Canon group net profit up 2.6%

TOKYO, Japan - Toshizo Tanaka, executive vice president of Canon Inc., releases the company's earnings results for the year ended Dec. 31, 2013, at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 29, 2014. The maker of printers, photocopiers and cameras said its group net profit for the just-ended business year rose 2.6 percent from the previous year to 230.48 billion yen.