Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha : Change of Executive Officers

July 31, 2017

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. ("K" Line) has decided on changes of Executive Officers.

1. Changes of Executive Officers.

2. Retirement scheduled for September 30, 2017

   Present Position	Name	After Retirement (scheduled for October 1, 2017)
   Managing Executive Officer	Nobuo Ishida	Ocean Network Express (North America) Inc.(Tentative Name)

3. Promotion of Executive Officers as of October 1, 2017

New Position	Name	Present Position
Managing Executive Officer	Daisuke Arai	Executive Officer

4. Responsibilities of Executive Officers on and after October 1, 2017

Please see the attached list of responsibilities of Executive Officers scheduled on and after October 1, 2017.

Attachment: The responsibilities of Executive Officers on and after October 1, 2017

Title	Name	Responsibilities
President & CEO	Eizo Murakami
Senior Managing Executive Officer	Toshiyuki Suzuki	Responsible for Containerships, Car Carriers, Port Business, Logistics, Affiliated Business Promotion Unit
Senior Managing Executive Officer	Hiromichi Aoki	Responsible for Dry and Liquid Bulk Carriers Unit
Senior Managing Executive Officer	Tsuyoshi Yamauchi	Responsible for General Affairs, Legal, Corporate Legal Risk & Compliance, Human Resources, Corporate Planning, Research, Project Office for Containerships and Terminal Business Unit, Assistance to Internal Audit, CCO(Chief Compliance Officer)
Senior Managing Executive Officer	Eiji Kadono	Responsible for Marine Sector, Advanced Technology, Ship Technical and Environmental Affairs Unit
Senior Managing Executive Officer	Harusato Nihei	Responsible for Finance, Accounting, IR&PR Unit, CFO(Chief Financial Officer)
Managing Executive Officer	Kazuhiko Harigai	In charge of LNG, Thermal Coal, Liquefied Gas New Business Division
Managing Executive Officer	Atsuo Asano	In charge of Drybulk Business
Managing Executive Officer	Yukio Toriyama	In charge of Accounting, Finance, IR&PR
Managing Executive Officer	Kenji Sakamoto	In charge of Car Carrier Business
Managing Executive Officer	Yasunari Sonobe	President of "K" LINE AMERICA, INC.
Managing Executive Officer	Yutaka Nakagawa	Managing Director of K LINE (THAILAND) LTD.
Managing Executive Officer	Akira Misaki	Managing Director of "K" LINE (EUROPE) LIMITED
Managing Executive Officer	Kunihiko Arai	Managing Director of K LINE (CHINA) LTD., Managing Director of "K" LINE (HONG KONG) LIMITED
Managing Executive Officer	Yukikazu Myochin	In charge of Human Resources, Corporate Planning, Research, Project Office for Containerships and Terminal Business Assistance to Containerships Business, Port Business, Logistics, Affiliated Business Promotion

Managing Executive Officer	Shuzo Kawano	Responsible for Information System Unit, CIO(Chief Information Officer), CEO of "K" Line Business Systems, Ltd.
Managing Executive Officer	Daisuke Arai	In charge of Containerships Business, Port Business, Logistics, Affiliated Business Promotion
Executive Officer	Makoto Arai	In charge of Legal, Corporate Legal Risk & Compliance
Executive Officer	Kiyotaka Aya	In charge of Marine Sector
Executive Officer	Shingo Kogure	In charge of General Affairs, CSR
Executive Officer	Toyohisa Nakano	In charge of Ship Technical and Environmental Affairs, General Manager of Ship Technical Group
Executive Officer	Nobuyuki Yokoyama	Assistance to Car Carrier Business
Executive Officer	Tomoyuki Okawa	In charge of Tankers, General Manager of Energy & Off-Shore Business Planning Group