East Japan Railway : Notice Regarding Changes in Representative Director, etc.

(Translation)

May 15, 2024

To whom it may concern:

Company Name:	East Japan Railway Company
Name of Representative:	Yoichi Kise
	President and CEO
Securities Code:	9020
	Tokyo Stock Exchange (Prime Market)
Contact Person:	Satoshi Shiohara
	General Manager, Corporate Communications
	Department

Notice Regarding Changes in Directors, etc.

At its meeting held on May 15, 2024, the Board of Directors made a determination to nominate Director candidates for election at the 37th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 20, 2024, as described below.

The relevant resolutions are expected to be adopted at the 37th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders and the meeting of the Board of Directors to be held thereafter.

1. New Director Candidates (excluding Directors who are also Audit and Supervisory Committee Members)

Harumi Nakagawa	(currently Senior Executive Officer, Deputy Director General of Railway Business
	Headquarters (Station Operation and Service Quality); In charge of Tourism)
Hideji Uchida	(currently Executive Officer, General Manager of Hachioji Branch Office;
	Department Director of Railway Operations Department, Hachioji Branch Office)
Yumiko Noda*	(currently Chairman and Representative Director of Veolia Japan GK)
Hiroshi Ohashi*	(currently Professor at Graduate School of Economics, Faculty of Economics, The

University of Tokyo)

*Ms. Yumiko Noda and Mr. Hiroshi Ohashi are Outside Director candidates.

2. Retiring Directors

Executive Director	Hitoshi Suzuki (to serve as President and Representative Director of JR East
	Environment Access Co., Ltd.)
Director	Motoshige Itoh
Director	Reiko Amano

3. Candidate for New Director who is also an Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

Tomoko Amaya* (currently Executive Advisor of Norinchukin Research Institute Co., Ltd.)

*Ms. Tomoko Amaya is a candidate for Outside Director who is also an Audit and Supervisory Committee Member.

(Note) After these changes, the number of Directors will become 16 (currently 14).

Each of the following persons is scheduled to be elected as Representative Director or executive director at the meeting of the Board of Directors to be held after the aforementioned General Meeting of Shareholders.

1. Chairman (Director) scheduled to be elected

Yuji Fukasawa

(currently Chairman (Director))

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2. President and CEO (Representative Director) scheduled to be elected

Yoichi Kise

(currently President and CEO (Representative Director))

3. Executive Vice Presidents (Representative Directors) scheduled to be elected

Katsumi Ise	(currently Executive Vice President)
Chiharu Watari	(currently Executive Vice President)

4. Executive Directors scheduled to be elected

Atsuko Itoh	(currently Executive Director)
Harumi Nakagawa	(currently Senior Executive Officer)
Hideji Uchida	(currently Executive Officer)

Additionally, the following persons will be elected or retire as Executive Officers (excluding Ms. Harumi Nakagawa and Mr. Hideji Uchida, who will retire as Executive Officers upon election as Directors).

(New Senior Executive Officers) as of June 20, 2024

Senior Executive Officer	Takeshi Takahashi	(currently Executive Officer,
In charge of Shinagawa & Large Scale		Department Director of
Developments; Department Director		Shinagawa & Large Scale
of Shinagawa & Large-Scale Projects		Developments Department,
Department, Corporate Strategies		Corporate Strategies
Headquarters		Headquarters)
Senior Executive Officer	Kuniaki Mitani	(currently Executive Officer,
Deputy Director General of		Department Director of Indian
International Affairs Headquarters		HSR Project Support
(Indian HSR Project); Department		Department, International
Director of Indian HSR Project		Affairs Headquarters)
Support Department, International
Affairs Headquarters
(Retiring Senior Executive Officers) as of June 20, 2024
Senior Executive Officer	Ikuju Asami
Deputy Director General of
International Affairs Headquarters
(Indian HSR Project); In charge of
Shinagawa and Large Scale
Developments
Senior Executive Officer	Shingo Amemiya	(to serve as President and
In charge of Work & Welfare		Representative Director of JR
Strategies Department; Department		East Personnel Service Co.,
Director of Work & Welfare Strategies		Ltd.)
Department

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(New Executive Officers) as of June 20, 2024
Executive Officer	Yuichi Matsumoto	(currently Division Senior
Department Director of Corporate		Manager of Corporate
Planning Department, Corporate		Strategies Division, Corporate
Strategies Headquarters		Planning Department,
		Corporate Strategies
		Headquarters)
Executive Officer	Satoshi Shiohara	(currently Department
Department Director of Corporate		Director of Corporate
Communications Department,		Communications Department,
Corporate Strategies Headquarters		Corporate Strategies
		Headquarters)
Executive Officer	Koichi Takagi	(currently Department
Department Director of Community		Director of Community
Development Coordination		Development Coordination
Department, Marketing Headquarters		Department, Marketing
		Headquarters)
Executive Officer	Hirotaka Kumamoto	(currently Division Senior
Department Director of Mobility		Manager of Mobility Service
Service Department, Railway		Division, Railway Operations
Business Headquarters		Department, Tokyo
		Metropolitan Area
		Headquarters)
Executive Officer	Yasuhiro Nagai	(currently Division Senior
Department Director of Facility		Manager of Track
Department, Railway Business		Maintenance Division,
Headquarters		Facility Department, Railway
		Business Headquarters)
Executive Officer	Masaki Maruyama	(currently Division Senior
Department Director of Safety		Manager of Mobility Service
Management Department		Division, Railway Operations
		Department, Niigata Branch
		Office)
Executive Officer	Ryosuke Iguchi	(currently Division Senior
Department Director of Work &		Manager of Human Resources
Welfare Strategies Department;		Development Division, Work
Director of JR East General		& Welfare Strategies
Education Center		Department)
Executive Officer	Takeshi Ujimori	(currently Department
General Manager of Hachioji Branch		Director of Shinkansen
Office; Department Director of		Planning & Strategy
Railway Operations Department,		Department, Shinkansen
Hachioji Branch Office		General Management
		Department)
Executive Officer	Takeshi Ishii	(currently Division Senior
General Manager of Omiya Branch		Manager of Electric Power
Office; Department Director of		Division, Electrical &
Railway Operations Department,		Signaling Network
Omiya Branch Office		Department, Railway Business
		Headquarters)

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Executive Officer	Takashi Shimoyama	(currently Department
General Manager of Mito Branch		Director of Audit Department)
Office; Department Director of
Railway Operations Department,
Mito Branch Office
Executive Officer	Hiroshi Shimoozono	(currently Division Senior
General Manager of Nagano Branch		Manager of Planning
Office; Department Director of		Division, Construction
Railway Operations Department,		Department)
Nagano Branch Office
Executive Officer	Makoto Niizeki	(currently Division Senior
Director of Tokyo Metropolitan Area		Manager of Planning &
Construction Project Management		Strategy Division, Tokyo
Office		Metropolitan Area
		Construction Project
		Management Office; Division
		Senior Manager of Project
		Promotion Civil Engineering
		Division, Tokyo Metropolitan
		Area Construction Project
		Management Office)
Executive Officer	Toshiyuki Sato	(currently Division Senior
Director of Electrical System		Manager of Technical Support
Integration Office		Division, Indian HSR Project
		Support Department,
		International Affairs
		Headquarters)
(Retiring Executive Officers) as of June 19, 2024
Executive Officer	Hidemaro Onishi	(to serve as President and
Department Director of Finance &		Representative Director of
Investment Planning Department,		East Japan Railway Trading
Corporate Strategies Headquarters		Co., Ltd.)
Executive Officer	Yuichiro Tokunaga	(to serve as Executive Director
In charge of Marketing Headquarters		of JR East Marketing &
(MaaS)		Communications, Inc.)
Executive Officer	Hisatsugu Miyata	(to serve as President and
General Manager of Yokohama Branch		Representative Director of
Office; Department Director of Railway		Tokyo Monorail Co., Ltd.)
Operations Department, Yokohama
Branch Office
Executive Officer	Akira Mori
General Manager of Omiya Branch
Office; Department Director of Railway
Operations Department, Omiya Branch
Office
Executive Officer	Ichiro Ogawa	(to serve as President and
General Manager of Mito Branch		Representative Director of JR
Office; Department Director of Railway		East Rail Car Technology &
Operations Department, Mito Branch		Maintenance Co., Ltd.)
Office

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Executive Officer	Kenichi Matsuhashi	(to serve as Senior Executive
General Manager of Nagano Branch		Director of JR Bus Kanto Co.,
Office; Department Director of Railway		Ltd.)
Operations Department, Nagano
Branch Office
Executive Officer	Hiroyuki	(to serve as President and
Director General of Tohoku Area	Mitsubayashi	Representative Director of
Headquarters; Department Director of		Nippon Hotel Co., Ltd.)
Railway Operations Department,
Tohoku Area Headquarters
Executive Officer	Kimito Kubo
General Manager of Morioka Branch
Office; Department Director of Railway
Operations Department, Morioka
Branch Office
Executive Officer	Shunichi Taniguchi
Director of Tokyo Metropolitan Area
Construction Project Management
Office
Executive Officer	Yutaka Nomoto
Director of Electrical System
Integration Office

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(Reference material)

Work Responsibilities of Directors

East Japan Railway Company

As of June 20, 2024 (scheduled)

New position	Name	Previous position
Chairman (Director)	Yuji Fukasawa	Chairman (Director)
President and CEO (Representative Director)	Yoichi Kise	President and CEO (Representative Director)
		Director General of Marketing Headquarters; In
		charge of Shinagawa Development; In charge of
		Regional Revitalization
Executive Vice President (Representative	Katsumi Ise	Executive Vice President (Representative
Director)		Director)
Assistant to President		Assistant to President
Director General of Innovation Strategy		Director General of Innovation Strategy
Headquarters		Headquarters
Executive Vice President (Representative	Chiharu Watari	Executive Vice President (Representative
Director)		Director)
Assistant to President		Assistant to President
Director General of Railway Business		Director General of Railway Business
Headquarters; Chief Safety Officer		Headquarters; Chief Safety Officer
Executive Director	Atsuko Itoh	Executive Director
Director General of Corporate Strategies		Director General of Corporate Strategies
Headquarters		Headquarters
Executive Director	Harumi Nakagawa	Senior Executive Officer
Director General of Marketing Headquarters; In		Deputy Director General of Railway Business
charge of Shinagawa Development; In charge of		Headquarters (Station Operation and Service
Regional Revitalization; In charge of Tourism;		Quality); In charge of Tourism
In charge of Work & Welfare Strategies
Department
Executive Director	Hideji Uchida	Executive Officer
Deputy Director General of Railway Business		General Manager of Hachioji Branch Office;
Headquarters (Transport & Rolling Stock); In		Department Director of Railway Operations
charge of Safety Management Department		Department, Hachioji Branch Office
Director	Hiroko Kawamoto	Director
Director	Toshio Iwamoto	Director
Director	Yumiko Noda	Chairman and Representative Director of Veolia
		Japan GK
Director	Hiroshi Ohashi	Professor at Graduate School of Economics,
		Faculty of Economics, The University of Tokyo
Director (Full-time Audit and Supervisory	Takashi Kinoshita	Director (Full-time Audit and Supervisory
Committee Member)		Committee Member)
Director (Full-time Audit and Supervisory	Masaki Ogata	Director (Full-time Audit and Supervisory
Committee Member)		Committee Member)
Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee	Kimitaka Mori	Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee
Member)		Member)
Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee	Hiroshi Koike	Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee
Member)		Member)
Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee	Tomoko Amaya	Executive Advisor of Norinchukin Research
Member)		Institute Co., Ltd.

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(Reference)

Work Responsibilities of Executive Officers

East Japan Railway Company

As of June 20, 2024 (scheduled)

New position	Name	Previous position
Senior Executive Officer	Takashi Momose	Senior Executive Officer
Director of Tokyo Operation General		Director of Tokyo Operation General
Management Center, Tokyo Metropolitan Area		Management Center, Tokyo Metropolitan Area
Headquarters; Stationmaster of Tokyo Station,		Headquarters; Stationmaster of Tokyo Station,
Tokyo Metropolitan Area Headquarters		Tokyo Metropolitan Area Headquarters
Senior Executive Officer	Hirohiko Ikeda	Senior Executive Officer
Director General of Shinkansen General		Director General of Shinkansen General
Management Department; Deputy Director		Management Department; Deputy Director
General of Railway Business Headquarters		General of Railway Business Headquarters
Senior Executive Officer	Hiroshi Oyama	Senior Executive Officer
In charge of Construction Department; In charge		In charge of Construction Department; In charge
of Large-scale Switching Construction		of Large-scale Switching Construction
Senior Executive Officer	Norio Kimura	Senior Executive Officer
Deputy Director General of Railway Business		In charge of Audit Department; In charge of
Headquarters (Station Operation); In charge of		Corporate & Legal Strategies Department; In
Audit Department; In charge of Service Quality		charge of Organizational Restructuring;
Improvement Department; In charge of		Department Director of Corporate & Legal
Corporate & Legal Strategies Department; In		Strategies Department
charge of Organizational Restructuring
Senior Executive Officer	Shunzo Miyake	Senior Executive Officer
Director General of International Affairs		Director General of International Affairs
Headquarters		Headquarters
Senior Executive Officer	Osamu Kato	Senior Executive Officer
Deputy Director General of Innovation Strategy		Deputy Director General of Innovation Strategy
Headquarters; Deputy Director General of		Headquarters; Deputy Director General of
Railway Business Headquarters (Electricity); In		Railway Business Headquarters (Electricity); In
charge of Energy Strategies		charge of Energy Strategies
Senior Executive Officer	Haruhiko Ogawa	Senior Executive Officer
Director General of Tokyo Metropolitan Area		Director General of Tokyo Metropolitan Area
Headquarters; Department Director of Railway		Headquarters; Department Director of Railway
Operations Department, Tokyo Metropolitan		Operations Department, Tokyo Metropolitan
Area Headquarters		Area Headquarters
Senior Executive Officer	Takehiro Tamagawa	Senior Executive Officer
Deputy Director General of Railway Business		Deputy Director General of Railway Business
Headquarters (Facilities)		Headquarters (Facilities); Department Director
		of Facility Department, Railway Business
		Headquarters
Senior Executive Officer	Takeshi Takahashi	Executive Officer
In charge of Shinagawa & Large Scale		Department Director of Shinagawa & Large
Development; Department Director of		Scale Developments Department, Corporate
Shinagawa & Large-Scale Projects Department,		Strategies Headquarters
Corporate Strategies Headquarters
Senior Executive Officer	Kuniaki Mitani	Executive Officer
Deputy Director General of International Affairs		Deputy Department Director of Indian HSR
Headquarters (Indian HSR Project); Department		Project Support Department, International
Director of Indian HSR Project Support		Affairs Headquarters
Department, International Affairs Headquarters
Executive Officer	Yuichi Matsumoto	Division Senior Manager of Corporate
Department Director of Corporate Planning		Strategies Division, Corporate Planning
Department, Corporate Strategies Headquarters		Department, Corporate Strategies Headquarters
Executive Officer	Satoshi Shiohara	Department Director of Corporate
Department Director of Corporate		Communications Department, Corporate
Communications Department, Corporate		Strategies Headquarters
Strategies Headquarters
Executive Officer	Hiroyuki Takeshima	Executive Officer
Deputy Director General of Marketing		Deputy Director General of Marketing
Headquarters		Headquarters
Executive Officer	Koichi Takagi	Department Director of Community
Department Director of Community		Development Coordination Department,
Development Coordination Department,		Marketing Headquarters
Marketing Headquarters
Executive Officer	Yoshihisa Nishimura	Executive Officer
In charge of Innovation Strategy Headquarters		In charge of Innovation Strategy Headquarters

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Executive Officer	Hirotaka Kumamoto	Division Senior Manager of Mobility Service
Department Director of Mobility Service		Division, Railway Operations Department,
Department, Railway Business Headquarters		Tokyo Metropolitan Area Headquarters
Executive Officer	Yasuhiro Nagai	Division Senior Manager of Track Maintenance
Department Director of Facility Department,		Division, Facility Department, Railway
Railway Business Headquarters		Business Headquarters
Executive Officer	Yuuki Saito	Executive Officer
Department Director of Electrical & Signaling		Department Director of Electrical & Signaling
Network Department, Railway Business		Network Department, Railway Business
Headquarters		Headquarters
Executive Officer	Masaki Maruyama	Division Senior Manager of Mobility Service
Department Director of Safety Management		Division, Railway Operations Department,
Department		Niigata Branch Office
Executive Officer	Makoto Saito	Executive Officer
Department Director of Construction		Department Director of Construction
Department		Department
Executive Officer	Ryosuke Iguchi	Division Senior Manager of Human Resources
Department Director of Work & Welfare		Development Division, Work & Welfare
Strategies Department; Director of JR East		Strategies Department
General Education Center
Executive Officer	Toshiki Saito	Executive Officer
Department Director of Corporate & Legal		In charge of Work & Welfare Strategies
Strategies Department		Department Business Renovation Project;
		Director of JR East General Education Center
Executive Officer	Takeshi Tsuyoshi	Executive Officer
Director of Structural Engineering Center		Director of Structural Engineering Center
Executive Officer	Seiichi Yano	Executive Officer
General Manager of Yokohama Branch Office;		Department Director of Mobility Service
Department Director of Railway Operations		Department, Railway Business Headquarters
Department, Yokohama Branch Office
Executive Officer	Takeshi Ujimori	Department Director of Shinkansen Planning &
General Manager of Hachioji Branch Office;		Strategy Department, Shinkansen General
Department Director of Railway Operations		Management Department
Department, Hachioji Branch Office
Executive Officer	Takeshi Ishii	Division Senior Manager of Electric Power
General Manager of Omiya Branch Office;		Division, Electrical & Signaling Network
Department Director of Railway Operations		Department, Railway Business Headquarters
Department, Omiya Branch Office
Executive Officer	Tatsuo Higuchi	Executive Officer
General Manager of Takasaki Branch Office;		General Manager of Takasaki Branch Office;
Department Director of Railway Operations		Department Director of Railway Operations
Department, Takasaki Branch Office		Department, Takasaki Branch Office
Executive Officer	Takashi Shimoyama	Department Director of Audit Department
General Manager of Mito Branch Office;
Department Director of Railway Operations
Department, Mito Branch Office
Executive Officer	Dan Tsuchizawa	Executive Officer
General Manager of Chiba Branch Office;		General Manager of Chiba Branch Office;
Department Director of Railway Operations		Department Director of Railway Operations
Department, Chiba Branch Office		Department, Chiba Branch Office
Executive Officer	Hiroshi Shimoozono	Division Senior Manager of Planning Division,
General Manager of Nagano Branch Office;		Construction Department
Department Director of Railway Operations
Department, Nagano Branch Office
Executive Officer	Takashi Takaoka	Executive Officer
Director General of Tohoku Area Headquarters;		Department Director of Corporate Planning
Department Director of Railway Operations		Department, Corporate Strategies Headquarters
Department, Tohoku Area Headquarters
Executive Officer	Takeshi Omori	Executive Officer
General Manager of Morioka Branch Office;		Department Director of Transport Safety
Department Director of Railway Operations		Department, Railway Business Headquarters
Department, Morioka Branch Office
Executive Officer	Ohmi Iryo	Executive Officer
General Manager of Akita Branch Office;		General Manager of Akita Branch Office;
Department Director of Railway Operations		Department Director of Railway Operations
Department, Akita Branch Office		Department, Akita Branch Office

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Executive Officer	Hiroko Shirayama	Executive Officer
General Manager of Niigata Branch Office;		General Manager of Niigata Branch Office;
Department Director of Railway Operations		Department Director of Railway Operations
Department, Niigata Branch Office		Department, Niigata Branch Office
Executive Officer	Makoto Niizeki	Division Senior Manager of Planning &
Director of Tokyo Metropolitan Area		Strategy Division, Tokyo Metropolitan Area
Construction Project Management Office		Construction Project Management Office;
		Division Senior Manager of Project Promotion
		Civil Engineering Division, Tokyo Metropolitan
		Area Construction Project Management Office
Executive Officer	Toshiyuki Sato	Division Senior Manager of Technical Support
Director of Electrical System Integration Office		Division, Indian HSR Project Support
		Department, International Affairs Headquarters

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