The NTT Communications Group issued its first Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report in 2005, reexamining our activities from a CSR perspective and presenting our basic stance to the issues involved. This year, we are issuing our second report, the Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2006. Previous to the issuance of this report, in August 2005 we inaugurated the CSR Committee with Senior Executive Vice President Masaki Mitsumura as its chairman, and in June of this year, we established the Basic CSR Policy for the NTT Communications Group. This is based on the three pillars of contributing to society, global environmental protection, and respecting employees. With these steps the Group established a framework for thinking about CSR as well as management structures within the Group for promoting CSR activities.

This opportunity presented by the establishment of our Basic CSR Policy will enable each employee of the Group to have a shared view about what CSR means to us. We aim to reflect this view of social responsibility in all the business activities of the Group companies through the individual initiative of each of our employees.

As a member of society, we have been engaged in our business activities with the aim of becoming a truly helpful “ICT Solutions Partner” to our clients as well as to society as a whole−a partner who can provide reliable and stable ICT services to solve the issues confronting society and to respond to a variety of business and social needs. Through our core business telecommunication services, we, along with our customers and all other members of society, aspire to serve to domestic and global communities in all aspects, from economic activities to social life. With this vision in mind, we seek to play a vital role in creating new value for society at large, and to contribute solutions to the world's pressing needs through our telecommunication networks and associated services and solutions. This way of thinking represents our basic attitude to CSR. We believe that, in powerfully driving such CSR activities, it is critical to strengthen “Character Quality” of each individual employee, and “Frontline Empowerment”−nurtured by direct contact with customers at the frontline of services. At present, we are earnestly implementing a variety of reform measures to encourage such capabilities in our employees.

The CSR Report 2006 provides an introduction to some of the CSR activities of NTT Communications Group employees. I hope this report will serve to aid your understanding of our CSR activities.

Finally, I would like to thank everybody for the many comments we received about the CSR Report 2005. We have endeavored to reflect these opinions in the current report, and for the first time, this report also includes a third party opinion representing our stakeholders. We place the highest value on your opinions, and we believe that your input is crucial in enabling us to improve our CSR activities and reports. Therefore, I ask once again that you contact us with your frank opinions and requirements concerning the CSR Report. With CSR activities, there is no goal line. But the NTT Communications Group will work as a team to keep moving forward steadily, one or two steps at a time, always aiming to merit your confidence in the Company as your ICT solutions partner.

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