Form CB

TENDER OFFER/RIGHTS OFFERING
NOTIFICATION FORM

Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to file this Form:

		Securities Act Rule 801 (Rights Offering)		o
		Securities Act Rule 802 (Exchange Offer)		x
		Exchange Act Rule 13e-4(h)(8) (Issuer Tender Offer)		o
		Exchange Act Rule 14d-1(c) (Third Party Tender Offer)		o
		Exchange Act Rule 14e-2(d) (Subject Company Response)		o

Filed or submitted in paper if permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(8) o

		Canon Finetech Kabushiki Kaisha
		(Name of Subject Company)
		Canon Finetech Inc.
		(Translation of Subject Company’s Name into English (if applicable))
		Japan
		(Jurisdiction of Subject Company’s Incorporation or Organization)
		Canon Inc.
		(Name of Person(s) Furnishing Form)
		Common Stock
		(Title of Class of Subject Securities)
		Not applicable.
		(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities (if applicable))
		Yuji Inoue Canon Finetech Inc. Senior Managing Director 717 Yaguchi, Misato-shi, Saitama 341-8527, Japan +81-48-949-2111
		(Name, Address (including zip code) and Telephone Number (including area code) of Person(s) Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of Subject Company)
		Copies to:

		Shinichiro Hanabusa		Theodore A. Paradise
		General Manager		Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
		Consolidated Accounting Division		Izumi Garden Tower 33F
		Canon Inc.		6-1, Roppongi 1-Chome
		30-2, Shimomaruko 3-Chome,		Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-6033, Japan
		Ohta-ku, Tokyo 146-8501, Japan		+81-3-5561-4421
		+81-3-3758-2111

		N/A
		(Date Tender Offer/Rights Offering Commenced)

PART I - INFORMATION SENT TO SECURITY HOLDERS

Item 1.		Home Jurisdiction Documents
		Exhibit I-1: Canon Inc.’s and Canon Finetech Inc.’s “Announcement of Share Exchange Agreement under which Canon Inc. Will Make Canon Finetech Inc. Its Wholly-Owned Subsidiary”, dated February 8, 2010.
Item 2.		Informational Legends
		Included in Exhibit I-1.
PART II - INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED TO BE SENT TO SECURITY HOLDERS
		(1)	Not applicable.
		(2)	Not applicable.
		(3)	Not applicable.
PART III - CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS
		(1)	Written irrevocable consent and power of attorney on Form F-X filed concurrently with the Commission on February 9, 2010.
		(2)	Not applicable.

PART IV - SIGNATURES

     After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.