New Appointment of Directors/Officers

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.