"Canon Inc. is a Japanese international corporation specializing in the manufacture of imaging and optical items, consisting of cameras, cameras, specialist displays, TV broadcasting as well as movie equipment, projectors, copy machines, photolitography equipment (steppers, scanners), computer printers, image scanners, binoculars, microscopes, clinical equipment (consisting of Computer system Tomography analysis systems, MRI as well as diagnostic ultrasound systems), LCD and OLED panel manufacturing tools, CCTV remedies, thinking of sensing units, calculators, high accuracy positioning and measurement devices (such as rotary encoders), as well as custom optical parts (consisting of 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 also Nikkei 225 index. It has a secondary listing on the New York Stock Exchange.

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