The Murata Group CSR Report is issued to deepen the understanding of and enhance communications with all stakeholders with regard to the Murata Group's corporate social responsibility (CSR) and its endeavors in this field. It provides economic, environmental and social perspectives on the activities of Murata Group companies inside and outside Japan. This edition reports on our basic policies, principal efforts and targets for fiscal 2006, progress toward these goals and future plans.
Insofar as possible, the information in this report avoids specialized jargon through easily understandable language in an accessible design format. The objective is to present a candid report that features the Murata employees who bear the Company's corporate social responsibility.

This document covers the Murata Group's activities and accomplishments for fiscal year 2006, spanning the period from April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007. However, some portions of this document address initiatives outside this defined period.

This report encompasses the activities of the Murata Group, which comprises Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., and its 56 subsidiaries and affiliates inside and outside Japan.

• Environmental Reporting Guidelines, 2003 Edition and 2007 Edition, of the Ministry of the Environment, Japan
• Sustainability Reporting Guidelines 2002 (2nd Edition) and 3rd Edition of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)

The Murata Group began publishing its CSR Report in 2005.
The next CSR Report is slated for publication around July 2008.

This report has been compressed and edited to present the Murata Group's CSR endeavors in an accessible manner. For more detailed information, case studies, environmental performance and other data, please refer to the Murata website.
Environmental data by business site and the initiatives unique to each site are available in the CSR Report by business site, as posted on the Murata website. For more detailed financial data, please refer to Investor Information section.

In addition to past and current performance, this report includes future forecasts, predictions, plans and other information. Such forecasts, plans and targets are made on assumptions and judgments based on information available at the time of publication. Accordingly, the results of future operating activities and future phenomena may differ from forecasts, predictions and plans in this report. The understanding of readers regarding such disparities is greatly appreciated.