NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced that its board of directors has met and proposed the following changes in executive positions for official approval at the shareholders and board of directors meetings scheduled on June 16, 2016. Kazuhiro Yoshizawa has been appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Board of Directors from the current position of Senior Executive Vice President and Member of the Board of Directors. Hiroyasu Asami has been appointed as Senior Executive Vice President and Member of the Board of Directors from the current position of Executive Vice President and Member of the Board of Directors.

Toshiki Nakayama has been appointed as Senior Executive Vice President and Member of the Board of Directors from the current position of Executive Vice President and Member of the Board of Directors. The resigning Representative Directors are: Kaoru Kato, President and Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Board of Directors; and Yoshikiyo Sakai, Senior Executive Vice President and Member of the Board of Directors. New Members of the Board of Directors (candidates) are: Hiroshi Tsujigami, Member of the Board of Directors, NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION; Kouji Furukawa, Senior Vice President; Kyoji Murakami, Senior Vice President; Seiji Maruyama, Senior Vice President; Noriko Endo, Project Professor of Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University; and Shinichiro Ueno, Vice President of R&D Planning Research and Development Planning Department, NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION.

Mr. Hiroshi Tsujigami is expected to become a Member of the Board of Directors on June 24, 2016. Dr. Noriko Endo is expected to become an Outside Member of the Board of Directors. The company intends to file with the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. the notification of Dr. Noriko Endo as an Independent Director as defined by TSE regulations.

New Senior Vice Presidents (candidates) are: Michio Fujiwara, Senior Manager of Corporate Strategy & Planning Department; Hikaru Kawachiyama, Senior Manager of General Affairs Department; Koichi Takahara, Executive General Manager of Global Business Division; Taku Yamazaki, General Manager of Radio Access Network Engineering Department; Kouji Tsubouchi, General Manager of Public Relations Department and Deputy General Manager of Mobile Society Research Institute; and Mayumi Tateishi, Senior Manager of Smart-life Solutions Department and Senior Executive Vice President, OAK LAWN MARKETING, INC. The resigning Members of the Board of Directors are: Kazuhiro Takagi, Executive Vice President and Member of the Board of Directors [expected to become Executive Vice President, Executive General Manager of Kyushu Regional Office]; Hajime Kii, Executive Vice President and Member of the Board of Directors[expected to become Executive Vice President, Executive General Manager of Kansai Regional Office]; Makoto Tani, Senior Vice President and Member of the Board of Directors[expected to become Senior Vice President, Executive General Manager of Tokai Regional Office]; Takashi Nakamura, Outside Member of the Board of Directors. The resigning Senior Vice Presidents are: Kiyohito Nagata, Executive Vice President [expected to join Asurion Japan Group]; Koji Aoyama, Senior Vice President[expected to join MIRAIT Corporation]; Kei Irie, Senior Vice President[expected to join DOCOMO CS, Inc.]; Kazunori Yamamoto, Senior Vice President[expected to join DOCOMO CS, Inc.]; Eiichi Sakamoto, Senior Vice President[expected to join NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION]. Reasons for change of Executives: to further grow and develop the company under the new management setup.