**Exhibit 12.1****CERTIFICATIONS**I, Masahiko Goto, President and Representative Director of Makita Corporation, certify that:1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of Makita Corporation; 2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of amaterial fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statementsmade, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by this report; 3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial informationincluded in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of the company as of, and for, theperiods presented in this report; 4. The company’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing andmaintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as definedin Exchange Act Rules 13 a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the company and have: (a) Designed suchdisclosure controls andprocedures, or causedsuch disclosurecontrols and proceduresto be designed underour supervision, toensure that materialinformation relating tothe company, includingits consolidatedsubsidiaries, is madeknown to us by otherswithin those entities,particularly during theperiod in which thisreport is beingprepared;  (b) Designed such internalcontrol over financialreporting, or causedsuch internal controlover financialreporting to bedesigned under oursupervision, to providereasonable assuranceregarding thereliability offinancial reporting and thepreparation offinancial statementsfor external purpose inaccordance withgenerally acceptedaccounting principles;  (c) Evaluated theeffectiveness of thecompany’s disclosurecontrols and proceduresand presented in thisreport our conclusionsabout the effectivenessof the disclosurecontrols andprocedures, as of theend of the periodcovered by this reportbased on suchevaluation; and  (d) Disclosed in thisreport any change inthe company’s internalcontrol over financialreporting that occurredduring the periodcovered by the annualreport that hasmaterially affected, oris reasonably likely tomaterially affect, thecompany’s internalcontrol over financialreporting; and5. The company’s other certifying officer and I havedisclosed, based on our most recent evaluation ofinternal control over financial reporting, to thecompany’s auditors and the audit committee of thecompany’s board of directors (or persons performingthe equivalent functions): (a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design oroperation of internal control over financial reporting which arereasonably likely to adversely affect the company’s ability to record,process, summarize and report financial information; and  (b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or otheremployees who have a significant role in the company’s internalcontrol over financial reporting.Date: September 28, 2007         **MAKITA CORPORATION**         By: /s/ Masahiko Goto    Name:  Masahiko Goto    Title: President and Representative Director