Canon Inc. is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, specializing in optical, imaging, and industrial products, such as lenses, cameras, medical equipment, scanners, printers, and semiconductor manufacturing equipment.

Canon has a primary listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the TOPIX Core30 and Nikkei 225 index. It has a secondary listing on the New York Stock Exchange.

Traded as:           NYSE: CAJ; TOPIX Core30 component (TYO); Nikkei 225 component (TYO)

Industry:              Electronics

Founded:            10 August 1937

Founder:             Goro Yoshida; Saburo Uchida; Takeo Maeda

Headquarters:   Ōta, Tokyo, Japan

Products:            

• SLR cameras
• Still cameras
• Photocopiers
• Digital cameras
• Camcorders
• Printers
• Scanners
• Lenses
• LCDs
• Ophthalmic instruments
• Magnetic heads
• Micro motors
• Other office supplies

Divisions:             Office Business Unit, Consumer Business Unit, Industry and Others Business Unit

Subsidiaries:      

• Canon Production Printing
• Canon Tokki
• Canon Medical Systems Corporation
• Axis Communications

Website               http://global.canon/