FORM 6-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Report of Foreign Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

[Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

*Print the name and title of the signing officer under his signature.

The following materials are included.

1. NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS OF THE ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS FOR THE 118TH BUSINESS TERM

TRANSLATION

Securities Code: 7751

March 28, 2019

TO OUR SHAREHOLDERS

CANON INC.

30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chome,

Ohta-ku, Tokyo

Fujio Mitarai

Chairman & CEO

NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS

OF

THE ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

FOR THE 118TH BUSINESS TERM

Notice is hereby given that, at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders for the 118th Business Term of Canon Inc. (the “Company”) held today, reports were made and resolutions were passed as mentioned below.

      Matters Reported:

The contents of items 1. and 2. above were reported.

      Matters Resolved upon:

      Item No.1   Dividend from Surplus

It was approved and adopted in all respects as proposed. Thus, the term-end dividend was decided to be 80.00 yen per share.

As we have already paid an interim dividend of 80.00 yen per share, the full-year dividend will be 160.00 yen per share, which is the same amount as the previous term that included payment of a commemorative dividend (10.00 yen per share).

      Item No.2   Election of Six Directors

It was approved and adopted in all respects as proposed. Thus, Messrs. Fujio Mitarai, Masaya Maeda, Toshizo Tanaka, Toshio Homma, Kunitaro Saida and Haruhiko Kato were reappointed as Directors. All of them assumed their offices.

Messrs. Kunitaro Saida and Haruhiko Kato are Outside Directors.

      Item No.3   Election of Two Audit & Supervisory Board Members

It was approved and adopted in all respects as proposed. Thus, Messrs. Hiroaki Sato and Yutaka Tanaka were newly appointed as Audit & Supervisory Board Members and both of them assumed their offices.

Mr. Yutaka Tanaka is an Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member.

      Item No.4   Grant of Bonus to Directors

It was approved and adopted in all respects as proposed. Thus, it was decided that bonus shall be granted to the five Directors excluding Outside Directors as of the end of this term, which totals 113,400,000 yen.

APPOINTMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE DIRECTORS AND DIRECTORS WITH SPECIFIC TITLES

As a result of the resolution passed at the meeting of the Board of Directors which was held after the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders for the 118th Business Term, each of the following persons were appointed as Representative Directors and Directors with specific titles. All of them assumed their offices.

INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY’S INVESTOR RELATIONS WEBSITE

Please refer to the following website for materials including our Business Report.

The Company’s Investor Relations Website    https://global.canon/en/ir/

PAYMENT OF THE TERM-END DIVIDEND

The term-end dividend due for the 118th Business Term shall be paid by either of the following methods.

Please receive the dividend in accordance with the instructions stated on the enclosed “Receipt of Term-end Dividend of the 118th Business Term” at a nearby head office, branch office or subbranch office of Japan Post Bank, or a post office (banking agency) during the payment period (from March 29, 2019 to May 8, 2019). You can also make your dividend be remitted to your Japan Post Bank account or postal giro account or bank account with this “Receipt of Term-end Dividend of the 118th Business Term.”

Please confirm the description of the enclosed “Statement of Term-end Dividend of the 118th Business Term.”

NOTIFICATION OF YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY AND TAX NUMBER

FOR TAX PROCEDURES RELATED TO SHARES

The Social Security and Tax Number that you have received from your local municipality will be required during tax procedures related to shares. Due to this, shareholders will need to notify their securities company etc. of their Social Security and Tax Number.

Stock Transfer Agency Department

Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.

Phone: 0120-84-0178 (Toll free, available in Japan only)