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Number of Canon Group Employees

  2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Japan 72,979 72,338 70,924 69,455 68,532
Male - - - 55,454 54,463
Female - - - 14,001 14,069
Other - - - 0 0
Americas 18,207 15,307 15,066 15,771 15,945
Male - - - 10,633 10,762
Female - - - 5,131 5,166
Other - - - 7 17
Europe 23,126 22,578 22,363 22,214 22,651
Male - - - 15,591 15,959
Female - - - 6,553 6,674
Other - - - 70 18
Asia and Oceania 72,729 71,674 75,681 73,335 62,023
Male - - - 32,391 25,587
Female - - - 40,944 36,428
Other - - - 0 8
Total 187,041 181,897 184,034 180,775 169,151
Male - - - 114,069 106,771
Female - - - 66,629 62,337
Other - - - 77 43

Number of Canon Group Employees by Employment Type (Gender)

Male Female Other Total
Regular Employees Full time 101,552 56,358 38 157,948
(93.4%)
Part Time 1,337 1,640 4 2,981
(1.8%)
Non-regular Employees Full time 3,779 4,090 0 7,869
(4.7%)
Part Time 103 249 1 353
(0.2%)
  • * ( ) Percentage of total employees.

Number of Canon Group Employees by Employment Type (Region)

Japan Americas Europe Asia and
Oceania		 Total
Regular Employees Full time 67,596 15,754 19,814 54,784 157,948
Part Time 372 130 2,182 297 2,981
Non-regular Employees Full time 392 27 517 6,933 7,869
Part Time 172 34 138 9 353

Breakdown of Employees (Canon Inc.)

  2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Total number of employees 25,740 25,713 25,377 24,717 23,931
By gender Male 21,631 21,534 21,215 20,573 19,899
Female   4,109   4,179   4,162   4,144   4,032
By age group Under 30   2,997   3,116   3,072   2,897   2,617
30s   5,906   5,507   5,021   4,658   4,225
40s   7,225   7,243   7,196   7,120   6,968
50s   8,119   8,158   8,153   7,769   7,532
60 and over   1,493   1,689   1,935   2,273   2,589

Number of New Hires and Employees Leaving the Company (Canon Inc.)

  2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Newly hired employees Male 540 548 305 271 257
Percentage of male 79.2％ 76.4％ 83.1％ 74.2％ 71.2％
Female 142 169 62 94 104
Percentage of female 20.8％ 23.6％ 16.9％ 25.8％ 28.8％
Total 682 717 367 365 361
Employees voluntarily leaving the company/Voluntary turnover rate Employees voluntarily leaving the company 491 462 448 474 485
Voluntary turnover rate  2.0％  1.9％  1.9％  2.0％  2.1％

Ratio of Internationalization in Canon Group Companies Outside Japan

(%)

  Americas Europe Asia (excluding Japan)
Presidents 39 86 33
Managers 91 94 90
  • * Share of non-Japanese appointed as presidents and managers.
  • * Survey targeting major marketing companies in each region

Average service years (Canon Inc.)

(year)

  2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Male 19.5 19.5 19.8 19.9 20.0
Female 19.5 19.3 19.6 19.6 19.3
Percentage difference in average employment years for female to male employees 0.0% -1.0% -1.0% -1.5% -3.5%

Comparison of Canon’s Minimum Wage to Local Minimum Wage

  Japan U.S. China
Local minimum monthly wage 167,000 yen 2,080 dollars 2,030 renminbi
Canon Standard minimum monthly wage 179,000 yen 2,340 dollars 2,784 renminbi
Ratio compared to local minimum wage 107% 113% 137%
  • * Figures represent wages for leading manufacturing companies in each region, not average wages.

Base Salary and Total Salary per Employee by Gender (Canon Inc.)

  Female : Male
Base pay Management 100 : 105
Non-management employees 100 : 115
Total pay Management 100 : 106
Non-management employees 100 : 124
  • * Compensation scheme is identical between male and female. Differences between male and female are due to roles, positions, and age distribution.

Annual Hours Worked per Employee (Canon Inc.)

(Hrs)

  2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Total hours worked 1,725 1,720 1,745 1,740 1,734
  • * Regular/post-retirement employee survey data (Canon Inc.)
  • * 2020 includes managers’ overtime hours

Percentage of Employee Membership in the Canon Workers’ Union

(%)

  2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Canon Inc. 80 80 79 80 79
Key Group companies in Japan* 84 83 82 83 80
  • * 18 member unions of the Canon Group Workers’ Union Conference

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Ratio of Female Employees by Position (Canon Inc.)

(%)

  2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Employees 16.1 16.5 16.6 16.8 16.9
Managers   2.9   3.0   3.3   3.6   3.8
Executives   3.9   4.2   4.0   3.8   4.0

Ratio of Female Employees across Canon Group

  Japan Americas Europe Asia and Oceania
Employees 14,069 5,166 6,674 36,428
Percentage of employees 20.5% 32.4% 29.5% 58.7%
Managers 265 377 243 341
Percentage of managers 3.9% 27.8% 25.1% 29.6%
  • * Managers: global numbers and ratio for principal Group companies

Breakdown of Executives (Canon Inc.)

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
By gender

Male

 49 46 48 50 48
Female   2   2   2   2   2

Composition of Executives by Age (Canon Inc.)

  50s 60s 70s 80s
By gender Male 7 34 4 3
Female 1   1 0 0

Number of Employees Taking Childcare and Nursing Care Leave (Canon Inc.)*1

  2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Taking childcare leave 255 299 357 388 460
Male 119 178 242 296 361
Female 136 121 115 92 99
Percentage of taking childcare leave (%) Male 16.3 27.7 33.4 47.7 65.8
Female 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Using reduced work hours for childcare 138 120 119 100 106
Male 15 9 18 7 23
Female 123 111 101 93 83
Taking maternity leave 22 21 16 6 7
Working reduced hours due to pregnancy 4 6 0 0 3
Taking nursing care leave 23 18 15 25 29
Male 13 8 7 7 18
Female 10 10 8 18 11
Using reduced work hours for nursing care 5 11 4 13 17
Applications for Fertility Treatment Subsidy Program 211 199 182 132 40
  • *1 Number of employees in that year using the system for the first time.

Return/Retention Rates and Number of Employees Returning from Childcare/Nursing Care Leave (Canon Inc.)

  2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Returning from Childcare Leave Number of returning employees 216 282 368 383 473
Male   81 153 242 274 375
Female 135 129 126 109   98
Return rate (%)   99   99   99   99   98
Male   97   97   98   98   97
Female   99 100   99   97   99
Retention rate* (%)   95   98   98   98   98
Returning from Nursing Care Leave Number of returning employees   19   16   11   23   26
Return rate (%)   83   94 100 100   88
  • * Retention rate: (The total number of employees who are registered as of 12 months after returning from childcare leave) ÷ (The total number of employees who returned to work from childcare leave during a previous report period) × 100.

Number and Percentage of Employees with Disabilities at Canon Inc. and Key Group Companies in Japan

  2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Employees 929 943 1,063 1,057 1,077
Percentage of employees（％） 2.30 2.34 2.39 2.44 2.53
  • *As of June 1 each year

Occupational Safety and Health Management

Numbers and Frequency of Occupational Accidents (Canon Inc., Key Group Companies in Japan)*1

  2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Accidents requiring time off work       26       31       16       21       21
Accidents not requiring time off work     114     112      96      78      100
Frequency rate*2 (%)   0.20   0.26   0.13   0.19   0.19
Severity rate*3 (%) 0.005 0.005 0.002 0.003 0.008
Frequency rate for the manufacturing industry (%)    1.20    1.21    1.31    1.25 *4
Severity rate for the manufacturing industry (%)    0.10    0.07    0.06    0.08
  • *1 Calculated for three Group companies in 2018, and four Group companies in 2019.
  • *2 The prevalence of occupational fatalities and injuries per 1 million working hours.
  • *3 The degree of the disaster with the labor loss days per 1,000 total of working hours.
  • *4 The data for the year ended December 2023 not published as of April 2024.

Health checkups (Canon Inc.)

(%)

  2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Rate of regular health checkup participation 100 100 100 100 100
Rate of detailed examination after health cheakups 95.7 92.1 94.6 95.6 98.9

Stress Check Results (Canon Inc.)

(%)

  2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Rate of employees undergo stress check tests 95.2 96.1 96.6 96.5 95.4
Rate of people who have high stress 11.6 10.4 10.6 11.4 10.9

Various health support measure (Canon Inc.)

  2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Percentage of people who undergo cancer screening*1(%) 50.6 37.2 44.4 48.7 -
Percentage of people with Normal BMI(%) 69.2 74.7 67.9 67.6 67.7
Percentage of smokers(%) 16.9 15.7 15.0 14.5 14.0
Percentage of people who have breakfast(%) 83.3 83.2 82.8 82.2 81.5
Percentage of people who drink alcohol properly*2(%) 78.9 78.5 79.0 79.4 80.0
Percentage of people who have the habit of regular exercise(%) 23.7 26.5 25.6 26.4 27.9
Percentage of people who feel rested after sleep(%) 64.8 65.9 69.5 68.5 67.4
Percentage of people who have stress release and relaxation methods(%) 83.2 84.3 84.5 85.1 86.0
Employee Performance (Presenteeism)*3(%) - - 89.7 89.3 88.7
Absence from Work Due to Health Problems(Sick Leave) (Absenteeism) *4(day) - - 3.40 3.15 4.31
Work Engagement*5(point) - - 2.52 2.52 2.52
  • *1 Subjects 40 years of age or older. From April to March in each fiscal year.
  • *2 Percentage of occasional drinkers and hardly drinkers.
  • *3 Average of the results to the SPQ (Single-Item Presenteeism Question). Question is the "On a scale to 100%, where 100% is the best job performance you could have at your job if unimpeded by sickness or injury, how would you rate your overall job performance over the past four weeks?". This measurement started from FYE 3/2023 to assess presenteeism.
  • *4 Average number of days of leave due to injury or illness (including temporary leave of absence and absenteeism) for employees based in Japan.
  • *5 Affirmative response rate to the work engagement. In response to the following question “(1) Do you feel energized when you work? (2) Are you proud of your work?”, Yes: 4 points, Somewhat so : 3 points, Slightly different: 2 points, No: converted as 1 point and the average score divided by2.

Sociocultural Support Activities

Expenditure on Social Contribution Activities at Canon Inc. and Key Group Companies

(Billions of yen)

  2023
Expenditure on social contribution activities Approx. 1.8