Japan Petroleum Exploration : Appointment of Executives(125.6 KB)

Note: The following is an English translation of the Japanese-language original

February 9, 2022

Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd.

Appointment of Executives

Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd. (JAPEX, Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director and President: FUJITA Masahiro) decided the change of executive officers and an appointment of fellow as of April 1, 2022, as follows.

The change of Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members, which will be subject to the resolution at the 52nd ordinary general meeting of shareholders to be held on June 2022, will be announced as soon as its tentative resolution.

1. Change of Executive Officers (as of April 1, 2022) * Changes are underlined

1) New Executive Officers

Name	New Position	Current Position
	Executive Officer	Vice President of Overseas Project Management
YAMADA Tomomi	Vice President of Overseas Business Division II,
Division, Advisor to President of Technical Division
	Advisor to President of Technical Division
NAKANO Masanori	Executive Officer	Deputy General Manager of Soma District Office
General Manager of Soma District Office
NAGAHAMAYasushi	Executive Officer	Vice President of Marketing & Sales Division
Vice President of Marketing & Sales Division
	Executive Officer	General Manager of LNG Marketing & Procurement
OHAMA Tadashi	In charge of LNG Marketing & Procurement
Office
	Office
YASUI Akira	Executive Officer	Report to executive officer in charge of Corporate
Vice President of Power Business Division	Strategy Dept.

2) Promotion of Executive Officers

Name	New Position	Current Position
YAMASHITA Michiro	Director, SeniorManaging Executive Officer	Director, Managing Executive Officer
In charge of Finance & Accounting Dept.	In charge of Finance & Accounting Dept.
TEZUKA Kazuhiko	ManagingExecutive Officer	Executive Officer
President of Technical Division	President of Technical Division
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3) Changes of the business in charge of Executive Officers

Name	New Position	Current Position
	Representative Director, Executive Vice President	Representative Director, Executive Vice President
	Advisor to President, President of Power Business
ISHII Yoshitaka	Advisor to President, President of Power Business
Division, in charge of Secretary Office,
	Division
	Responsible for Carbon Neutral Related Business
	Director, Managing Executive Officer	Director, Managing Executive Officer
HIRATA Toshiyuki	President of Middle East, Asia, & Europe Project
President of Overseas Business Division I
	Division
	Managing Executive Officer	Managing Executive Officer
KAKU Senichiro	President of Gas Supply & Facility Engineering
President of Inter-regional Gas Supply Division
	Division
	Managing Executive Officer
MIYADAI Takamasa	Vice President of Domestic E&P Project Division,	Managing Executive Officer
Vice President of Gas Supply & Facility	General Manager of Soma District Office
	Engineering Division
	Managing Executive Officer	Managing Executive Officer
ABE Satoshi	Vice President of Americas & Russia Project
President of Overseas Business Division II
	Division
	Executive Officer	Executive Officer
IKENO Tomonori	In charge of Environmental Business Promotion	Vice President of Middle East, Asia & Europe
	Dept. and New Business Promotion Dept.	Project Division

4) Retirement of Executive Officers

Name	New Position	Current Position
	Representative Director	Representative Director, Executive Vice President
OZEKI Kazuhiko	Advisor to President, President of Overseas Project
Advisor
	Management Division, in charge of Secretary Office
ITO Hajime	Director	Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer
Advisor	President of Americas & Russia Project Division
		Managing Executive Office
KUNIYASU Minoru	Commissioned Advisor	Advisor to President of Middle East, Asia & Europe
		Project Division
		Managing Executive Officer
AMANO Masanori	Commissioned Advisor	In charge of Environmental Business Promotion
Dept. and New Business Promotion Dept., Vice
		President of Power Business Division
WAKISHIMA Ryohei	Commissioned Advisor	Executive Officer
In charge of LNG Marketing & Procurement Office

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2. Change of Fellow (as of April 1, 2022) * Change is underlined

1) New Fellow

Name	New Position	Current Position
ANRAKU Toshiyuki	Fellow (Technical Division)	Vice President of Technical Division, Vice President
of Domestic E&P Project Division

Note) Fellows support the Board Members and senior managements by the high degree expertise in the specialized fields.

Appendix: Executives of Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd. (as of April 1, 2022)

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Executives of Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd. (as of April 1, 2022) [Directors] (11)

Title	Name	Business Duty
Representative Director and Chairman	WATANABE Osamu	-
Representative Director and President	FUJITA Masahiro	-
Chief Executive Officer
Representative Director		Advisor to President, President of Power Business
ISHII Yoshitaka	Division, in charge of Secretary Office, Responsible for
Executive Vice President
	Carbon Neutral Related Business
Representative Director	OZEKI Kazuhiko	Advisor
Director	YAMASHITA Michiro	In charge of Finance & Accounting Dept.
Senior Managing Executive Officer
Director	HIRATA Toshiyuki	President of Overseas Business Division I
Managing Executive Officer
Director	ITO Hajime	Advisor
Outside Director	KOJIMAAkira	-
Outside Director	ITO Tetsuo	-
Outside Director	YAMASHITAYukari	-
Outside Director	KAWASAKI Hideichi	-

Note) KOJIMAAkira, ITO Tetsuo, YAMASHITAYukari, and KAWASAKI Hideichi are the Outside Directors as stipulated under Article 2-15 of the CompaniesAct of Japan.

[Audit & Supervisory Board Member] (4)

Title	Name	Business Duty
Audit & Supervisory Board Member	SHIMOMURA Koichi	-
Audit & Supervisory Board Member	NAKAMURA Mitsuyoshi	-
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board	WATANABE Hiroyasu	-
Member
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board	NAKAJIMA Norio	-
Member

Note) WATANABE Hiroyasu and NAKAJIMA Norio are the Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Members as stipulated under Article 2-16 of the CompaniesAct of Japan.

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[Executive Officers who are not concurrently Director] (16)

Title	Name	Business Duty
Senior Managing Executive Officer	SUGA Tsuyoshi	President of Marketing & Sales Division, in charge of
Procurement Dept.
Managing Executive Officer	KAKU Senichiro	President of Gas Supply & Facility Engineering
Division
		In charge of Internal Control, Administration & Legal
Managing Executive Officer	MATSUNAGA Tadashi	Dept., Human Resource Dept., and Information
		Technology Dept.
Managing Executive Officer	NAKAMURA Tsuneta	President of Domestic E&P Project Division, In charge
of HSE Dept.
		Vice President of Domestic E&P Project Division, Vice
Managing Executive Officer	MIYADAI Takamasa	President of Gas Supply & Facility Engineering
		Division
Managing Executive Officer	NAKAJIMA Toshiaki	In charge of Corporate Communication Office, and
Corporate Strategy Dept.
Managing Executive Officer	ABE Satoshi	President of Overseas Business Division II
Managing Executive Officer	TEZUKA Kazuhiko	President of Technical Division
Executive Officer	TAKAHATA Shinichi	General Manager of Nagaoka District Office
Executive Officer	IKENO Tomonori	In charge of Environmental Business Promotion Dept.
and New Business Promotion Dept.
Executive Officer	KASA Hirofumi	Vice President of Power Business Division
Executive Officer	YAMADA Tomomi *	Vice President of Overseas Business Division II, Advisor
to President of Technical Division
Executive Officer	NAKANO Masanori *	General Manager of Soma District Office
Executive Officer	NAGAHAMAYasushi *	Vice President of Marketing & Sales Division
Executive Officer	OHAMA Tadashi *	In charge of LNG Marketing & Procurement Office
Executive Officer	YASUI Akira *	Vice President of Power Business Division

Note) * New Appointed Executive Officers

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