Ajinomoto Co. Inc. said it will promote three officials of foreign nationalities as corporate executive officers in June 2005 for the first time in its history.

The three officials are: Alain Vrillon, currently the vice president of Ajinomoto Europe SAS; Jean Falgoux, the president of Ajinomoto Eurolysine SAS; and Vitaly Paraskevov, the president of Ajinomoto-Genetika Research Institute.