New Appointment of Directors/Officers

May 7, 2008

Nikon Corporation (KARIYA, Michio, President ) announces that the board of directors decided today its recommendation for new appointments of Director and Officers to be proposed to the ordinary General Shareholders' Meeting on the coming June 27, 2008 and the Board of Directors Meeting to immediately follow it.

1. New Director Nominee

Proposed title	Name	Current title
Director, Member of the Board & Executive Officer	KUMAZAWA, Masami	Executive Officer, General Manager of Information System Headquarters

2. New Auditor Nominees

Proposed title	Name	Current title
Standing Corporate Auditor	KAJIWARA, Mamoru	Director, Member of the Board, Executive Officer
Standing Corporate Auditor	NAGAI, Yoshiyuki	Operating Officer

3. New Officer Nominees

Proposed title	Name	Current title
Operating Officer	KANAZAWA, Kenichi	President, Nikon (Thailand) Co., Ltd.,
Operating Officer	OHKI, Hiroshi	General Manager, Optical Research Laboratory, Research & Development Headquarters, Core Technology Center
Operating Officer	HONDA, Takaharu	General Manager, Business Planning Department, Imaging Company
Operating Officer	KON, Tsuneyoshi	General Manager, Sales Headquarters, Precision Equipment Company

4. Retiring Director

Current title	Name
Director, Member of the Board & Executive Officer	KAJIWARA, Mamoru
Mamoru KAJIWARA will be appointed as Standing Corporate Auditor.

5. Retiring Auditors

Current title	Name
Standing Corporate Auditor	KUROSAWA, Masami
Standing Corporate Auditor	SHIMIZU, Hisayuki
Masami KUROSAWA and Hisayuki SHIMIZU will be nominated as Counselor.

6. Retiring Officers

Current title	Name
Executive Officer	ICHIHARA, Yutaka
Operating Officer	NAGAI, Yoshiyuki
Yutaka ICHIHARA will be nominated as Nikon Executive Fellow and Counselor. Yoshiyuki NAGAI will be appointed as Standing Corporate Auditor.

The information is current as of the date of publication. It is subject to change without notice.

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