RNS Number:0944K
Takefuji Corporation
16 April 2003

I.36TH Closing Announcement and IR Meeting

   We would like to inform you of schedule and venue of our 36th Closing
Announcement and IR Meeting as follows:

Closing Announcement
Date                      :April 30, 2003 (Wednesday)
Place                     :Tokyo Stock Exchange

IR Meeting
Date                      :May 1, 2003 (Thursday)
Time                      :10:30am to 11:30am
Place                     :Tokyo Stock Exchange Hall in Tokyo Stock Exchange
Address                   :2-1 Kabutocho, Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-8220
Telephone                 :03-3666-0141
Nearest Station           :Five minutes walk from Kayabacho station on Tozai line

For further information, please contact Investor Relations
(E-mail: ir_info@takefuji.jp):



II.Notification of Purchase of Treasury Stock

   Please be informed that Takefuji Corporation ("the Company") acquired
treasury stock in conformity with Article 210 of the Japanese Commercial Code.
As a result, the Company purchased its treasury stock for seven consecutive
months.
Details of Treasury Stock Buyback are as follows:
Purchase Period       :March 12, 2003 - March 20, 2003
Number of shares      :262,000 shares
purchased
Total purchased value :Yen 1,464,056,200
Method of purchase    :Purchase on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
Reason of purchase    :The Company acquired its treasury stock in consideration of its agile capital strategy from the
                      viewpoint of its capital efficiency.

(Reference)
(1)A program of buying back shares was approved in the 35th Annual Stockholder's Meeting on June 27, 2002 as follows:
Type of shares to be acquired                                   :Common stock of Takefuji Corporation
Maximum number of shares to be acquired                         :13 million shares
Maximum amount of acquisition                                   :150 billion yen
(2)Aggregate total of treasury stock purchased after the resolution at the 35th Annual Stockholder's Meeting on June
27, 2002:
Aggregate total number of shares purchased                      :3,814,000 shares
Aggregate total purchased value                                 :Yen 23,202,913,600



III. Chairman Takei's Interview in the monthly Economic Trend Magazine &
Consumer Credit Magazine

   The April 2003 issue of the "Economic Trend", a monthly magazine published by
the Japan Business Federation (commonly known as "Nippon Keidanren"), introduces
Takefuji in its "New Faces" section. In the article's "Message from the Top
Management", Chairman Takei elaborates on how Takefuji can contribute to the
Japanese way of life as an easily accessible financial institution:
 "In the forthcoming future, we will strive to polish our sound management
initiatives and comply to the diversity of customer needs promptly and
precisely, keeping in mind the social responsibility Takefuji has as a consumer
finance company, while simultaneously assisting citizens to live in affluence in
order to contribute towards Japanese economic prosperity."

   The "Consumer Credit Monthly" published by Kinzai Institute for Financial
Affairs, Inc. on April 1, 2003, features a special article titled "Twenty years
of upheaval - the foreseeable future thereon" as the opening article. In the
questionnaire aimed at the Top Management of the twenty leading Japanese
companies, Chairman Takei illustrates the Takefuji's dream as follows:
   "We intend to aggressively promote the reinforcement of Takefuji's "Customer
First" principle as the source for our new slogan: 'making our company the most
attractive place to work.' In addition, we would like to assist not only in the
development of the Japanese consumer finance industry, but also in playing a
role in revitalizing the Japanese economy"

   We will continue to make our management initiatives clear and transparent
through aggressive IR efforts, in order to offer public reassurance and
understanding of our business. We would like to ask all of our customers,
stockholders and investors for continuous support for our company.



IV. "Takeme.jp" - Free Information Service started as of April 1

   Takefuji Corporation announced that free information providing service for
mobile phones by "takeme.jp" started as of April 1, 2003. This new epoch-making
service will allow every user to download "I Appli., the name of a series of
services, which can be available on utilizable models of NTT DoCoMo mobile
phones for I-Mode services, and to obtain two categories of information out of
eight including news and astrology in each standby screen together with games
without a fee by accessing the takeme.jp site. Since such service that
comprehensively provides to public with free standby I Appli., to which these
functions are added, is the first time in Japan, we believe that people will
further feel a sense of affinity toward us through this new service.

   Since opening our first Internet specialized branch "Internet Yen Shop" in
1999, not only we have been paying close attention to Internet-based online
services for a long time but also developing the range of services for Internet
and/or mobile phone users by providing loan application and balance inquiry
services via mobile phones. With this respect, we widened various services such
as "I-mode", and also providing various services via L-mode type telephones.

   We will keep up with new services and wider customer channels on our own
initiative to cope with so-called Internet Age and IT (Information Technology)
Age, and will steadily meet our customers' needs in timely manner
For further information about details of this new service and utilizable models,
please also access our New Release as of April 1.



Topics
Releasing New TV Commercial Film of "Interview" Version

   Takefuji Corporation announced that a new TV CM of "Interview" version went
on the air nationwide from March 29 in addition to our popular TV CM of the
Dance version. The newly released "Interview" version CM highlights our "Tissue
Distribution", which is the most basic activity in our customer services, and
also appeals our fundamental stance of "showing our good faith by treating
customers with our whole heart" through a female employee interviewed in the
commercial film. Moreover, the New CM expresses our company's image of
"Youthfulness" and "Liveliness" by making collaboration of "Tissue Distribution"
with active dancing scene.    We hope the images of the female employee
distributing packages of tissue cheerfully and the energetic dancing scene by
Takefuji dancers will give "a vigor" to viewers of our new CM.

Announcement of 2003 US LPGA "Takefuji Classic"

   As mentioned in our previous Monthly IR report, "The 4th US LPGA Takefuji
Classic" will take place for three days from April 17 to 19, 2003 (local time)
at Las Vegas Country Club, Nevada, in U.S.A.
   In addition to the historical winners of Tekefuji Classic, Ms. Annika
Sorenstam, Ms. Karrie Webb and Lorie Kane will play in the game together with
Japanese leading female player Ms. Riko Higashio, one of our sponsor exemptions.
The tournament will be broadcasted on six networks of TV TOKYO from 4:00pm to 5:
15pm both on April 19 (Saturday) and 20 (Sunday). We expect that the 4th
Takefuji Classic will become much exciting and close competition, and hope you
can fully enjoy a fierce fight by such world-class professional players to your
hearts' content.


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