"Canon Inc. is a Japanese international firm focusing on the manufacture of imaging as well as optical products, including cams, camcorders, professional displays, TV broadcasting as well as movie tools, projectors, copy machines, photolitography devices (steppeArs, scanners), computer system printers, photo scanners, field glasses, microscopes, medical tools (including Computer system Tomography analysis systems, MRI and diagnostic ultrasound systems), LCD as well as OLED panel manufacturing devices, CCTV remedies, thinking of sensors, calculators, high accuracy positioning and also measurement gadgets (such as rotary encoders), and personalized optical parts (consisting of lenses) for 3rd party business. It is headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan.

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

Canon Inc. has 383 subsidiaries since 31 June 2017. The number includes second-generation subsidiaries, for instance, Canon IT Solutions Inc. "