"Canon Inc. is a Japanese multinational corporation concentrating on the manufacture of imaging and optical items, including cams, cameras, expert screens, TV broadcasting as well as movie tools, projectors, copy machines, photolitography tools (steppers, scanners), computer printers, photo scanners, field glasses, microscopic lens, medical tools (consisting of Computer system Tomography diagnostic systems, MRI and analysis ultrasound systems), LCD and also OLED panel manufacturing tools, CCTV services, thinking of sensing units, calculators, high accuracy positioning as well as measurement gadgets (such as rotary encoders), and custom optical parts (including lenses) for 3rd party firms. It is headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan.

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