May 13, 2003
[U.S. GAAP]
Consolidated Financial Results Release
For the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2003

Name of registrant: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
Code No.: 9432
Stock exchanges on which the Company's shares are listed: Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, and Sapporo
Address of principal executive office: Tokyo, Japan
(URL http://www.ntt.co.jp/ir/)
Representative: Norio Wada, President
Contact: Shigehito Katsuki, Head of IR, Department 4/ TEL(03)5205-5581
Date of meeting of the board of directors for approval of consolidated financial statements: May 13, 2003
Adoption of U.S. GAAP: Yes

  1. Consolidated Financial Results for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2003 (April 1, 2002 - March 31, 2003)
  Amounts are rounded off per 1 million yen throughout this report.
(1) Consolidated Results of Operations (Millions of yen, except per share amounts) 
(1) Consolidated Results of Operations
 
Notes: 1. Equity in earnings (losses) of affiliated companies:
 
For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003: (329,536) million yen
For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2002: (668,688) million yen
  2. Weighted average number of shares outstanding (consolidated):
 
For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003: 16,039,415 shares
For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2002: 16,134,538 shares
  3. Change in accounting policy:Yes (Adoption of new accounting principle)
  4. Percentages above represent changes compared to the previous year.
 

(2) Consolidated Financial Position
(Millions of yen, except per share amounts)
  (2) Consolidated Financial Position
 
Notes: Number of shares outstanding at end of period (consolidated):   Year ended March 31, 2003:   15,932,436 shares
      Year ended March 31, 2002:   16,134,375 shares
 

(3) Consolidated Cash Flows
(Millions of yen)
  (3) Consolidated Cash Flows
 
(4) Number of Consolidated Subsidiaries and Companies Accounted for Using the Equity Method
 
The number of consolidated companies: 334
The number of unconsolidated subsidiaries accounted for using the equity method: 116
The number of affiliated companies accounted for using the equity method: 110
 
(5) Changes of Reporting Entities
 
The number of consolidated companies added: 209
The number of consolidated companies removed: 3
The number of companies on the equity method added: 21
The number of companies on the equity method removed: 182

2. Consolidated Financial Results Forecasts for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2004 (April 1, 2003 - March 31, 2004)
 
(Millions of yen)
2.Consolidated Financial Results Forecasts for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2004 (April 1, 2003 - March 31, 2004)

(Reference) Expected Earnings per Share (Fiscal year ending March 31, 2004):   28,432.56 yen
 
Notes: 1. This forecasts are forward-looking statements about the future performance of NTT which are based on the assumptions, estimates, judgments, projections and beliefs of the management of the NTT in light of the information currently available to it. The projected numbers in this release were derived using certain assumptions that are indispensable for making projections in addition to historical facts that have been acknowledged accurately. Risks and uncertainties inherent in future projections, the NTT's future business operations, the state of the economy in Japan and abroad, possible fluctuations in the securities markets and other changes in circumstances could cause the NTT's actual results to differ materially from the projected figures.

2. Starting with the year ended March 31, 2003, the consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (U.S. GAAP). We also present the figures in the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2002 in accordance with U.S. GAAP.


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