Research &
Business
Development
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Canon Marketing Japan Invests in AI model, Which Supports Creative Production with its proprietary generative AI and filming technology, through Canon Marketing Japan MIRAI Fund
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Canon Marketing Japan Inc. Invests in Aeronext, a Company Operating SkyHub®, a New Smart Logistics Infrastructure System Combining Drones and Land Transportation
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Canon Marketing Japan invests in RABO, a provider of cat monitoring services using animal behavior research (bio-logging) and AI to track cats' behavior and elimination patterns
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Canon Marketing Japan Signs MOU With Global Battery Energy Storage System Pioneer Lightergy on Domestic Business Development. Initiative aims to shape a carbon neutral and resilient society through the stable supply of electricity.
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Canon Marketing Japan acquires Shares of SMARTEDUCATION, a Company Providing Childcare and Educational Environments and ICT Teaching Materials for Early Childhood Facilities
Toward a future full of hope and happiness,
Take on the challenge of creating new businesses
that start with social issues to be solved.
We will strive to create new businesses with a future-oriented approach
based on Canon Marketing Japan Group‘s purpose,
“Bringing together hopes and ideas with technologies to create a future beyond imagining.”
We will embrace global open innovations and challenges in new business areas,
free from existing frameworks, to address social issues that will emerge in ten years,
twenty years, or even further into the future.
News
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December 19, 2024 Investment
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December 10, 2024 Collaboration
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November 27, 2024 Investment
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November 22, 2024 Investment
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October 30, 2024 Investment
R&B Overview
To tackle social issues, we link two functions: (i) Research, where we search for seeds for
advancing technologies and promising business, and (ii) Business Development,
where we cultivate these seeds. This approach will enable us to create and grow new businesses constantly.
This is Canon Market Japan Group's approach to open innovation, which we refer to as R&B.
Creating new values with open innovation,
and solving social issues together
Value
We have established value standards that we emphasize in promoting R&B activities.
We will work to create new businesses based on new ideas without being bound by conventional values.
- Future-oriented Mind
- Conceiving of future-oriented businesses informed
by the worldview that we want to realize - Sustainability
- Building, maintaining and strengthening an ecosystem in which
new businesses are continually created and developed - Worldwide Open Innovation
- Accelerating and expanding business creation through
worldwide co-creation rather than being bound
by "go-it-alone" policies - Investment for Growth
- Being willing to make the necessary investments
that will give shape to business concepts - Sense of Ownership
- Boldly taking on all manner of challenges driven
by an overwhelming sense of ownership - Diversity & Inclusion
- Respecting the diversity of members and fostering a
corporate climate that ensures psychological safety
Vision
Canon Marketing Japan MIRAI Fund targets investments in areas that relate to the following themes
Well Being Human perspectives
Life Purpose Creating services that empower anyone to experience the vitality to live in good health through spiritual enrichment
Work-in-Life Achieving work-in-life that can be enjoyed by anyone by eliminating the limitations such as space and time
Human Potential
Enlargement
Creating a society in which anyone can pursue a lifestyle that suits them by expanding the various abilities that humans possess
Business
Transformation
Industrial perspectives
Emerging Industries Creating new industries using innovative technologies that solve social issues
Regional Regeneration Visualizing and rediscovering regional value, and creating region-driven businesses
Business Revitalization
Disrupting existing industrial structures to create
new competitive strength through co-creation
Focus
R&B is focusing on the following business areas. In addition to these areas, we will continuously explore new areas and plan and develop businesses.
【Focus areas】
Healthcare, resilience, cultural technology, regional revitalization, education, artificial intelligence (AI)
We will explore a wide range of areas and cutting-edge technologies beyond those mentioned above, including deep tech, food, and examine new business concepts.
Team
We bring together talent with diverse career backgrounds from inside and outside the company and
work to create new and innovative value
Areas of business development and members
Naoya Ishida
Group Executive
Shunsuke Abe
General Manager of BizDev Center
Regional revitalization, Primary industries, Creative
Ryota Miyake
Ryusei Abe
BizDev
Resilience, Environment, Energy, Water, Logistics, Sustainability, Decarbonization, Travel
Hyejin Choi
BizDev
Entertainment, Content, Intellectual property, Gaming, Metaverse, Communities, Web3 applications
Tomokazu Hirose
BizDev
Preventive medicine, Medical support, Home healthcare support, Nursing care
Shoichiro Kaneko
Investment Expert, Legal
Challenge
The Canon MJ Group was established to sell Canon cameras and office equipment. The Group diversified and enhanced its sales channels by establishing sales companies and partnering with retailers. Subsequently, a system development company joined the Group, and the Group started its software business in earnest. This marked the beginning of our autonomous business development. To meet the diverse needs of our customers, the Group has been expanding its business operations. We began selling IT equipment and networks and have extended our services to support the entire IT system lifecycle. This includes planning, design, development, construction, maintenance, and operation. Through these efforts, the Group has enhanced its functions as a trading company. With an enterprising spirit inherent in Canon's culture, the Group has listened to the market and customer feedback, integrated unique companies, and worked to create synergies.
The Group is dedicated to exploring advancing technologies and business ideas and implementing them socially to generate new value through open innovations with startups, educational institutions, government agencies, and other stakeholders, while establishing an innovation ecosystem.
Canon MJ is accelerating the creation of new businesses by establishing corporate venture capital (CVC) funds and implementing acceleration programs and engaging in collaborations between industry, government, and academia.
- Collaboration between industry, government and academia
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WE ATCanon MJ participates in this general incorporated association as a Founding member. It works with major universities, including the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University, companies and venture capital firms in Japan, as well as global partners to establish a startup ecosystem and foster innovations that address social issues.
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SETOUCHI NAGISA FORUMCanon MJ participates in a project to conserve seaweed beds and tidal flats in the Seto Inland Sea with companies, organizations and communities. The objective is to preserve the rich Seto Inland Sea and use it sustainably as natural capital.
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LVNS RESILIENCE PROJECTCanon MJ collaborates with companies possessing diverse assets to develop a future characterized by a flexible and resilient social system that is effective in both normal times and emergency situations
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GIRAFFES JAPANThis project, led by the Ministry of Economy in Japan, Trade and Industry, aims to support community-based female entrepreneurs. It implements initiatives to help female entrepreneurs, companies, and organizations learn and grow together. Canon MJ participates in this project as a supporter.
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