Hitachi Annouces Directors

TOKYO -- Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE:HIT)(TSE:6501) today announced new directors in accordance with a decision taken at a meeting of Nominating Committee convened today, and is subject to approval at Hitachis Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in June 2008.

1. Director Candidates Proposed at Hitachi’s Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in June 2008

Chairman of the Board

Etsuhiko Shoyama, currently Chairman of the Board

DirectorKazuo Furukawa, currently Director, Representative Executive Officer, President

Tadamichi Sakiyama, currently Director

*Michiharu Nakamura, currently Fellow

Toyoaki Nakamura, currently Director, Representative Executive

Officer, Senior Vice President and Executive OfficerOutside Director

Yoshie Ota, currently Outside Director, Advisor, Japan Institute of Workers’ Evolution

Mitsuo Ohashi, currently Outside Director, Chairman of the Board, Showa Denko K.K.

Akihiko Nomiyama, currently Outside Director, Special Advisor, NIPPON MINING HOLDINGS, INC.

Kenji Miyahara, currently Outside Director, Special Advisor, Sumitomo CorporationTohru Motobayashi, currently Outside Director, Lawyer, Partner, Ihara & Motobayashi

Director

Takeo Ueno, currently Director, Advisor, Hitachi Via Mechanics, Ltd.

*Shungo Dazai, currently Chairman of the Board, Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.

Michihiro Honda, currently Director, Chairman of the Board, Hitachi Metals, Ltd.Hitachi Ltd.