![]() Several of its early arcades games saw release in America by Midway, a Chicago area-based arcade manufacturer with strong ties to Taito. Taito changed its name from Taito Trading Company to Taito Corporation in 1972 and introduced its first video arcade game in 1973. ![]() Taito began producing electro-mechanical arcade games in the 1960s. Later, it began leasing jukeboxes and eventually started to manufacture its own. It was also the first company to distill and sell vodka in Japan. Taito started out importing and distributing vending machines. The company was founded in 1953 by a Russian Jewish businessman named Michael Kogan as Taito Trading Company (株式会社太東貿易 Kabushiki-gaisha Taitō Bōeki). 2 Taito Corporation: one name, three companies.
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