Announcement on the approval on Extension of the Filing Deadline of the Quarterly Securities Report for the Nine Months Ended December 31, 2017

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February 14, 2018

To whom it may concern:

Company Name: Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha

Representative: Tadaaki Naito, President

(Stock Code: 9101, First Sections of

the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the

Nagoya Stock Exchange)

Inquiries:Ushio Koiso, General Manager of Corporate Communication Group

(TEL. +81-3-3284-5151)

Announcement on the approval on Extension of the Filing Deadline of the Quarterly Securities Report for the Nine Months Ended December 31, 2017

Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (the "Company") hereby announces that, as of February 14, 2018, it obtained an approval on the application for extension of the filing deadline of the Company's quarterly securities report as provided for under Article 17-15-2, paragraph 4 of the Cabinet Office Ordinance on Disclosure of Corporate Affairs as set forth below. We deeply apologize for all the inconvenience caused to our shareholders, investors and all other stakeholders.

• 1. Quarterly securities report subject to the approval

  Quarterly Securities Report for the Nine Months Ended December 31, 2017

• 2. Original filing deadline

  February 14, 2018

• 3. Extended filing deadline March 23, 2018

• 4. Future Action

  The Company will file the Quarterly Securities Report for the Nine Months Ended

December 31, 2017 by March 23, 2018, the extended filing deadline. It is currently estimated that the accumulated influence of this matter to the final loss and profit of the Company's Consolidated Financial Results will be approximately JPY 2 billion in loss. Once the influence ofthis matter to the Consolidated Financial Results for Fiscal Year 2017 (including the Fiscal Highlights for the Nine Months Ended December 31, 2017 announced on January 31, 2018) and these over the past fiscal years have been identified, the Company will promptly announce the details.

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