Tokyo, October 9, 2014 --- Japan Tobacco Inc. (JT) (TSE: 2914) has completed its pre-purchase radioactive material testing of this year's Japanese domestic leaf tobacco, which started in late July, following the completion of tests of the remaining varieties of Burley and native tobacco. Prior to this, the test results of flue-cured Virginia tobacco were announced on August 7.

Following the Burley and native tobacco testing of a total of 128 areas, results from 126　areas were measured to fall within the JT standard value (radioactive cesium of 100 Bq/kg), whereas they were measured to exceed the standard value in two areas. The Company will not purchase this year's leaf tobacco produced in the areas where the results exceeded the JT standard value.

Furthermore, JT will continue with its scheme of testing domestic leaf tobacco after purchase, and testing and monitoring a number of times at each stage of the production process.

We will continue to take all possible measures to ensure quality control for consumers' continuing patronage of our products.

An outline of the pre-purchase tests and results is presented as follows.

Outline of pre-purchase testing

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The details of the test results are stated in the appendix.

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