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TOKYO, JAPAN, April 25, 2008 --- NTT DOCOMO, INC. and its regional companies in the Hokkaido, Tohoku, Tokai, Hokuriku, Kansai, Chugoku, Shikoku and Kyushu regions of Japan announced today an agreement that the eight wholly owned subsidiaries will merge into NTT DOCOMO, the surviving company, effective July 1. The agreement, after being approved by an extraordinary meeting of NTT DOCOMO's board of directors today, was signed by the participating parties.

NTT DOCOMO and its eight regional subsidiaries have successfully developed infrastructure and conducted community-based sales in each respective region since 1993. It was decided that the eight regional subsidiaries should merge into NTT DOCOMO, however, to better deal with the changing environment of mobile communications. The main objectives of the merger are to achieve:

·		Enriched and enhanced customer services,
·		Streamlined group management, and
·		Faster decision-making.

In accordance with Article 796, Section 3 of Japan's Corporate Law, NTT DOCOMO was not required to convene a general meeting of shareholders to receive their approval of the merger. In addition, in accordance with Article 784, Section 1 of the same law, the regional subsidiaries likewise were not required to convene general meetings of their shareholders.

None of the eight regional subsidiaries has issued stock purchase warrants or corporate bonds with stock purchase warrants.

Summary of surviving company:
Corporate name:		NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
Nature of business:		Telecommunications
Head office:		2-11-1 Nagata-cho, Chiyoada-ku, Tokyo, Japan
President and CEO:		Masao Nakamura
Common stock:		949,679 million yen (as of March 31, 2008)
Fiscal term:		April 1 - March 31
Impact on earnings:		The merger is not expected to have any impact on the consolidated results of operations or financial position of NTT DOCOMO because the eight regional subsidiaries are already consolidated in its financial statements.

Summary of merger agreement parties (March 31, 2008):

1) Name	NTT DoCoMo, Inc.	NTT DoCoMo Hokkaido, Inc.	NTT DoCoMo Tohoku, Inc.
2) Nature of business	Telecommunications	Telecommunications	Telecommunications
3) Establishment	August 14, 1991	November 14, 1991	November 14, 1991
4) Head office	2-11-1 Nagata-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo	14-6 Kitaichijyo-Nishi, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture	1-1-2 Uesugi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture
5) Representative	Masao Nakamura, president and CEO	Shuro Hoshizawa, president	Takashi Sakamoto, president
6) Common stock	949,679 million yen	15,630 million yen	14,981 million yen
7) Shares of common stock issued	44,870,000	39,770.84	30,880.6
8) Net assets	4,276,496 million yen (consolidated)	128,282 million yen	224,599 million yen
9) Total assets	6,210,834 million yen (consolidated)	202,124 million yen	361,498 million yen
10) Fiscal term	April 1 - March 31	April 1 - March 31	April 1 - March 31
11) Major share- holder (ratio)	Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (61.6%)	NTT DoCoMo, Inc. (100%)	NTT DoCoMo, Inc. (100%)

1) Name	NTT DoCoMo Tokai, Inc.	NTT DoCoMo Hokuriku, Inc.	NTT DoCoMo Kansai, Inc.
2) Business	Telecommunications	Telecommunications	Telecommunications
3) Establishment	November 14, 1991	November 14, 1991	November 14, 1991
4) Head office	1-1-10 Higashi-sakura, Higashi-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture	1-5 Seito, Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture	1-10-1 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka
5) Representative	Keiichi Enoki, president	Yoshito Koreeda, president	Masaoki Arimura, president
6) Common stock	20,340 million yen	3,406 million yen	24,458 million yen
7) Shares of common stock issued	59,510.79	23,046.16	75,272.7
8) Net assets	354,900 million yen	84,065 million yen	547,788 million yen
9) Total assets	501,954 million yen	116,688 million yen	800,206 million yen
10) Fiscal term	April 1 - March 31	April 1 - March 31	April 1 - March 31
11) Major share- holder (ratio)	NTT DoCoMo, Inc. (100%)	NTT DoCoMo, Inc. (100%)	NTT DoCoMo, Inc. (100%)

1) Name	NTT DoCoMo Chugoku, Inc.	NTT DoCoMo Shikoku, Inc.	NTT DoCoMo Kyushu, Inc.
2) Business	Telecommunications	Telecommunications	Telecommunications
3) Establishment	November 14, 1991	November 14, 1991	November 14, 1991
4) Head office	4-1-8 Otemachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture	2-1 Sunport, Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture	2-6-1 Watanabe-dori, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
5) Representative	Haruhide Nakayama, president	Shozo Nishimura, president	Noboru Inoue, president
6) Common stock	14,732 million yen	8,412 million yen	15,834 million yen
7) Shares of common stock issued	37,834.54	29,208.59	38,144.14
8) Net assets	164,034 million yen	111,726 million yen	365,058 million yen
9) Total assets	272,821 million yen	160,028 million yen	542,813 million yen
10) Fiscal term	April 1 - March 31	April 1 - March 31	April 1 - March 31
11) Major share- holder (ratio)	NTT DoCoMo, Inc. (100%)	NTT DoCoMo, Inc. (100%)	NTT DoCoMo, Inc. (100%)

About NTT DOCOMO: NTT DOCOMO is the world's leading mobile communications company. DOCOMO serves over 53 million customers, including 44 million people subscribing to FOMA™, launched as the world's first 3G mobile service based on W-CDMA in 2001. DOCOMO also offers a wide variety of leading-edge mobile multimedia services, including i-mode™, the world's most popular mobile e-mail/Internet service, used by 48 million people. With the addition of credit-card and other e-wallet functions, DOCOMO mobile phones have become highly versatile tools for daily life. NTT DOCOMO is listed on the Tokyo (9437), London (NDCM) and New York (DCM) stock exchanges. For more information, visit www.docomo.ne.jp/english.

i-mode and FOMA are trademarks or registered trademarks of NTT DOCOMO, INC. in Japan and other countries.
NTT DOCOMO's FOMA service is only available to subscribers in Japan.

NTT DOCOMO to Merge with Regional Subsidiaries