Hitachi Data Systems' Executive Rachel Young to Speak at JP Morgan 9th Annual Asia Pacific Equity Conference

Who:
Rachel Young, Senior Director of Global Integrated Marketing, Hitachi Data Systems Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT).

What:
Ms. Young will be presenting an overview of storage market trends and industry drivers, the newly introduced Hitachi TagmaStore Universal Storage Platform, and Hitachi's global storage business.

Venue:
The JP Morgan 9th Annual Asia Pacific Equity Conference is the largest Asian equity conference in North America, featuring presentations from over 70 companies from Asia Pacific (including Japan) and Australia. This year the conference is expanded to include global emerging markets in Latin America, South Africa, and Europe.

When:
1:00PM Eastern, Monday, October 4, 2004

Where:
Kennedy II Room
Palace Hotel
455 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022

Hitachi Data Systems leverages global R&D resources to develop storage solutions built on industry-leading technology with the performance, availability and scalability to maximize customers' ROI and minimize their risk. By focusing on the customer's perspective as we apply the best hardware, software, and services from Hitachi and our partners, we uniquely satisfy our customers' business needs.

With 2,800 employees, Hitachi Data Systems conducts business through direct and indirect channels in the public, government and private sectors in over 170 countries and regions. Its customers include more than 50 percent of Fortune 100 companies. For more information, please visit our Web site at www.hds.com.

Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company, with approximately 326,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2003 (ended March 31, 2004) consolidated sales totaled 8,632.4 billion yen ($81.4 billion). The company offers a wide range of systems, products and services in market sectors, including information systems, electronic devices, power and industrial systems, consumer products, materials and financial services. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's Web site at http://www.hitachi.com.

Quinn Daly, Blanc & Otus Public Relations, (415) 856-5152, QDaly@blancandotus.com

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