Business Strategy Special Feature ESG Activity Report Financial Information Corporate Data Governance Governance Governance Reasons for election Reasons for election Mr. Torkel Patterson has a wealth of connections overseas Mr. Takashi Saeki has a wealth of experience and deep insight Board of Directors, Audit and Supervisory Board Members, and Corporate Officers［ as of June 23, 2020 ］ through holding important positions in the U.S. government, in corporate management through holding important positions such as special assistant to the president, as well as extensive such as president and representative director of GAS Co., experience and deep insight. His ability, insight and experience Ltd. In terms of supervision and advice by an outside director, are suitable for our group to maintain sound management and his ability, insight and experience are suitable for our group to Chairman President further develop, thus we believe he is qualified for the position maintain sound management and further develop, thus we believe Representative Director Representative Director Director of Director of our company. Director (Outside) he is qualified for the position of Director of our company. Koei Tsuge Shin Kaneko Torkel Patterson Takashi Saeki Reasons for election Reasons for election Mr. Haruo Kasama has a wealth of experience and extensive Mr. Taku Oshima has a wealth of experience and knowledge of law through holding important positions such deep insight in corporate management through holding as the superintending prosecutor and prosecutor general important positions such as president and representative of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office. In terms of director of NGK Insulators, Ltd. In terms of supervision supervision and advice by an outside director, his ability, and advice by an outside director, his ability, insight and insight and experience are suitable for our group to maintain experience are suitable for our group to maintain sound Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Director (Outside) sound management and further develop, thus we believe he is Director (Outside) management and further develop, thus we believe he is Representative Director Representative Director Haruo Kasama qualified for the position of Director of our company. Taku Oshima qualified for the position of Director of our company. Yoshiki Suyama Shun-ichi Kosuge Reasons for election Reasons for election overseeing the Administrative Departments overseeing the General Technology Division, and the Mr. Tatsuhiko Yamada has served in positions such as Manager of Funding Mr. Hajime Ishizu has a wealth of experience and a high Overseas High Speed Railway Project Section of our Company’s Finance Department and Manager of Accounting level of insight in transportation administration, etc., through Section of the same Department, and has made efforts to strengthen the his positions as Director-General of the Kinki District management foundation of our group. Currently, as Corporate Officer and Transport Bureau and Vice-Minister for Transport and General Manager of the Finance Department, he is in charge of the Finance International Affairs of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Division of the Company, working to improve the financial strength of our Full-time Audit and Supervisory group as a whole. As such, he possesses high-level expertise in finance Full-time Audit and Supervisory Transport and Tourism. His ability, insight and experience Board Member and accounting. His ability, insight, and career are suitable for auditing the Board Member (Outside) are suitable for auditing the execution of duties by directors, execution of duties by directors, and thus we believe he is qualified for the and thus we believe he is qualitied for the position of Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Tatsuhiko Yamada Hajime Ishizu position of Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company. outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company. Representative Director Representative Director Reasons for election Reasons for election Mamoru Uno (Ph.D.) Mamoru Tanaka Mr. Fumio Yamashita has a wealth of experience and a Mr. Shigeo Kifuji has a wealth of experience and overseeing the Railway Operations Division, and Safety overseeing the Chuo Shinkansen Promotion Division high level of insight in police administration, etc., through extensive knowledge of law through his positions Sections his positions such as Deputy Superintendent General of such as Superintending Prosecutor of the Hiroshima the Metropolitan Police Department and Director-General High Public Prosecutors Office and Superintending of the Community Safety Bureau of the National Police Prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office. Agency. His ability, insight and experience are suitable for His ability, insight and experience are suitable for Full-time Audit and Supervisory Audit and Supervisory auditing the execution of duties by directors, and thus we auditing the execution of duties by directors, and thus Board Member (Outside) Board Members (Outside) believe he is qualitied for the position of outside Audit & we believe he is qualitied for the position of outside Fumio Yamashita Shigeo Kifuji Director Director Supervisory Board Member of the Company. Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company. Senior Corporate Executive Officer Senior Corporate Executive Officer Reasons for election Director General of the Chuo Shinkansen Director General of the General Technology Mr. Kunihiro Nasu has a wealth of experience and Promotion Division Division extensive knowledge of law through his positions such as Takanori Mizuno Atsuhito Mori Vice President of the Federation of Bar Associations and Chairman of the Aichi Prefectural Personnel Commission. overseeing the Construction Sections overseeing the Electrical Engineering Sections His ability, insight and experience are suitable for auditing

Audit and Supervisory the execution of duties by directors, and thus we believe he Board Members (Outside) is qualitied for the position of outside Audit & Supervisory Kunihiro Nasu Board Member of the Company. Director Director Corporate Executive Officer Corporate Executive Officer Senior Corporate Executive Officers Corporate Officers Director General of the Corporate Planning Director General of the Conventional Lines Takanori Mizuno Masayuki Ueno Masaru Yosano Division Operations Division Motoaki Terai Tatsuya Okajima Hisao Sawada Shunsuke Niwa Hiroshi Akihiko Ito Manabu Ishibashi Hiroshi Shigeta

overseeing the Tracks and Structures Sections Atsuhito Mori Shigeki Miyamoto Naoki Hayakawa Hiroshi Oshima Hirotaka Kawata Corporate Executive Officers Yoshihiko Uchida Kazuma Tsukamoto Shunsuke Niwa Masami Nitta Masafumi Kondo Hajime Ikuta Masahiro Yamamoto Shunichi Usui Atsushi (Ph.D.) Masaya Sugiura Yoichi Inoue Director Director Hiroto Takeuchi (Ph.D.) Kenichi Niimi Mitsuhiro Aoki Corporate Executive Officer Corporate Executive Officer Hiroshi Suzuki Atsushi Tsujimura Masami Owaki Director General of the Shinkansen Operations Director General of the Business Promotion Takayuki Oyama Hiroshi Matsuo Seigo Hatada Division Division Hajime Kobayashi Kentaro Takeda Takayuki Oyama Hajime Kobayashi Kenji Hagihara overseeing the Rolling Stock Sections Ataru Kimura Yoichiro Dendo Takahide Saito

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