Provided are a tire noise reduction device allowing rapid and reliable puncture-repair of a pneumatic tire provided with an annular sound absorbing member on the inner surface of a tread portion of the tire, and a pneumatic tire provided with the tire noise reduction device. The discrete ceramic particles are integrally associated with the Ti base matrix and the oxide layer, so that at a temperature of above about 600 C. The data storage device may further be configured to receive a command including an operation directed to an object and an indicator that specifies a variation of the operation to be performed.