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DENSO Announces Senior Management Changes

TOKYO, June 22 -- DENSO Corporation today announced management changes, which were voted upon at today's shareholders meeting. These changes are effective today.

  New Directors appointed to the Board:
  *  Akihiko Saito, Vice Chairman (from Executive Vice President of Toyota
     Motor Corporation)
  *  Michio Fukuzaki, Senior Managing Director (from Managing Officer)

  New Corporate Auditor:
  *  Tsutomu Saito, Corporate Auditor and Attorney-at-law

  New Managing Officers:
  *  Shohei Itoh, Managing Officer (from Corporate R&D Department)
  *  Yoshikazu Makino, Managing Officer (from Corporate Planning Department)
  *  Mikio Kumano, Managing Officer (from Electronics Product Division)
  *  Akio Tajima, Managing Officer (from Human Resources Department)
  *  Yasushi Yamanaka, Managing Officer (from Thermal Systems R&D
     Department)

  Board of Director, Auditor and Managing Officer retirements include:
  *  Hiroshi Uchiyama, Senior Managing Director
  *  Satoshi Watanabe, Senior Managing Director
  *  Gyouji Kusuda, Corporate Auditor
  *  Takeshige Tabuchi, Managing Officer

DENSO Corporation, headquartered in Kariya, Aichi prefecture, Japan, is a leading global supplier of advanced technology, systems and components. Its customers include all the world's major carmakers. Worldwide, the company employs 104,000 people in 31 countries and regions, including Japan. Consolidated global sales for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005 totaled US$26.2 billion. DENSO common stock is traded on the Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya stock exchanges. For more information, including a complete listing of DENSO's Board of Directors and Managing officers, go to http://www.globaldenso.com/ .

In the Americas, DENSO employs more than 15,000 people at 33 companies with consolidated sales for the above fiscal year totaling US$5.4 billion. For more information, go to http://www.densocorp-na.com/. Southfield, Mich.- based DENSO International America, Inc. is the North American headquarters.