TOKYO (Standard&Poor's) April 22, 2010--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services today assigned its 'A-' rating to the U.S. dollar-denominated unsecured straight bonds issued by ORIX Corp. (A-/Negative/--). The US$750 million straight bonds, due on April 27, 2015, carry a coupon rate of 4.71%. A Japanese-language version of this media release is available on Standard&Poor's Research Online at www.researchonline.jp, or via CreditWire Japan on Bloomberg Professional at SPCJ. Complete ratings information is available to RatingsDirect on the Global Credit Portal subscribers at www.globalcreditportal.com and RatingsDirect subscribers at www.ratingsdirect.com. All ratings affected by this rating action can be found on Standard&Poor's public Web site at www.standardandpoors.com. Use the Ratings search box located in the left column.