Canon is one of the world's leading integrated groups of imaging and information products in Japan, with a product lineup*** in three main areas: personal products, office equipment and industrial equipment.
Canon's main products include cameras and lenses, digital cameras, printers, copiers, fax machines, scanners, broadcasting equipment, medical devices and semiconductor production equipment. Canon is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and has four regional sales headquarters in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Japan.
Canon has 200 subsidiaries around the world and employs more than 100,000 people.
On March 9, 2016, Japan's Toshiba Corporation held a board of directors and ultimately decided to sell its Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation to Canon Corporation, which made a takeover offer of 700 billion yen (about 40.5 billion yuan).