According to the latest information we have Canon closed its sensor manufacturing factory in Ayase City, Japan. As per the recent reports, we have Ayase office has stopped producing semiconductors from the 8th of April 2020. According to Canon, “there is no immediate impact on the business” because the same semiconductor is produced at another base in Japan and there is stock.
Not only that, On the 7th, the company also started partial closures at its headquarters in Ota-ku, Tokyo, and five bases in Kawasaki City: Kawasaki, Kosugi, Tamagawa, and Yako.
http://thenewcamera.com/breaking-news-canon-japan-temporarily-suspend-operations-at-canon-inc-headquarters/
Is it due to covid, or just the camera industry decline?
Due to COVID19