Canon Mitarai Chairman concurrently serves as president The third time in a row at 18:20 on May 1
For health reasons, Canon's Masaya Maeda retired from the office on the 1st, and Chairman Fujio Mitarai decided on the appointment of a person who also serves as president.
According to the announcement, Canon decided to hire Maeda (67), who has been the president for four years, retired from the president on the first day due to health reasons and became a part-time technical advisor.
Chairman Mitarai will also serve as the president for the time being, and will proceed with the selection of the succeeding president.
Chairman Mitarai is 84 years old.
After serving as president from 1995 to 2006, after serving as chairman of Keidanren, he has also served as chairman and president for four years from 2012, and this is the third time he has been president of Canon.
Due to factors such as the spread of new coronavirus infections, Canon's final profit for the three months ended in March decreased by 30%, and how to overcome the difficult business environment has become an issue.