UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C. 20549

FORM 6-K

Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

KOMATSU LTD.

Translation of registrant’s name into English

3-6 Akasaka 2-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Address of principal executive office

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INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN REPORT

1. A company announcement made on February 16, 2010.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Komatsu Ltd.
Corporate Communications Dept.
Tel:		+81-(0)3-5561-2616
Date:		February 16, 2010
URL:		http://www.komatsu.com/

Notice of Change of Representative Directors’ Positions

Please be advised that the Board of Directors of Komatsu Ltd. (hereinafter “Komatsu”) made a resolution concerning the change of representative directors’ positions as follows in the Board meeting held today (February 16, 2010).

1. Reason(s) for the Change

Masahiro Sakane, currently Representative Director and Chairman of the Board, is going to resign from the position of Representative Director after servicing in the current position for three years (June 2010). Accordingly, the execution of management duties will be more centered on the President and other members of the Board, while he will be able to further strengthen the corporate governance of Komatsu as his duties will be more clearly defined as supervision of management execution. Along with this change concerning Masahiro Sakane, the Board of Directors resolved to appoint Yoshinori Komamura, currently Director and Senior Executive Officer, as Executive Vice President and assign to him the position of Representative Director.

Note:		According to the Japanese Companies Act, the Representative Directors have authority to do any and all judicial and non-judicial acts in connection with the operations of the Stock Company.

2. Names and Titles of Concerned Representative Directors

Name		New Title		Present Title
Masahiro Sakane		Chairman of the Board		Representative Director
				Chairman of the Board
Yoshinori Komamura		Representative Director		Director and Senior Executive Officer
		Executive Vice President

Kunio Noji, currently President and Chief Executive Officer, will continue to serve in the same position. As a result, Kunio Noji and Yoshinori Komamura will both serve as Komatsu’s representative directors.

3. Curriculum Vitae of New Representative Director

Name:		Yoshinori Komamura
Date of Birth:		February 20th, 1948
Birthplace:		Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Education:		Graduated from Waseda University
		Faculty of Law in 1970
Business Career:		June 2010		Executive Vice President (planned)
		June 2005		Director and Senior Executive Officer
				President, Construction and Mining Equipment Marketing Division
		April 2005		Senior Executive Officer
				President, Construction and Mining Equipment Marketing Division
		April 1970		Joined Komatsu Ltd.

The number of shares of common stock held by him:     26,300

4. Appointment Date            On June 23th, 2010, after the annual shareholders’ meeting.

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