Japan's Financial Services Agency: Proposal Of Disclosure Items Concerning Corporate Governance

The Financial Services Agency (FSA) is proposing amendments to disclose new items concerning corporate governance of a company in its securities report, as attached. (Please note that the Japanese version was originally released on February 12, 2010) The new rules will be effective on March 31, 2010. Comments on the proposal should be received by 5 PM on March 15, 2010 (JST), which may be submitted via post, fax or e-mail and should be accompanied by the name and postal address of the person and/or organization and the reasons for the comments. Comments by phone are not accepted. Please note that the received comments, including the name of the person and/or organization, may be published. Furthermore, the FSA will not respond to comments individually.