Canon Files Annual Report on Form 20-F for the Year Ended December 31, 2017

MELVILLE, N.Y., March 30, 2018 – Canon U.S.A., a leader in digital imaging solutions, today announced that its parent company, Canon Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE: CAJ), has filed its annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2017 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 29, 2018, The annual report on Form 20-F, which contains the Company’s complete audited financial statements, can be accessed from the Company’s website at: http://global.canon/en/ir/library/form20f.html.

The Company will also provide a hard copy of its complete audited financial statements free of charge to all shareholders upon request.

To facilitate this, Canon provides an online request form that can be accessed from the Company’s website at: http://global.canon/en/ir/library/annual.html.

About Canon U.S.A., Inc.

Canon U.S.A., Inc., is a leading provider of consumer, business-to-business, and industrial digital imaging solutions to the United States and to Latin America and the Caribbean markets. With approximately $36 billion in global revenue, its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ), ranks third overall in U.S. patents granted in 2017† and is one of Fortune Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies in 2018. Canon U.S.A. is committed to the highest level of customer satisfaction and loyalty, providing 100 percent U.S.-based service and support for all of the products it distributes in the United States. Canon U.S.A. is dedicated to its Kyosei philosophy of social and environmental responsibility. In 2014, the Canon Americas Headquarters secured LEED® Gold certification, a recognition for the design, construction, operations and maintenance of high-performance green buildings. To keep apprised of the latest news from Canon U.S.A., sign up for the Company's RSS news feed by visiting www.usa.canon.com/rss and follow us on Twitter @CanonUSA. For media inquiries, please contact pr@cusa.canon.com.

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† Based on weekly patent counts issued by United States Patent and Trademark Office.