Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. announced the transfer of representative director Tsuyoshi Yamashita to Executive Vice President from Executive Vice President and General Manager of Financial Division effective from June 28, 2012 and Masayuki Hayashi was retiring as senior corporate advisor, Masaru Motomura transfers to Senior Managing Director and General Manager of Financial Division (concurrent) Director and General Manager of Financial Division, Nippon Paper Group Inc. from Senior Managing Director and General Manager of Corporate Planning Division (concurrent) Director, General Manager of Corporate Planning Division and General Manager of Lee & Man Paper Project Office, Nippon Paper Group Inc., Hidetsug Yamada was transfers to Senior Managing Director and General Manager of Fuji Mill (concurrent) Director and General Manager of Yoshinaga Mill, Nippon Daishowa Paperboard Co., Ltd. from Managing Director and General Manager of Fuji Mill (concurrent) Director and General Manager of Yoshinaga Mill, Nippon Daishowa Paperboard Co., Ltd. effective from June 28, 2012, Fumio Manoshiro appoints to Managing Director and General Manager of Corporate Planning Division (concurrent) Director, General Manager of Corporate Planning Division, General Manager of Lee & Man Paper Project Office and in charge of Raw Material & Purchasing, Nippon Paper Group Inc. from Managing Director and General Manager of Raw Material & Purchasing Division (concurrent) Director in charge of Raw Material & Purchasing, Nippon Paper Group, Inc, effective from June 28, 2012; Natsuo Fujisaki was appoints to Managing Director, General Manager of Ishinomaki Mill and General Manager of Iwanuma Mill from Managing Director and General Manager of Disaster Recovery Division; Ryuichi Akatsu was appointed to Managing Director and General Manager of Newsprint Sales Division; from Director and General Manager of Newsprint Sales Division, Shinichi Sato was appointed to Managing Director and General Manager of Paper Sales Division from Director and Deputy General Manager of Paper Sales Division; Kazufumi Yamasaki appointed to Director and General Manager of Technical & Engineering Division (concurrent) Director and General Manager of Technology, Research & Development Division, Nippon Paper Group Inc. from Director, Deputy General Manager of Disaster Recovery Division, Deputy General Manager of Technical & Engineering Division and General Manager of Production Department; Masahiko Ota was appointed as Director and General Manager of Iwakuni Mill from Director and General Manager of Hokkaido Mill; Ken Hamaoki was appointed to Director and General Manager of Hokkaido Mill from Director and General Manager of Nakoso Mill; Haruo Fujisawa was appointed to General Manager of Raw Material & Purchasing Division from Deputy General Manager of Raw Material & Purchasing Division and General Manager of Forestry Department; Akito Hamashima was appointed to Senior Corporate Auditor (concurrent) Nippon Paper Group Inc. Senior Corporate Auditor from Senior Managing Director, General Manager of Personnel & General Affairs Division, Nippon Daishowa Paperboard Co., Ltd., Seiichi Fusamura to Corporate Auditor (concurrent) Corporate Auditor, Nippon Paper Group Inc., Kunio Sakamoto to Corporate Auditor (concurrent) Corporate Auditor, Nippon Paper Group Inc., effective June 28, 2012. The company also announced the retirement of Fumihiro Noguchi from Senior Managing Director, General Manager of Paper Sales Division and in charge of Newsprint Sales Division to be appointed President, Nippon Paper Logistics Co., Ltd. effective June 21, 2012, Hiromi Kurata as Senior Managing Director, General Manager of Ishinomaki Mill and General Manager of Iwanuma Mill, to be appointed Corporate Advisor; Tetsumi Oko as Managing Director and General Manager of Iwakuni Mill appointed Executive Vice President, Nippon Paper Unitec Co., Ltd. effective June 21, 2012, Kenji Sasaki as Director, Deputy General Manager of Paper Sales Division and General Manager of Wholesalers Business Department, to be appointed President, Sakurai Co., Ltd, effective June 15, 2012; Hirotoshi Ishikawa as Senior Corporate Auditor (concurrent) Senior Corporate Auditor, Nippon Paper Group Inc. to be appointed Corporate Advisor; and Naoki Yanagida, as Corporate Auditor (concurrent) Corporate Auditor, Nippon Paper Group Inc.; Hitoshi Kemuriyama was appointed to General Manager of Nakoso Mill from Loaned to Guangdong Lee & man Paper Manufacturing Limited (concurrent) Deputy General Manager of Lee & Man Paper Project Office, Corporate Planning Division, Nippon Paper Group Inc. (concurrent) Deputy General Manager of Technical & Engineering Division, Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.