Nikon Corporation is a Japanese company specializing in the production of optics and electronic devices for image processing.

Nikon is part of the Mitsubishi Group. It was founded by Kōgaku Kōgyō on July 25, 1917, under the name of Nippon Kogaku K.K. (Nippon Kogaku Kabushiki Kaisha), renamed in 1988. President - Kazuo Ushida (Kazuo Ushida). Headquarters in Tokyo.