Kikkoman Corporation: Mr. Yuzaburo Mogi, Chairman and CEO of Kikkoman Corporation, to Host Reception for Governor Doyle During Business Delegation to Japan

Mr. Yuzaburo Mogi, Chairman and CEO of Kikkoman Corporation, and Chairman of
the Japan-Midwest U.S. Association, today greeted Gov. Jim Doyle and a
Wisconsin Business Development Delegation to Japan. Gov. Doyle is leading a
29-person delegation composed of business executives, economic development
officials, and academics that will be participating in the joint annual
meeting of the U.S. Midwest-Japan and Japan-Midwest U.S. Associations and
the Japan External Trade Organization’s BIO Link Forum. The goal of the
delegation is to strengthen Wisconsin-Japanese business relationships,
including both Wisconsin exports to Japan and Japanese investments into
Wisconsin.

Mr. Mogi said, “It is very important for information about the benefits of
doing business in Wisconsin to be disseminated to the Japanese business
community. Japan is moving out of an extended period of economic
sluggishness, and businesses are looking for new opportunities around the
world. Wisconsin should definitely be in the sights of progressive biotech
and nanotech firms.”

Mr. Mogi has arranged a reception for the Governor with leading Japanese
government officials and executives including Mr. Sadakazu Tanigaki,
Minister of Finance, Mr. Shoichi Nakagawa, Minister of Economy, Trade and
Industry, Mr. Takeo Hiranuma, Member of the Japanese House of
Representatives and former Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Mr.
Nobutaka Machimura, Member of the Japanese House of Representatives and
former Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Mr.
Taizo Nishimuro, Chairman of Toshiba Corp., Mr. Kichisaburo Nomura, Chairman
of All Nippon Airways Co. Ltd., Mr. Yoshihide Munekuni, Executive Advisor to
Honda Motor Co. Ltd., Mr. Osamu Watanabe, Chairman and CEO of the Japan
External Trade Organization (JETRO), and Dr. Michio Oishi, Director of the
Kazusa DNA Research Institute.

“Wisconsin has been a very good adopted home for Kikkoman,” said Mr. Mogi.
“The business climate has been very conducive to cutting-edge life science
and high tech firms. I believe other Japanese firms could find success in
the state as well. The Governor’s visit will encourage more Japanese
decision makers to consider Wisconsin as a business partner, rather than
solely focusing on California or the East Coast, with which they are more
familiar, “continued Mr. Mogi.

Kikkoman established the first Japanese-owned manufacturing plant in the
United States when it opened a soy sauce brewery in Walworth, WI in 1973.
The plant has been expanded several times and currently employs 152 people.
The firm has moved beyond its original emphasis on soy sauce to include
other food products. Kikkoman is headquartered in Chiba Prefecture,
Wisconsin’s sister-state in Japan. Gov. Doyle reappointed Mr. Mogi to be
Wisconsin’s Honorary Ambassador to Japan in 2003.