去年12月8號的新聞 Canon Inc. is planning to lay off about 1,100 domestic contract workers at two of its manufacturing subsidiaries, as it grapples with slow camera sales, public broadcaster NHK said on Thursday.
Canon will next month cut 1,097 jobs at Oita Canon Inc and another 80 jobs at its Oita Canon Materials Inc, which are located in southern Japan, the broadcaster said.
Officials for the office equipment and digital camera maker were not immediately available for comment.
Canon shares were trading 2.5 percent lower at at 2,580 yen, compared with a 0.8 percent decline for the Nikkei share average.