and
written in English as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.


ARTICLE 2.    (Principal Office)

      The principal office of the Company shall be located in Kadoma City,
Osaka-fu.


ARTICLE 3.    (Purpose)

      The purpose of the Company shall be to engage in the following businesses:

       1.     manufacture and sale of electric machinery and equipment,
              communication and electronic equipment, as well as lighting
              equipment;

       2.     manufacture and sale of gas, kerosene and kitchen equipment, as
              well as machinery and equipment for building and housing;

       3.     manufacture and sale of machinery and equipment for office and
              transportation, as well as for sales activities;

       4.     manufacture and sale of medical, health and hygienic equipment,
              apparatus and material;

       5.     manufacture and sale of optical and precision machinery and
              equipment;

       6.     manufacture and sale of batteries, battery-operated products,
              carbon and manganese and other chemical and metal products;

       7.     manufacture and sale of air conditioning and anti-pollution
              equipment, as well as industrial machinery and equipment;


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       8.     manufacture and sale of other machinery and equipment;

       9.     engineering and installation of machinery and equipment related to
              any of the preceding items as well as engineering and performance
              of and contracting for other construction work;

       10.    production and sale of software;

       11.    sale of iron and steel, nonferrous metals, minerals, oil, gas,
              ceramics, paper, pulp, rubber, leather, fibre and their products;

       12.    sale of foods, beverages, liquor and other alcoholics,
              agricultural, livestock, dairy and marine produces, animal feed
              and their raw materials;

       13.    manufacture and sale of drugs, quasi-drugs, cosmetics, fertilizer,
              poisonous and deleterious substance and other chemical products;

       14.    sale of woods and other construction materials and general
              merchandise;

       15.    motion picture and musical entertainment business and promotion of
              sporting events;

       16.    export and import of products, materials and software mentioned in
              each of the preceding items (other than item 9);

       17.    providing repair and maintenance services for the products, goods
              and software mentioned in each of the preceding items for itself
              and on behalf of others;

       18.    provision of information and communication services, and
              broadcasting business;

       19.    business related to publishing, printing, freight forwarding,
              security, maintenance of buildings, dispatch of workers, general
              leasing, financing, non-life insurance agency and buying, selling,
              maintaining and leasing of real estate;

       20.    investment in various businesses;

       21.    accepting commission for investigations, research, development and
              consulting related to any of the preceding items; and

       22.    all other business or businesses incidental or related to any of
              the preceding items.


ARTICLE 4.    (Method of Public Notice)

      Public notices of the Company shall be given in the "Asahi Shimbun"
published in Osaka City.


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                                   CHAPTER II


                                     SHARES


ARTICLE 5.    (Total Number of Shares and Par Value of Each Share)

      The total number of shares authorized to be issued by the Company shall be
five billion (5,000,000,000).

      The amount of each share having par value shall be fifty (50) yen.


ARTICLE 6.    (Number of Shares Constituting One Unit of Shares)

      The number of shares constituting one unit of shares shall be one thousand
(1,000).


ARTICLE 7.    (Record Date)

      The Company shall deem those shareholders (including beneficial
shareholders; hereinafter the same interpretation being applicable) having
voting rights whose names are registered as such on the register of shareholders
(including register of beneficial shareholders; hereinafter the same
interpretation being applicable) as of the end of each fiscal period as the
shareholders entitled to exercise their rights as shareholders at the ordinary
general meeting of shareholders for such fiscal period.

      In addition to the preceding paragraph, the Company shall, by a resolution
of the Board of Directors and upon giving prior public notice, determine those
shareholders and registered pledgees whose names appear as such on the register
of shareholders as of a designated date as the shareholders or pledgees entitled
to exercise their rights.


ARTICLE 8.    (Transfer Agent)

      The Company shall appoint a transfer agent with respect to shares.

      The transfer agent and its handling office shall be designated by a
resolution of the Board of Directors, and public notice shall be given with
regard thereto.

      The register of shareholders of the Company shall be kept at the handling
office of the transfer agent, and the handling business related to shares, such
as registration of transfer of shares, purchase by the Company of shares not
constituting a full unit, etc., shall be handled by the transfer agent and the
Company shall not handle such business.



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ARTICLE 9.    (Share Handling Regulations)

      Registration of transfers of shares, purchase by the Company of shares
constituting less than one unit of shares and other handling business related to
shares of the Company shall be governed by, in addition to these Articles of
Incorporation, the Share Handling Regulations established by the Board of
Directors.


                                   CHAPTER III


                        GENERAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS


ARTICLE 10.   (Convocation)

      An ordinary general meeting of shareholders of the Company shall be
convened within three (3) months from the day immediately following the day on
which the accounts are closed, and an extraordinary general meeting of
shareholders may be convened whenever necessary.


ARTICLE 11.   (Chairman of General Meetings of Shareholders)

      Chairmanship of general meetings of shareholders shall be assumed by the
President. Should the President be unable to act, one of the other
Representative Directors shall take his/her place as previously determined by
the Board of Directors.


ARTICLE 12.   (Method of Adopting Resolutions)

      Unless otherwise provided by laws or orders or by these Articles of
Incorporation, resolutions of general meetings of shareholders shall be adopted
by a majority of the votes of shareholders present or represented at the
meeting.


ARTICLE 13.   (Exercise of Voting Rights through Proxy)

      A shareholder may exercise his/her voting rights through a proxy who is
also a shareholder of the Company entitled to exercise voting rights; provided,
however, that the proxy must submit to the Company a power of attorney
authorizing such proxy.


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                                   CHAPTER IV


                        DIRECTORS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS


ARTICLE 14.   (Number of Directors)

      The number of Directors of the Company shall be three (3) or more.


ARTICLE 15.   (Election of Directors)

      Directors shall be elected at a general meeting of shareholders.

      Resolutions for such election shall be adopted by a majority of the votes
of the shareholders present who hold shares representing in the aggregate not
less than one-third of the total outstanding shares which carry voting rights.

      No cumulative voting shall be used with respect to the resolutions for the
election of Directors.


ARTICLE 16.   (Representative Directors and Directors with Special Titles)

      The Company may, by a resolution of the Board of Directors, appoint from
among the Directors one Chairman of the Board of Directors, one Vice Chairman of
the Board of Directors, one President, and one or more Executive Vice
Presidents, Senior Managing Directors and Managing Directors.

      The Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Vice Chairman of the Board of
Directors, the President, Executive Vice Presidents, Senior Managing Directors
and Managing Directors shall severally represent the Company.


ARTICLE 17.   (Terms of Office of Directors)

      The terms of office of Directors shall expire at the conclusion of the
ordinary general meeting of shareholders with respect to the last closing of
accounts within two (2) years from their assumption of office.

      The term of office of a Director elected to fill a vacancy shall expire at
the time his/her predecessor's full term of office would have expired.


ARTICLE 18.   (Remuneration and Retirement Allowances for Directors)

      Remuneration and retirement allowances for Directors shall be determined
at a general meeting of shareholders.



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ARTICLE 19.   (Notice of Convocation of a Meeting of Board of Directors)

      Notice of convocation of a meeting of the Board of Directors shall be
dispatched to each Director and Corporate Auditor three (3) days in advance of
the date set for the meeting; provided, however, that in case of urgency this
period may be shortened.


ARTICLE 20.   (Regulations of Board of Directors)

      Matters to be resolved by the Board of Directors and any other details
concerning the Board of Directors shall be governed by the Regulations of the
Board of Directors established by the Board of Directors.


                                    CHAPTER V


                             CORPORATE AUDITORS AND
                           BOARD OF CORPORATE AUDITORS


ARTICLE 21.   (Number of Corporate Auditors)

      The number of Corporate Auditors of the Company shall be three (3) or
more.


ARTICLE 22.   (Election of Corporate Auditors)

      Corporate Auditors shall be elected at a general meeting of shareholders.

      Resolutions for such election shall be adopted by a majority of the votes
of the shareholders present who hold shares representing in the aggregate not
less than one-third of the total outstanding shares which carry voting rights.


ARTICLE 23.   (Full-time Corporate Auditors and Senior Corporate Auditors)

      The Company shall appoint one or more Full-time Corporate Auditor(s) who
shall be selected by the Corporate Auditors from among their number.

      The Company may appoint one or more Senior Corporate Auditor(s) who shall
be selected by the Corporate Auditors from among their number.


ARTICLE 24.   (Term of office of a Corporate Auditor)

      The terms of office of Corporate Auditors shall expire at the conclusion
of the ordinary general meeting of shareholders with respect to the last closing
of accounts within three (3) years from their assumption of office.


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      The term of office of a Corporate Auditor elected to fill a vacancy shall
expire at the time his/her predecessor's full term of office would have expired.


ARTICLE 25.   (Remuneration and retirement allowances for Corporate Auditors)

      Remuneration and retirement allowances for Corporate Auditors shall be
determined at a general meeting of shareholders.


ARTICLE 26.   (Notice of Convocation of a Meeting of Board of Corporate
              Auditors)

      Notice of convocation of a meeting of the Board of Corporate Auditors
shall be dispatched to each Corporate Auditor three (3) days in advance of the
date set for the meeting; provided, however, that in case of urgency this period
may be shortened.


ARTICLE 27.   (Regulations of Board of Corporate Auditors)

      Matters to be resolved by the Board of Corporate Auditors and any other
details concerning the Board of Corporate Auditors shall be governed by the
Regulations of the Board of Corporate Auditors established by the Board of
Corporate Auditors.


                                   CHAPTER VI


                                    ACCOUNTS


ARTICLE 28.   (Fiscal Year and Closing of Accounts)

      The fiscal year of the Company shall commence on April 1 each year and end
on March 31 the next following year and the accounts shall be closed on the last
day of each fiscal year.


ARTICLE 29.   (Dividends)

      Dividends of the Company shall be paid to those shareholders or registered
pledgees whose names appear as such on the register of shareholders at the end
of each fiscal period.


ARTICLE 30.   (Interim Dividends)

      The Company may, by a resolution of the Board of Directors, pay interim
dividends (cash distributions as provided in Article 293-5 of the Commercial
Code; hereinafter the same being applicable) to those shareholders or registered
pledgees whose names appear as such on the register of shareholders as of the
close of September 30 of each year.



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ARTICLE 31.   (Expiration Period for Dividends and Interim Dividends)

      In case dividends or interim dividends shall not be received within three
(3) years from the commencement of payment thereof, the Company shall be
relieved from the obligation for the payment thereof.

      Dividends and interim dividends shall bear no interest.


ARTICLE 32.   (Timing of Conversion of Convertible Debentures and Dividends)

      With respect to the first payment of dividends on shares issued upon
conversion of convertible debentures, such conversion shall be deemed to have
been made at the beginning of the business year in which the application for
conversion was made and the dividends shall be paid accordingly.

      For the purpose of the application of the above provisions, the interim
dividends pursuant to the provisions of Article 30 shall be deemed as the
dividends and each of the periods from April 1 to September 30 and from October
1 to March 31 of the next following year shall be deemed a business year
respectively.


                                   CHAPTER VII


                               MISCELLANEOUS RULES


ARTICLE 33.   (Transfer Agent of Bonds or Debentures)

      The Company shall appoint a transfer agent or agents in respect to bonds
or debentures issued by the Company.



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