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Canon employees in
Europe attending a
training session on time
management—Canon is
enhancing its local educa-
tional training programs
Institute (CGMI) in Tokyo, trainees learn those theories
considered essential to managerial personnel. At the
same time, Canon promotes voluntary interactive
development among trainees and offers select training
programs tailored to individual positions in an effort to
nurture a greater sense of responsibility and establish a
set of high-quality managerial capabilities.
Establishment of Regional Technical Skills
Training Center
The Company plans to establish a technical skills
training center at the site of Oita Canon in April 2009,
with the aim to raise the level of technical skills of
Group employees, while cultivating and supporting
employment in the local community. The facility will be
fitted with top-of-the-line manufacturing equipment
including plastic-molding machines and automation
control equipment. Canon also plans to conduct the
appropriate training.
Consistent with the Japanese government’s
intentions to commence full-fledged implementation
of the Job Card program from April 2008, Canon’s
training facilities located in Oita; Toride, Ibaraki; and
Mizonokuchi, Kanagawa will be used for public
purposes. In this context, the Company is conduct-
ing research into the development of appropriate
training programs.
agreement with the Red Cross in Europe in 2006 and
has sponsored youth projects organized by thirteen
Red Cross National Societies across Europe.
Supporting Education in Vietnam
In July 2007, Canon commenced the Canon Friendship
School Chain Project to support the new construction,
rebuilding and enlargement of schools in 12 northern
provinces in Vietnam. Recognizing that today’s youth
are responsible for the next generation, Canon is
dedicated to creating learning opportunities for chil-
dren and advancing quality.
WWF-Canada Schools for a Living Planet
As a long-term supporter of the World Wildlife Fund -
Canada, Canon is the title sponsor of Schools for a
Living Planet, a web-based educational program
designed to provide educators with curriculum materi-
als for engaging their students in the vital conservation
issues of our time. Canon shares with WWF-Canada
the hope that young people will acquire the necessary
knowledge to make a difference in the planet’s future.
Training and Nurturing Employees
For Canon to progress through the next 100 or even
200 years, it is essential to train and nurture employees
at all levels, including upper management. Since the
Company’s founding, employee education has been
based on the guiding principles of the San-Ji, or “Three
Selfs” spirit, comprised of “self-motivation,” or taking
the initiative and being proactive in all things; “self-
management,” or conducting oneself responsibly and
being accountable for all one’s actions; and “self-
awareness,” or understanding one’s situation and role
in it. We believe that employees’ commitment to these
principles increases the strength and autonomy of each
and every employee and ultimately contributes to the
Company’s development as well as society, which
Canon continues to serve.
Canon Global Management Institute
In training provided at the Canon Global Management