Directors and Executive Officers to Be Appointed New Positions

Mar. 29, 2005

Tokyo, March 29, 2005 – Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (the "Company") today announced that the following directors and the executive officers will be appointed the following positions effective April 1, 2005.


Directors

Tadaharu Ohashi

Senior Executive Vice President *


Masatoshi Terasaki

Senior Executive Vice President *


   *Representative Director



Executive Officers

Yasumitsu Kurosaki

Vice President

Consumer Products & Machinery Company

& General Manager, Robot Division


Shoji Aoki

General Manager

Corporate Business Development Division


Shuji Mihara

Senior Manager

Personnel & Labor Administration Department


Jiro Noguchi

Senior Manager

Corporate Planning Department


Norio Tanaka

Senior Manager

Osaka Office

Corporate Business Development Division


Kazuhiko Mishima

Vice President

Rolling Stock & Construction Machinery Company

& General Manager, Construction Machinery Division


Masashi Segawa

President

Rolling Stock & Construction Machinery Company


Satoshi Hasegawa

Vice President

Gas Turbine & Machinery Company

& General Manager, Gas Turbine Division


Akira Hattori

Vice President

Rolling Stock & Construction Machinery Company


Yuichi Asano

Vice President

Gas Turbine & Machinery Company

& General Manager

Manufacturing Center, Machinery Division


Shinichi Suzuki

Vice President

Aerospace Company


Shigeru Murayama

Vice President

Aerospace Company


Mitsutoshi Takao

Senior Manager

Finance & Accounting Department


Toru Yamaguchi

in charge of Kawasaki Machine Systems, Ltd.



The Company also announced today that it will propose the following Corporate Auditors be elected at the Shareholders’ General Meeting to be held in late June 2005.


Candidates for Corporate Auditors

Akira Tanoue

(currently Senior Manager

Legal Department)


 Kenzo Doi, Lawyer **


Hiroshi Kawamoto **

(currently Corporate Auditor)



Retiring Corporate Auditors


Yoshitsugu Wada

Mitsugi Maeda **


Candidate for the Substitute Corporate Auditor

Tomoko Sasaki, Lawyer **


    **Outside Auditor