Hitachi Announces New Executive Officer and the Management Changes

Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE:HIT) (TOKYO:6501) today announcedthe management changes in accordance with the determination made bythe Board of Directors meeting held today and by the authorizedexecutive officer. The appointment is scheduled for August 1, 2005.

1. New Executive Officer

Gaku Suzuki, Vice President and Executive Officer, President &
Chief Executive Officer of Industrial Systems Group, General
Manager of Transportation Systems Division; currently General
Manager of Transportation Systems Division, Industrial Systems
Group

2. Management Change

Shigeharu Mano, Vice President and Executive Officer,
President & Chief Executive Officer of Power Systems Group,
President and Director of Babcock-Hitachi K.K.; currently Vice
President and Executive Officer, President & Chief Executive
Officer of Power Systems Group

Kazuhiro Mori, Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge
of Hitachi group companies management assistance, President
and Director of Hitachi Displays, Ltd.; currently Vice
President and Executive Officer, President & Chief Executive
Officer of Industrial Systems Group

3. Others

Fumiaki Yonai, President and Director of IPS Alpha Technology,
Ltd., Director of Hitachi Displays, Ltd.; currently President
and Director of Hitachi Displays, Ltd., President and Director
of IPS Alpha Technology, Ltd.

Hayato Ogawa, Adviser, Babcock-Hitachi K.K.; currently
President and Director of Babcock-Hitachi K.K., Executive Vice
President of Power Systems Group of Hitachi, Ltd.

About Hitachi

Hitachi, Ltd., (NYSE:HIT) (TOKYO:6501), headquartered in Tokyo,Japan, is a leading global electronics company with approximately347,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2004 (ended March 31, 2005)consolidated sales totaled 9,027.0 billion Yen ($84.4 billion). Thecompany offers a wide range of systems, products and services inmarket sectors including information systems, electronic devices,power and industrial systems, consumer products, materials andfinancial services. For more information on Hitachi, please visit thecompany's Website at http://www.hitachi.com.

Executive Officers (Effective August 1, 2005)


(President and Chief Executive Officer)

Etsuhiko Shoyama


(Executive Vice President and Executive Officer)

Isao Ono, in charge of Sales operations, Information &
Telecommunication Systems Business, General Manager of
Information Security Division

Michiharu Nakamura, in charge of Research & Development,
Business Incubation

Masaharu Sumikawa, in charge of Power & Industrial Systems,
Automotive Systems, Production Engineering

Kazuo Furukawa, President & Chief Executive Officer of
Information & Telecommunication Systems Group, in charge of
Digital Media, General Manager of Corporate Export Regulation
Division


(Senior Vice President and Executive Officer)

Hiroaki Nakanishi, Chief Executive for North America, Chairman
of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Hitachi Global
Storage Technologies

Takashi Hatchoji, General Manager of Hitachi Group - Legal and
Corporate Communications, Department Manager of Compliance
Division and Invention Management Division

Takashi Miyoshi, General Manager of Finance

Takuya Tajima, General Manager of Corporate Marketing Group,
Department Manager of Customer Satisfaction Promotion Center


(Vice President and Executive Officer)

Shigeharu Mano, President & Chief Executive Officer of Power
Systems Group, President and Director of Babcock-Hitachi K.K.

Gaku Suzuki, President & Chief Executive Officer of Industrial
Systems Group, General Manager of Transportation Systems
Division

Kunihiko Ohnuma, President & Chief Executive Officer of Urban
Planning and Development Systems Group

Manabu Shinomoto, Executive Vice President of Information &
Telecommunication Systems Group

Kazuhiro Tachibana, General Manager of Consumer Business
Group, President & Chief Executive Officer of Ubiquitous
Platform Systems Group

Taiji Hasegawa, President & Chief Executive Officer, Chief
Quality Officer, Automotive Systems Group

Junzo Kawakami, General Manager of 3rd Business Management
Division, Automotive Systems Group

Kazuhiro Mori, in charge of Hitachi group companies management
assistance, President and Director of Hitachi Displays, Ltd.

Minoru Tsukada, Chief Executive for China, Chief Innovation
Officer of China

Masahiro Hayashi, General Manager of Kansai Area Operation

Makoto Ebata, General Manager of Hitachi Group - Corporate
Strategy

Iwao Hara, General Manager of Human Capital

Shozo Saito, in charge of Power Systems Engineering


(Executive Officer)

Yasuo Sakuta, General Manager of Intellectual Property Group

Takao Suzuki, General Manager of Chugoku Area Operation

Koichiro Nishikawa, General Manager of Business Development


(Hitachi Group Executive Officer)

Isao Uchigasaki, General Manager of Hitachi Group
Headquarters, Hitachi Group Chief Innovation Officer,
Concurrently holds the post of Chairman of the Board, Hitachi
Chemical Co., Ltd.


Biography of New Executive Officer

Gaku Suzuki

1. Date of Birth : May 12, 1947

2. Education

March, 1972 : Graduated from Faculty of Economics,
The University of Tokyo

3. Business Experience

April, 2004 : General Manager of Transportation
Systems Division, Industrial Systems
Group

April, 2003 : General Manager of Transportation
Systems Division, Power & Industrial
Systems Group

May, 2000 : General Manager of Transportation
Sales Division, Industrial Systems
Sales Management Division, Power &
Industrial Systems Group

June, 1999 : Senior Manager of Planning Division,
Industrial Systems Sales Management
Division, Power & Industrial Systems
Group

August, 1997 : Senior Manager of Planning Division,
Strategic Marketing and Planning
Division

August, 1996 : Senior Manager of Planning Division,
Industrial Systems Sales Management
Division

February, 1992 : Senior Manager of Transportation
Division, Sales Division

April, 1972 : Joined Hitachi, Ltd.