"Canon Inc. is a Japanese international corporation specializing in the manufacture of imaging as well as optical items, including video cameras, cameras, expert displays, TELEVISION broadcasting as well as movie tools, projectors, photocopiers, photolitography devices (steppers, scanners), computer printers, photo scanners, binoculars, microscopes, clinical tools (consisting of Computer Tomography diagnostic systems, MRI and also diagnostic ultrasound systems), LCD and also OLED panel manufacturing devices, CCTV services, envisioning sensors, calculators, high precision positioning and dimension devices (such as rotary encoders), and also personalized optical elements (including lenses) for 3rd party business. It is headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan.

Canon has a primary listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange as well as is a constituent of the TOPIX Core30 as well as Nikkei 225 index. It has an additional listing on the New York Stock Exchange.

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