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TOKYO, JAPAN, May 13, 2014 --- NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced today 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 19, 2014.

1. New Representative Directors (candidates)
   Senior Executive Vice President, Member of the Board of Directors

   (Name)	(Current Position)
   Kazuhiro Yoshizawa	Executive Vice President Member of the Board of Directors Managing Director of Corporate Strategy & Planning Department
   Yoshikiyo Sakai	Director and Senior Vice President Director of Finance and Accounting Department NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
   Akira Terasaki	Adviser Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.

   • Mr. Yoshikiyo Sakai is expected to become Senior Executive Vice President, Member of the Board of Directors on June 26, 2014.

   (Open a PDF file)(Attachment) Career Summaries of New Representative Directors (candidates) (PDF format: 40KB)

2. Resigning Representative Directors (candidates)

   (Name)	(Current Position)
   Kazuto Tsubouchi	Senior Executive Vice President Member of the Board of Directors [Expected to become Adviser]
   Fumio Iwasaki	Senior Executive Vice President Member of the Board of Directors [Expected to join DOCOMO Engineering Inc.1]

1. New Members of the Board of Directors (candidates)

   (Name)	(Current Position)
   Hiroyasu Asami	Executive Vice President Managing Director of Smart-life Business Division
   Kiyohiro Omatsuzawa	Senior Vice President Managing Director of Chugoku Regional Office
   Shoji Suto	Senior Vice President Managing Director of Shikoku Regional Office
   Toshiki Nakayama	Senior Vice President Managing Director of Smart-life Solutions Department
   Makoto Tani	Senior Vice President Managing Director of Corporate Marketing Department II
   Hajime Kii	Senior Vice President Managing Director of Global Business Division

2. New Audit & Supervisory Board Members (candidates)

   (Name)	(Current Position)
   Tooru Kobayashi	President and Chief Executive Officer DOCOMO Service Inc.
   Toshimune Okihara	President and Chief Executive Officer NTT ComTechnology Corporation

   • Mr. Toshimune Okihara is expected to become an External Audit & Supervisory Board Member.
3. New Senior Vice Presidents (candidates)

   (Name)	(Current Position)
   Tomohisa Ueno	General Manager, Kanagawa Branch
   Hiroshi Nakamura	Managing Director of Core Network Development Department
   Ken Yoshizaki	Managing Director of Financial Business Department
   Hozumi Tamura	Managing Director of Smart-life Planning Department
   Seiji Maruyama	Managing Director of Product Department
   Osamu Hirokado	Managing Director of Public Relations Department

4. Resigning Members of the Board of Directors (candidates)

   (Name)	(Current Position)
   Tsutomu Shindou	Executive Vice President Member of the Board of Directors [Expected to join mmbi, Inc.]
   Takashi Tanaka	Executive Vice President Member of the Board of Directors [Expected to join DOCOMO Service Inc.1]
   Wataru Kagawa	Executive Vice President Member of the Board of Directors [Expected to join NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE EAST CORPORATION]
   Kiyoshi Tokuhiro	Executive Vice President Member of the Board of Directors [Expected to join DOCOMO Mobile Inc. 1]
   Ryuji Yamada	Member of the Board of Directors Chief Strategic Adviser [Expected to become Chief Strategic Adviser]

5. Resigning Audit & Supervisory Board Members (candidates)

   (Name)	(Current Position)
   Takanori Utano	Audit & Supervisory Board Member [Expected to become Adviser]
   Kenji Ota	Audit & Supervisory Board Member [Expected to become Adviser]

6. Resigning Executive Vice President and Senior Vice Presidents (candidates)

   (Name)	(Current Position)
   Seiji Nishikawa	Executive Vice President
   Akiko Ide	Senior Vice President [Expected to join NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION]
   Yuji Araki	Senior Vice President [Expected to join DOCOMO Support Inc.]
   Tomohiro Kurosawa	Senior Vice President [Expected to join KYOWA EXEO CORPORATION]

   • Mr. Seiji Nishikawa is currently Member of the Board of Directors at DOCOMO Systems, Inc., and is expected to stay in the same position.
7. Executive Vice Presidents and Members of the Board of Directors (candidates)

   (Name)	(Current Position)
   Seizo Onoe	Executive Vice President Member of the Board of Directors
   Hirotaka Sato	Senior Vice President Member of the Board of Directors
   Kazuhiro Takagi	Senior Vice President Member of the Board of Directors
   Hiroyasu Asami	Executive Vice President
   Shoji Suto	Senior Vice President
   Kiyohiro Omatsuzawa	Senior Vice President
   Toshiki Nakayama	Senior Vice President

8. Executive Vice President (candidates)

   (Name)	(Current Position)
   Kiyohito Nagata	Executive Vice President