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Topix Reaches Five-Month High as Japan Tobacco, Shippers Advance BusinessWeek Canon Inc., a camera maker that gets 31 percent of its sales in Europe, fell 0.2 percent. The Topix rose 0.4 percent to 772.77 as of the 3 pm close of trading in Tokyo, its highest since Sept. 1. The benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average fell 0.1 percent ... and more » Canon U.S.A. Launches 3 High-Quality PIXMA Office All-in-One Printers NASDAQ (RTTNews.com) - Canon USA, Inc. of Canon Inc. (CAJ) unveiled two new versions of its coveted Wide Angle Lenses and a new version of its popular 24-70mm Standard Zoom Lens for professionals and photo enthusiasts. According to the company, ... and more » Canon U.S.A. Announces New PIXMA Printers With AirPrint Support TheStreet.com (press release) With more than $45 billion in global revenue, its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE: CAJ), ranked fourth overall in patent holdings in the US in 2010?, and is one of Fortune Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies in 2011. Canon USA is committed to ... and more » Canon U.S.A. Introduces Three High-Quality PIXMA Office All-in-One Printers At ... TheStreet.com (press release) With more than $45 billion in global revenue, its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ), ranked fourth overall in patent holdings in the US in 2010?, and is one of Fortune Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies in 2011. Canon USA is committed to the ... and more » CANON INC. : Canon U.S.A. Announces New PIXMA Printers with AirPrint Support 4-traders (press release) With more than $45 billion in global revenue, its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE: CAJ), ranked fourth overall in patent holdings in the US in 2010?, and is one of Fortune Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies in 2011. Canon USA is committed to ... and more » Canon U.S.A. Continues the Tradition of Incredible Optical Quality with the ... Business Wire (press release) With more than $45 billion in global revenue, its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ), ranks fourth overall in patent holdings in the US in 2010? and is one of Fortune Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies in 2011. Canon USA is committed to the ... and more » Canon U.S.A. Continues the Tradition of Incredible Optical Quality with the ... MarketWatch (press release) With more than $45 billion in global revenue, its parent company, Canon Inc. /quotes/zigman/192225/quotes/nls/caj CAJ +0.05% , ranks fourth overall in patent holdings in the US in 2010+ and is one of Fortune Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies in ... and more » New PowerShot Lineup Enables Photographers to Stay Connected While Capturing ... MarketWatch (press release) With more than $45 billion in global revenue, its parent company, Canon Inc. /quotes/zigman/192225/quotes/nls/caj CAJ +0.05% , ranks fourth overall in patent holdings in the US in 2010+, and is one of Fortune Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies ... and more » Canon U.S.A. Announces New PIXMA Printers with AirPrint Support Business Wire (press release) With more than $45 billion in global revenue, its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE: CAJ), ranked fourth overall in patent holdings in the US in 2010?, and is one of Fortune Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies in 2011. Canon USA is committed to ... and more » Capture Life's Unexpected Moments in Superb Image Quality with Canon U.S.A.'s ... Business Wire (press release) With more than $45 billion in global revenue, its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE: CAJ), ranked fourth overall in patent holdings in the US in 2010?, and is one of Fortune Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies in 2011. Canon USA is committed to ... and more »

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Jan 30 Canon posts 0.8% full-year profit gain Japanese high-tech giant Canon said its full-year net profit was up 0.8 percent as cost-cutting offset the impact of last year's tsunami and Thai floods, as well as the strong yen. Group net profit rose to 248.6 billion yen ($3.2 billion) for the year to December from 246.6 billion yen, said the PowerShot digital camera and office equipment maker, even though sales slipped 4.0 percent to 3.56 trillion yen. The firm said Japan's strong currency, which set several post-World War II highs against the US dollar in 2011, had cost it 83.3 billion yen at the operating profit level. (AFP) Jan 24 Exporter Japan eyes first trade deficit in 3 decades Japan probably produced its first trade deficit last year in more than three decades as energy imports surged to cover for the loss of nuclear power following the Fukushima disaster, a major blow to an economy built on its exports prowess. For decades Japan used an exports-orientated economic policy to build up global brand names such as Toyota, Sony and Canon and a manufacturing might that was the envy of the world. Official trade figures due for release on Wednesday are expected to show that Japan swung to a deficit for the first time since 1980, as utilities purchased fossil fuels for power stations to make up for the loss of nuclear power. (Reuters) Jan 20 Tokyo shares hit 10-week high as weaker yen sparks exporters Tokyo stocks posted strong gains Friday, as a sharply higher euro on the back of easing tension over euro-zone financial issues, helped exporters such as Honda Motor Co., Canon Inc. and TDK Corp. to push the Nikkei Stock Average to a fresh 10-week high. The Nikkei added 126.68 points, or 1.5%, to 8766.36 following the prior session's 1.0% advance. The closing mark was the highest for the benchmark index since Nov. 7. For the week, the Nikkei added 3.1% and is now up 3.7% for the year so far. The Topix index of all the Tokyo Stock Exchange First Section issues also added 14.79 points, or 2.0%, to 755.47, with 31 of 33 subindexes ending in positive territory. Volume continued to look brisk, as 2.59 billion shares changed hands--the highest total since Aug. 9. It was the third straight session that the figure exceeded 2.0 billion, underscoring the return of robust investment flows. (Wall Street Journal) Jan 13 Nikkei climbs 1.1 pct after Spain, Italy auctions Japan's Nikkei average rose more than 1 percent to hit a one-week high on Friday, boosted by gains on Wall Street and solid demand at debt auctions in Spain and Italy, which are now at the forefront of the euro zone debt crisis. Many major exporters with exposure to Europe were in demand as the euro gained against the yen on the back of the debt sales. Canon put on 2.3 percent and Konica rose 1.3 percent. Inpex Corp, Japan's top oil and gas explorer, added 1.2 percent after saying it has decided to go ahead with the $34 billion Ichthys liquefied natural gas export project in Australia, in which it has a 73 percent stake. Among engineering firms involved in the project, JGC Corp climbed 5.2 percent and Chiyoda Corp gained 3.6 percent. (Reuters) Jan 11 Domains with .tokyo could be available next year From next year, Internet users may be able to have domain names ending with .tokyo, .sendai or .canon in e-mails and Web sites, according to sources. At least five local governments and two Japanese companies--Canon Inc. and Hitachi Ltd.--have indicated they plan to register their names for top-level domains under a plan to massively increase the number of available domains on the Internet. Domains are a set of Internet addresses that come after an "@" mark. The ones installed in the root zone of e-mail and website addresses are called top-level domains. There are only 22 top-level domain categories, including one for countries, such as Japan's .jp. Companies typically use the .com category, while .org is for nonprofit organizations. In 2008, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a U.S. nonprofit organization that manages domains across the globe, decided to liberalize the usage of top-level domains. It will begin receiving applications for the new domains from Thursday to April and then examine whether it will allow them to be registered ahead of their expected use next year. (Yomiuri) Jan 2 Most top firms predict no growth in new year More than 70 percent of 105 leading Japanese companies see economic activity here either receding or flattening out because of the yen's continued strength and slowdowns in the U.S. and European economies, according to survey released Monday. Japan's economy is regarded as "slowing" or "gradually slowing" by 17 companies, and leveling out by 58, the December survey carried out by Kyodo News said. The survey sought responses from the top executives at leading companies including Canon Inc., Nippon Steel Corp., Sony Corp., Toyota Motor Corp. and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. (Japan Times) Nov 6 For Canon, it's a snap: A cheap movie camera for professionals Canon Inc. will launch global sales of professional-use high-definition digital video cameras for filmmakers and television companies at a fraction of the normal cost in January 2012, officials said. The company said Nov. 3 it developed compact low-priced cameras by improving its single-lens reflex technology. The video camera, using an imaging sensor and lens developed by Canon, is priced at $20,000 (about 1.56 million yen), or about one-fifth to one-tenth the price that professionals can normally expect to pay for commercial cameras. (Asahi) Oct 25 A camera worth saving for, and the first Android 4.0 smartphone Last week, Canon announced its new EOS-1D X DSLR camera, the latest addition to its 1D series, replacing both the EOS-1Ds Mark III and Mark IV models. The 1D X is Canon's top-of-the-line offering, targeting professionals and high-end photographers. With a hefty price tag of ¥650,000 (for the body only), it doesn't come cheap, but for pros out there who haven't updated in a while, this will certainly be one to consider when it goes on sale in Japan in March. (Japan Times) Oct 14 Japanese stocks drop as Spain downgrade stokes Europe concern Japanese stocks fell, paring a weekly advance, after Standard & Poor's cut Spain's credit rating, fueling concern that a deterioration of Europe's debt crisis will weigh on Asian economies and corporate earnings. Nissan Motor Co., a carmaker that gets about 15 percent of its revenue from Europe, dropped 1.7 percent. Canon Inc. slipped 2.6 percent after the camera maker said it's preparing to move production from two factories affected by flooding in Thailand. Olympus Corp. plunged 18 percent after the optical equipment maker's board ousted Michael Woodford as president. (Bloomberg) Oct 5 Toyota still 11th in best global brand Toyota Motor Corp. retained 11th place in the 2011 Best Global Brands list, the highest ranking among global automakers, according to the U.S. consulting firm Interbrand Corp. Toyota was praised for its efforts to regain public trust after a series of massive recalls in the U.S. and its promotion of environmentally friendly cars, Interbrand said. Toyota was also the highest-ranked brand among Japanese companies, followed by Honda Motor Co. in 19th spot and Canon Inc. in 33rd place. (Japan Times) Jul 26 Nikkei gains 0.47 pct on U.S. debt deadlock weighs Tokyo stock ended higher Tuesday, with the key Nikkei stock index rising 0.47 percent as expectations for positive earnings results from Japanese companies bolstered investor sentiment, following Canon Inc's upbeat report. Brokers said that despite a firm yen against its major counterparts potentially sending investors away from riskier assets, including large-cap export-related issues in the morning session, investor sentiment was lifted on a market consensus that Japanese firms had bounced back quicker than expected, following the negative impact from the March disasters. (Xinhua) Jul 22 Japanese tech giants aim to bounce back from quake Japan's major consumer electronics makers are expected to show April-June earnings collapsed due to the March earthquake, but focus is turning to whether they can meet their forecasts for a swift recovery, given a fragile global economy. Average estimates show Panasonic and Sharp are expected to slide into the red for the quarter, while Nintendo is forecast to report a slender operating profit of 10 billion yen ($127 million). Sony and Canon are also expected to report hefty falls in quarterly profits. (Reuters) Jul 19 Nikkei down on debt jitters, key support breached The Nikkei stock average fell on Tuesday, moving further away from four-month highs, as banks were sold by European and domestic players on growing frustration with governments' inability to solve debt crises in the United States and Europe. A stronger yen, which last week hit a four-month high of 78.45 yen against the dollar on global debt woes, pressured blue-chip exporters, with Canon Inc falling 2.8 percent to 3,680 yen and Sony Corp losing 2.5 percent to 2,088 yen. (Reuters) [ More... ]