Canon Inc.

Canon Inc. (Japanese: キヤノン株式会社;[note 1] Hepburn: Kyanon kabushiki gaisha) is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, specializing in optical, imaging, and industrial products, such as lenses, cameras, medical equipment, scanners, printers, and semiconductor manufacturing equipment.[4]

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Canon Inc.

Logo since 1956
Headquarters in Ota, Tokyo
Native name	キヤノン株式会社
Romanized name	Kyanon kabushiki gaisha
Type	Public KK
Traded as	TYO: 7751 TOPIX Core 30 component (TYO) Nikkei 225 component (TYO)
Industry	Electronics
Founded	10 August 1937; 86 years ago (1937-08-10) (as Precision Optical Industry Co. Ltd. [精機光學研究所, Seikikōgaku kenkyūsho]) Tokyo, Japan
Founder	Goro Yoshida Saburo Uchida Takeo Maeda
Headquarters	Ōta, Tokyo , Japan
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Fujio Mitarai (Chairman & CEO)
Products	(list of products) SLR cameras Still cameras Photocopiers Digital cameras Camcorders Printers Scanners Binoculars Lenses LCDs Ophthalmic instruments Magnetic heads Micro motors Other office supplies
Revenue	¥3.59 trillion (US$32.67 billion) (2019)[1]
Operating income	¥174.67 billion (US$1.59 billion) (2019)[1]
Net income	¥125.11 billion (US$1.14 billion) (2019)[1]
Total assets	¥4.77 trillion (US$43.35 billion) (2019)[1]
Total equity	¥2.69 trillion (US$24.48 billion) (2019)[1]
Number of employees	184,034 (2021)[2]
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	global.canon/en/

Canon has a primary listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the TOPIX Core 30 and Nikkei 225 indexes. It used to have a secondary listing on the New York Stock Exchange.