News Release ypvw090205c

2. Number of Employees

Notes :

Figures for NTT Consolidated do not include the No. of employees who retired or will retire at the end of a fiscal year and were rehired or will be rehired at the beginning of the next fiscal year.

Figures for East Outsourcing Companies include the consolidated prefectural outsourcing companies (incl. NTT EAST-TOKYOMINAMI), NTT-ME and NTT EAST SOLUTIONS, while figures for West Outsourcing Companies include the consolidated regional outsourcing companies (incl. NTT WEST-KANSAI), NTT MARKETING ACT (outsourcing company in the management and marketing field), NTT NEOMEIT (outsourcing company in the facilities and equipment field) and NTT WEST-HOMETECHNO. Figures for those companies include the number of employees who retired or will retire at the end of a fiscal year and were rehired or will be rehired at the beginning of next fiscal year, as described below:

-	As of Mar. 31, 2009 (Forecast) (East Outsourcing Companies: 1,100 employees; West Outsourcing Companies: 1,150 employees)

For the number of employees of outsourcing companies, we previously disclosed the number of employees of the NTT EAST and NTT WEST outsourcing companies that commenced operation in May 2002 pursuant to the NTT Group Structural Reform (publicly released on November 22, 2001), the total number of employees from the consolidated prefectural companies and the companies in the administrative field, for the number of employees of East Outsourcing Companies, and the total number of employees from the consolidated regional outsourcing companies and the companies in the management and marketing field, the facilities and equipment field and the administrative field, for the number of employees of West Outsourcing Companies. However, due to the fact that companies other than these outsourcing companies have been providing outsourcing services, we have revised the scope of the number of employees of outsourcing companies as of the six months ended September 30, 2008.

Forecasts for the year ending March 31, 2009 have not been changed from those announced in the financial results for the six months ended September 30, 2008.