Japan Petroleum Exploration : Appointment of Executives(120.0 KB)

Note: The following is an English translation of the Japanese-language original

February 10, 2023

Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd.

Appointment of Executives

Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd. (JAPEX, Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director and President: FUJITA Masahiro) decided the change of executive officers and an appointment of fellow as of April 1, 2023, as follows.

The change of Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members, which will be subject to the resolution at the 53rd ordinary general meeting of shareholders to be held on June 2023, will be announced as soon as its tentative resolution.

1. Change of Executive Officers (as of April 1, 2023) * Changes are underlined

1) New Executive Officers

Name	New Position	Current Position
	Executive Officer
FUNATSU Jiro	In charge of Internal Control, Administration	General Manager of Human Resource Dept.
	& Legal Dept., and Human Resource Dept.
	Executive Officer
TAKAHASHI Toshihiro	President of Domestic E&P Project Division, In	General Manager of Akita District Office
	charge of HSE Dept.
	Executive Officer	General Manager of Business Planning &
SUDAAkira	President of Gas Supply & Facility	Coordination Dept., Gas Supply & Facility
	Engineering Division	Engineering Division

2) Promotion of Executive Officers

Name	New Position	Current Position
	ManagingExecutive Officer	Executive Officer
IKENO Tomonori	In charge of Environmental Business	In charge of Environmental Business
Promotion Dept. and New Business Promotion	Promotion Dept. and New Business Promotion
	Dept.	Dept.
KASA Hirofumi	ManagingExecutive Officer	Executive Officer
Vice President of Power Business Division	Vice President of Power Business Division
	ManagingExecutive Officer	Executive Officer
YAMADA Tomomi	Vice President of Overseas Business Division II,
President of Overseas Business Division II
	Advisor to President of Technical Division

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3) Changes of the business in charge of Executive Officers

Name	New Position		Current Position
	Director, Managing Executive Officer		Director, Managing Executive Officer
	In charge of Corporate Communication Office,
NAKAJIMA Toshiaki		In charge of Corporate Communication Office,
Corporate Strategy Dept., and Information
		and Corporate Strategy Dept.
	Technology Dept.
ABE Satoshi	Managing Executive Officer		Managing Executive Officer
President of Overseas Business Division I		President of Overseas Business Division II
NAKANO Masanori	Executive Officer		Executive Officer
General Manager of Nagaoka District Office		General Manager of Soma District Office
4) Retirement of Executive Officers
Name	New Position		Current Position
HIRATA Toshiyuki	Director		Director, Managing Executive Officer
Advisor		President of Overseas Business Division I
				Managing Executive Officer
KAKU Senichiro	Commissioned Advisor		President of Gas Supply & Facility
				Engineering Division
				Managing Executive Officer
MATSUNAGA Tadashi	Commissioned Advisor		In charge of Internal Control, Administration
	& Legal Dept., Human Resource Dept., and
				Information Technology Dept.
				Managing Executive Officer
NAKAMURA Tsuneta	Commissioned Advisor		President of Domestic E&P Project Division, In
				charge of HSE Dept.
				Managing Executive Officer
MIYADAI Takamasa	Commissioned Advisor		Vice President of Domestic E&P Project
	Division, Vice President of Gas Supply &
				Facility Engineering Division
TAKAHATA Shinichi	Commissioned Advisor		Executive Officer
	General Manager of Nagaoka District Office
2. Change of Fellow (as of April 1, 2023) * Change is underlined
1) New Fellow
Name	New Position			Current Position
TAKANO Osamu	Fellow (Research Center, Technical Division)		Senior specialist
			Technical Division

Note) Fellows support the Board Members and senior managements by the high degree expertise in the specialized fields.

Appendix: Executives of Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd. (as of April 1, 2023)

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Executives of Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd. (as of April 1, 2023) [Directors] (11)

Title	Name	Business Duty
Representative Director and Chairman	WATANABE Osamu	-
Representative Director and President	FUJITA Masahiro	-
Chief Executive Officer
Representative Director		Advisor to President, President of Power Business
ISHII Yoshitaka	Division, in charge of Secretary Office, Responsible for
Executive Vice President
	Carbon Neutral Related Business
Director	YAMASHITA Michiro	In charge of Finance & Accounting Dept., and Deal
Senior Managing Executive Officer	Execution/PMI Support Dept.
Director		In charge of Corporate Communication Office,
NAKAJIMA Toshiaki	Corporate Strategy Dept., and Information
Managing Executive Officer
	Technology Dept.
Director	HIRATA Toshiyuki	Advisor
Outside Director	ITO Tetsuo	-
Outside Director	YAMASHITAYukari	-
Outside Director	KAWASAKI Hideichi	-
Outside Director	KITAI Kumiko	-
Outside Director	SUGIYAMAYoshikuni	-

Note) ITO Tetsuo, YAMASHITA Yukari, KAWASAKI Hideichi, KITAI Kumiko, and SUGIYAMA Yoshikuni are the Outside Directors as stipulated under Article 2-15 of the Companies Act of Japan.

[Audit & Supervisory Board Members] (4)

Title	Name	Business Duty
Audit & Supervisory Board Member	NAKAMURA Mitsuyoshi	-
Audit & Supervisory Board Member	MOTOYAMAYoshihiko	-
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member	KAWAKITA Chikara	-
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member	MOTOYAMA Hiroshi	-

Note) KAWAKITA Chikara and MOTOYAMA Hiroshi are the Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Members as stipulated under Article 2-16 of the Companies Act of Japan.

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[Executive Officers who are not concurrently Director] (13)

Title	Name	Business Duty
Senior Managing Executive Officer	SUGA Tsuyoshi	President of Marketing & Sales Division, in charge of
Procurement Dept.
Managing Executive Officer	ABE Satoshi	President of Overseas Business Division I
Managing Executive Officer	TEZUKA Kazuhiko	President of Technical Division
Managing Executive Officer	IKENO Tomonori	In charge of Environmental Business Promotion Dept.
and New Business Promotion Dept.
Managing Executive Officer	KASA Hirofumi	Vice President of Power Business Division
Managing Executive Officer	YAMADA Tomomi	President of Overseas Business Division II
Executive Officer	NAKANO Masanori	General Manager of Nagaoka District Office
		Vice President of Marketing & Sales Division,
Executive Officer	NAGAHAMAYasushi	General Manager of Hokkaido Marketing & Sales
		Office of Marketing & Sales Division
Executive Officer	OHAMA Tadashi	In charge of LNG Marketing & Procurement Office
Executive Officer	YASUI Akira	Vice President of Power Business Division
Executive Officer	FUNATSU Jiro	In charge of Internal Control, Administration & Legal
(New)	Dept., and Human Resource Dept.
Executive Officer	TAKAHASHI Toshihiro	President of Domestic E&P Project Division, in
(New)	charge of HSE Dept.
Executive Officer	SUDAAkira	President of Gas Supply & Facility Engineering
(New)	Division
[Fellows] (3)
Title	Name	Business Duty
Fellow	WASEDAAmane	(Research Center, Technical Division)
Fellow	ANRAKU Toshiyuki	(Technical Division)
Fellow	TAKANO Osamu	(Research Center, Technical Division)
(New)

Note) Fellows support the Board Members and senior managements by the high degree expertise in the specialized fields.

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