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TOKYO, JAPAN, May 14, 2004 --- NTT DoCoMo, Inc. ("DoCoMo") announced today that it made a decision to liquidate its subsidiary, Trynotes, Inc. Details of the decision are as follows.

1. Outline of the subsidiary
   

   Company name:	Trynotes, Inc.
   Address:	2-22-24 Akasaka Minato-ku, Tokyo
   Representative:	Kouji Morita
   Business:	Operation and maintenance of music distribution servers
   Date established:	February 2000
   Capital:	980 million yen
   Number of shares issued:	19,600 shares
   Fiscal year-end:	March 31
   Number of employees:	5 (as of March 31, 2004)
   Major business partner:	NTT DoCoMo, Inc. NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE EAST CORPORATION Panasonic Mobile communications Co., Ltd. NI and C Co., Ltd. IBM Japan, Ltd. Sony Corporation
   Major Shareholder:	NTT DoCoMo, Inc. (55.0%) Panasonic Mobile communications Co., Ltd. (20.0%) Sony Corporation (20.0%) ITOCHU Corporation (5.0%)

   
   
2. Reasons for Liquidation
   
   Although DoCoMo established Trynotes to provide support for mobile music distribution services, it was decided to liquidate the subsidiary due to changes within the business environment which have made continuation of the business difficult.
   
   
3. Schedule
   
   Liquidation is expected to be completed by December 2004.
   
   
4. Impact on DoCoMo's Results of Operations
   
   The liquidation is not expected to have any significant impact on DoCoMo's consolidated or non-consolidated results of operations. The liquidation does not affect the forecast of DoCoMo's results of operations for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2005.

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