LETTER 1 filename1.txt July 6, 2006 Mail Stop 4561 By U.S. Mail and facsimile to 011-81-3-5419-5901 Shunsuke Takeda Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer ORIX Corporation Mita NN Bldg, 4-1-23 Shiba, Minato-Ku Tokyo, 108-0014, Japan Re: ORIX Corporation Form 20-F filed July 15, 2005 File No. 001-14856 Dear Mr. Takeda: We have completed our review of your Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005 and related filings and have no further comments at this time. Sincerely, Donald A. Walker Senior Assistant Chief Accountant Shunsuke Takeda ORIX Corporation Page 1 of 1