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Number of Canon Group Employees

  2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Japan 73,460   72,979   72,338   70,924 69,455
Male - - - - 55,454
Female - - - - 14,001
Other - - - - 0
Americas  18,361   18,207   15,307   15,066 15,771
Male - - - - 10,633
Female - - - - 5,131
Other - - - - 7
Europe 25,281   23,126   22,578   22,363 22,214
Male - - - - 15,591
Female - - - - 6,553
Other - - - - 70
Asia and Oceania 77,954   72,729   71,674   75,681 73,335
Male - - - - 32,391
Female - - - - 40,944
Other - - - - 0
Total 195,056 187,041 181,897 184,034 180,775
Male - - - - 114,069
Female - - - - 66,629
Other - - - - 77

Number of Canon Group Employees by Employment Type (Gender)

Male Female Other Total
Regular Employees Full time 104,843 57,822 62 162,727
(90.0%)
Part Time 1,281 1,587 12 2,880
(1.6%)
Non-regular Employees Full time 7,869 6,982 3 14,854
(8.2%)
Part Time 76 238 0 314
(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 68,388 15,591 19,462 59,286 162,727
Part Time 403 110 2,061 306 2,880
Non-regular Employees Full time 488 33 613 13,720 14,854
Part Time 176 37 78 23 314

Breakdown of Employees (Canon Inc.)

  2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Total number of employees 25,891 25,740 25,713 25,377 24,717
By gender Male 21,794 21,631 21,534 21,215 20,573
Female   4,097   4,109   4,179   4,162   4,144
By age group Under 30   2,938   2,997   3,116   3,072   2,897
30s   6,462   5,906   5,507   5,021   4,658
40s   7,218   7,225   7,243   7,196   7,120
50s   7,991   8,119   8,158   8,153   7,769
60 and over   1,282   1,493   1,689   1,935   2,273

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

  2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Newly hired employees Male 520 540 548 305 271
Percentage of male 78.5 79.2 76.4 83.1 74.2
Female 142 142 169 62 94
Percentage of female 21.5 20.8 23.6 16.9 25.8
Total 662 682 717 367 365
Employees voluntarily leaving the company/Voluntary turnover rate Employees voluntarily leaving the company 409 491 462 448 474
Voluntary turnover rate 1.6％  2.0％  1.9％  1.9％ 2.0％

Ratio of Internationalization in Canon Group Companies Outside Japan

(%)

  Americas Europe Asia (excluding Japan)
Presidents 33 86 27
Managers 90 93 89
  • * Share of non-Japanese appointed as presidents and managers.
  • * Survey targeting major marketing companies in each region

Average service years (Canon Inc.)

(year)

  2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Male 19.5 19.5 19.5 19.8 19.9
Female 19.3 19.5 19.3 19.6 19.6
Percentage difference in average employment years for female to male employees -1.0% 0.0% -1.0% -1.0% -1.5%

Comparison of Canon’s Minimum Wage to Local Minimum Wage

  Japan U.S. China
Local minimum monthly wage 160,800 yen 1,907 dollars 2,030 renminbi
Canon Standard minimum monthly wage 170,300 yen 2,444 dollars 2,747 renminbi
Ratio compared to local minimum wage 106% 128% 135%
  • * 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 : 117
Total pay Management 100 : 106
Non-management employees 100 : 125
  • * Figures represent wages for leading manufacturing companies in each region, not average wages.

Annual Hours Worked per Employee (Canon Inc.)

(Hrs)

  2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Total hours worked 1,737 1,725 1,720 1,745 1,740
  • * Regular/post-retirement employee survey data (Canon Inc.)
  • * 2020 includes managers’ overtime hours

Percentage of Employee Membership in the Canon Workers’ Union

(%)

  2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Canon Inc. 81 80 80 79 80
Key Group companies in Japan* 85 84 83 82 83
  • * 18 member unions of the Canon Group Workers’ Union Conference

Diversity and Inclusion

Ratio of Female Employees by Position (Canon Inc.)

(%)

  2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Employees 15.8 16.1 16.5 16.6 16.8
Managers   2.6   2.9   3.0   3.3   3.6
Executives   4.2   3.9   4.2   4.0   3.8

Ratio of Female Employees across Canon Group

  Japan Americas Europe Asia and Oceania
Employees 14,001 5,131 6,553 40,944
Percentage of employees 20.2% 32.5% 29.5% 55.8%
Managers 242 356 230 330
Percentage of managers 3.5% 26.8% 24.2% 29.3%
  • * Managers: global numbers and ratio for principal Group companies

Breakdown of Executives (Canon Inc.)

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
By gender

Male

 46 49 46 48 50
Female   2   2   2   2   2

Composition of Executives by Age (Canon Inc.)

  50s 60s 70s 80s
By gender Male 11 32 5 2
Female   2   0 0 0

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

  2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Taking childcare leave 214 255 299 357 388
Male 76 119 178 242 296
Female 138 136 121 115 92
Using reduced work hours for childcare 130 138 120 119 100
Male 9 15 9 18 7
Female 121 123 111 101 93
Taking maternity leave 29   22   21   16 6
Working reduced hours due to pregnancy  4     4     6 0 0
Taking nursing care leave   14   19   19   15 25
Using reduced work hours for nursing care  5  5   11     4 13
Applications for Fertility Treatment Subsidy Program 208 211 199 182 132
  • * 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.)

  2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Returning from Childcare Leave Number of returning employees 210 216 282 368 383
Male 79 81 153 242 274
Female 131 135 129 126 109
Return rate (%)   99   99   99   99   99
Male 96 97 97 98 98
Female 100 99 100 99 97
Retention rate (%)   98   95   98   98   98
Returning from Nursing Care Leave Number of returning employees   14   19   16   11   23
Return rate (%)   88   83   94 100 100
  • * 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

  2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Employees 886 929 943 1,063 1,057
Percentage of employees（％） 2.22 2.30 2.34 2.39 2.44
  • * 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

  2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Accidents requiring time off work       33       26       31       16       21
Accidents not requiring time off work     130     114     112      96      78
Frequency rate*2 (%)   0.26   0.20   0.26   0.13   0.19
Severity rate*3 (%) 0.009 0.005 0.005 0.002 0.003
Frequency rate for the manufacturing industry (%)    1.20    1.20    1.21    1.31    1.25
Severity rate for the manufacturing industry (%)    0.10    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.

Sociocultural Support Activities

Expenditure on Social Contribution Activities

(Billions of yen)

  2022
Expenditure on social contribution activities Approx. 1.8
  • * Canon Inc. and key consolidated Group companies