May 15, 2015

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TOKYO, JAPAN, May 15, 2015 --- NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced today that its board of directors has met and proposed the following changes in executive positions for official approval at the shareholders meeting, the board of directors meeting, and the audit & supervisory board meeting scheduled on June 18, 2015.

• New Audit & Supervisory Board Member (candidate) (Name) (Position) Yutaka Kawataki Former Secretary General of The Board of Audit of Japan

• Mr. Yutaka Kawataki is expected to become an Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member.

• The company intends to file with the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) the notification of Mr. Yutaka Kawataki as an Independent Auditor as defined by TSE regulations.

• New Senior Vice Presidents (candidates) (Name) (Current Position) Shigeto Torizuka Managing Director of Sales Promotion Department Kenichi Mori General Manager, Kanagawa Branch Eiichi Sakamoto Managing Director of Public Relations Office NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION

• Resigning Member of the Board of Directors (candidate) (Name) (Current Position) Shoji Suto Executive Vice President Member of the Board of Directors [Expected to join DOCOMO CS, Inc.]
• Resigning Audit & Supervisory Board Member (candidate) (Name) (Current Position) Haruo Morosawa Full-time Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member
• Resigning Senior Vice Presidents (candidates) (Name) (Current Position) Mitoshi Hirokane Senior Vice President [Expected to join DOCOMO CS Hokkaido INC.] Morikazu Takahashi Senior Vice President

Expected Executive Positions and Organizational Responsibilities as of June 18, 2015

Positions Name Organizational Responsibilities President and Chief Executive Officer Member of the Board of Directors Kaoru Kato Senior Executive Vice President Chief Information Officer Chief Information Security Officer Chief Privacy Officer Member of the Board of Directors Kazuhiro Yoshizawa Responsible for:

• Technology
• Device

• Information strategy Senior Executive Vice President Member of the Board of Directors Yoshikiyo Sakai Responsible for:

• Consumer business

• Marketing
• Global business

• Corporate (effective until June 30, 2015) Managing Director of Sales and Marketing Division Responsible for:

• Global business

• Corporate (effective from July 1, 2015) Senior Executive Vice President Member of the Board of Directors Akira Terasaki Responsible for:

• Corporate business

• Improvement of business operations

• CSR Executive Vice President Chief Technology Officer Member of the Board of Directors Seizo Onoe Managing Director of R&D Innovation Division Executive Vice President Chief Financial Officer Member of the Board of Directors Hirotaka Sato Managing Director of Accounts and Finance Department Responsible for:

• Finance

• Business alliance Executive Vice President Member of the Board of Directors Kazuhiro Takagi Managing Director of Corporate Sales and Marketing Division Managing Director of TOHOKU Reconstruction Support Office Executive Vice President Member of the Board of Directors Hiroyasu Asami Managing Director of Corporate Strategy & Planning Department Responsible for:

• Broadband business Executive Vice President Member of the Board of Directors Kiyohiro Omatsuzawa Managing Director of Network Department Responsible for:

• Network

• Preparation for 2020 (effective until June 30, 2015) Responsible for:

• Network

• Preparation for 2020 (effective from July 1, 2015) Executive Vice President Member of the Board of Directors Toshiki Nakayama Managing Director of Smart-life Business Division Executive Vice President Member of the Board of Directors Hajime Kii Managing Director of Human Resources Management Department Senior Vice President Member of the Board of Directors Makoto Tani Managing Director of General Affairs Department Managing Director of Improvement Action Office Outside Member of the Board of Directors Teruyasu Murakami - Outside Member of the Board of Directors Takashi Nakamura - Executive Vice President Kiyohito Nagata Managing Director of Kansai Regional Office Senior Vice President Syohei Sakaguchi Managing Director of Hokkaido Regional Office Senior Vice President Koji Aoyama Managing Director of Tohoku Regional Office Senior Vice President Kei Irie Managing Director of Tokai Regional Office Senior Vice President Ichiro Nishino Managing Director of Hokuriku Regional Office Senior Vice President Yohji Maruyama Managing Director of Chugoku Regional Office Senior Vice President Osamu Hirokado Managing Director of Shikoku Regional Office Senior Vice President Kazunori Yamamoto Managing Director of Kyushu Regional Office Senior Vice President Tomohisa Ueno General Manager, Tokyo Branch Senior Vice President Kenichi Mori General Manager, Kanagawa Branch Senior Vice President Hiroshi Nakamura Managing Director of R&D Strategy Department Senior Vice President Minoru Etoh Managing Director of Innovation Management Department Senior Vice President Kyoji Murakami Managing Director of Smart-life Solutions Department Senior Vice President Ken Yoshizaki Managing Director of Financial Business Department Senior Vice President Hozumi Tamura Managing Director of Smart-life Planning Department Managing Director of Global Service Planning Office Senior Vice President Seiji Maruyama Managing Director of Product Department Senior Vice President Shigeto Torizuka Managing Director of Sales Promotion Department Senior Vice President Kouji Furukawa Managing Director of Corporate Sales and Marketing Department I Senior Vice President Eiichi Sakamoto Managing Director of Corporate Marketing Strategy Department Position Name Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member Tooru Kobayashi Full-time Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member Naoto Shiotsuka Full-time Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member Toshimune Okihara Full-time Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member Yutaka Kawataki Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member Eiko Tsujiyama

About NTT DOCOMO

NTT DOCOMO provides innovative, convenient and secure mobile services that enable smarter living for each customer. The company serves over 65 million mobile customers in Japan via advanced wireless networks, including a nationwide LTE network and one of the world's most progressive LTE-Advanced networks. DOCOMO is a leading developer of a 5G network that it plans to deploy by 2020, as well as network function virtualization (NFV), NFC infrastructure and services, emerging IoT solutions, and more. Outside Japan, the company is providing technical and operational expertise to seven mobile operators and other partner companies, and is contributing to the global standardization of all-new mobile technologies. DOCOMO is listed on stock exchanges in Tokyo (9437) and New York (DCM). Please visit https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/.