Canon (OTCMKTS:CAJPY) Inc. is a Japan-based technology company that develops and manufactures imaging, printing, and optical products and systems. Its offerings include interchangeable-lens and compact cameras, lenses, professional video equipment, and related accessories, as well as consumer and business printers.
The company also supplies multifunction office systems, production and commercial printing equipment, document-management solutions, network video cameras, and medical imaging systems. Canon serves consumers, businesses, government organizations, healthcare providers, and industrial customers through operations and distribution networks spanning Japan, the Americas, Europe, Asia, and other international markets.
Canon traces its origins to Precision Optical Industry Co., Ltd., established in Tokyo in 1937 to develop cameras. The company adopted the Canon Camera Co., Inc. name in 1947 and became Canon Inc. in 1969 as it expanded beyond cameras into broader imaging and office technologies. Canon is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
