News Release

September 14, 2012
Canon Inc.

Canon Announces Online Request Form for Latest Annual Report

TOKYO, September 14, 2012—Canon Inc. (NYSE: CAJ) today announced that its annual report for the year ended December 31, 2011, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 20-F on March 29, 2012, can be accessed from the company's website at: http://www.canon.com/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 now provides an online request form that can be accessed from the company's website at: http://www.canon.com/ir/annual/index.html.