TOKYO, Japan, July 3rd, 2007 – Advantest Corporation (TSE: 6857, NYSE: ATE), has published its 2007 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report, an annual report on the group’s CSR activities in fiscal 2006.

The Advantest Group has published annual Sustainability/Environmental reports since 2000, providing commentary on the results of its activities regarding company management, social responsibility and environmental conservation, as well as examining future issues to be tackled. From this fiscal year, the report formerly known as the “Sustainability Report” has been renamed the “CSR Report,” and offers details of activities particularly relevant to each stakeholder group (customers, shareholders and investors, suppliers, the local community and employees).

The CSR Report also represents Advantest’s commitment to earning the trust of the public, which it aims to do by expanding activities that contribute to the good of society and by making its policies regarding such topics publicly available through the Report.

A. Key Features of the CSR Report 2007

1. Reports on CSR Practices Particular to Each Stakeholder Group
   A separate chapter covers corporate activities relating to each particular stakeholder group, giving detailed examples of Advantest’s efforts in these areas. So that readers can identify more closely with the content, comments from stakeholders and employees are also included.
2. More Diagrams and Graphs for Enhanced Comprehensibility
   In order to make the results of Advantest’s endeavors clear to readers, statistics have been quantified where possible, using diagrams and graphs.
3. Supplementary Information Available on Advantest’s Website
   Further information on Advantest’s activities can be found on the company website.

B. Highlights of the CSR Report 2007

1. Chapter on Advantest’s creation of its CSR Policy, that has been informed to all group executives and employees
2. Special feature on the company’s just-in-time production system
3. Special feature on the enhancement of risk management
4. Section describing the highlights of the company’s third 3-year environmental action plan
5. Section on environmental awareness in product development and system engineering, with anecdotes from employees involved

• A PDF version of the CSR Report 2007 (in Japanese) may be downloaded from the company’s website:
  http://www.advantest.co.jp/
• Copies of the CSR Report 2007 (in Japanese) may be requested from Advantest’s CSR Management Group:
  Tel: 81-3-3214-7500 
  Email: csrsuishin@jp.advantest.com
  We are planning for the Report to be available in English from the end of July 2007.

Note: All information supplied in this release is correct at the time of publication, but may be subject to change without warning.

About Advantest                               
Advantest Corporation is the world’s leading automatic test equipment supplier to the semiconductor industry, and also produces electronic and optoelectronic instruments and systems. A global company, Advantest has long offered total ATE solutions, and serves the industry in every component of semiconductor test: tester, handler, mechanical and electrical interfaces, and software. Its logic, memory, mixed-signal and RF testers and device handlers are integrated into the most advanced semiconductor production lines in the world. Founded in Tokyo in 1954, Advantest established its first subsidiary in 1982, in the USA, and now has 43 subsidiaries worldwide. Among them, Advantest America, Inc. is based in Santa Clara, CA., and Advantest (Europe) GmbH is based in Munich, Germany. More information is available at www.advantest.co.jp