FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


Tokyo, April 8, 2011

Effect of the Great East Japan Earthquake
On the JT Group within Japan (Fifth Report)

Japan Tobacco Inc. (JT) (TSE: 2914) would like to express first and foremost our deepest
sympathies to all those who have been affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake. We hope
that recovery will proceed quickly.

Our shipments of the Japanese Domestic Tobacco Business will resume from April 11 with
seven products as announced on April 1, following the temporary withholding of shipments
within Japan. We sincerely apologize for the on-going inconvenience and trouble caused to
our tobacco retailers and consumers by limiting the number of products and the shipment
volume in the early phase of resumption.

We have been focusing our efforts on the early recovery of damaged facilities and on securing
alternative production and sourcing in the Japanese Domestic Tobacco Business. We have
now secured, to a degree, a means of sourcing semi-finished products and non-tobacco
materials. Also, test runs of some of the production lines will be conducted from April 11 in
the two manufacturing factories of the Japanese Domestic Tobacco Business, namely the
Kita-Kanto factory and the Koriyama factory, which had stopped functioning after incurring
damage. We intend to gradually resume manufacturing from the production lines capable of
operating normally. We will continue to do everything we can for the recovery of the two
factories while continuing increased production in our factories in western half of Japan, aiming
to return to the normal supply capability around the end of June.

This update is not related to the activities of Japan Tobacco International (JTI) where
worldwide operations continue as usual.

While the effects of damage and our near-term measure following the earthquake have not been
confirmed, an announcement will be made immediately if the impact on our performance is
projected to be significant.

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Japan Tobacco Inc. is a leading international tobacco product company. Its products are sold in over 120
countries and its internationally recognized cigarette brands include Winston, Camel, Mild Seven and Benson
& Hedges. With diversified operations, JT is also actively present in pharmaceuticals and foods. The
company’s adjusted net sales excluding tax(*) were ¥1.980 trillion (US$21.3 billion(**)) in the fiscal year
ended March 31, 2010.
* Adjusted net sales excluding tax on a consolidated basis do not include revenue from the imported tobacco,
domestic duty free, the China Division and other peripheral businesses in the Japanese domestic tobacco
business. Nor does it include revenue from distribution, leaf tobacco, private label, contract manufacturing
and other peripheral businesses in the international tobacco business.
**Translated at the rate of ¥93.04 per $1, as of March 31, 2010

Contacts: Hideyuki Yamamoto, General Manager
Yumiko Hanamura, Manager
Media and Investor Relations Division Japan
Tobacco Inc.
Tokyo: +81-3-5572-4292
E-mail: jt.media.relations@jt.com