Dec.23.2003

Japanese Bankers Association

FY2004 Vice Chairmen and Committee Assignments Decided

The Board of Directors Meeting held on December 24 nominated seven Vice Chairmen for the next term and assigned five standing Committees to the Chairman and Vice Chairmen as follows. These Vice Chairmen and the Chairman will be officially elected at the Board of Directors Meeting in April 2004. The official assignment to Committees will be made at the Chair Committee meeting to be held after the new Chairman and Vice Chairmen are officially elected.

Chairman

Yoshifumi Nishikawa President & CEO, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
(Planning Committee)


Vice Chairmen

Kiichiro Furusawa Chairman & President, Mitsui Trust Holdings*
(Public Committee)
Masashi Teranishi President & CEO, UFJ Bank
(Business Committee)
Tadashi Kudo President & CEO, Mizuho Bank
(Market and International Committee)
Shigemitsu Miki President, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi
(Operations Committee)
Tsuneo Hayakawa President, Chiba Bank
Sadaaki Hirasawa President & CEO, Bank of Yokohama
Koichi Watanuki President, Keiyo Bank


*Mitsui Trust Holdings will join JBA as a Bank Holding Company Member from April 2004.