Mitaka Kohki: From Outer Space to the Operating Theater

Corporate DataCompany name: Mitaka Kohki Co., Ltd.Address: 1-18-8 Nozaki, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-0014Representative: Nakamura Katsushige, COO and Managing DirectorBusiness: astronomical instruments, space observation equipment, industrial machinery, medical devices, development and manufacture of solar power systemsCapitalization: ¥10 million Employees: 50Website: http://www.mitakakohki.co.jp

The highly sensitive camera used on the Space Shuttle.

Mitaka Kohki employees at work.

The Space Pointer Cygnus (1989).

The parallelogram shape ensures that the angle between the microscope and the object being observed does not change even if the microscope moves.

Brain surgery in progress.

A worker runs a final check on an overhead balancing stand.

Nakamura with several of the overhead balancing stands waiting to be shipped.