Kuboya wins Canon Open

Sun, 09 Oct 2011 03:59:00 -0400

Kenichi Kuboya shot a three-under 69 Sunday way tie for the overnight lead and win the Canon Open.

Kuboya was knotted at 11-under heading into the final round with Mitsuhiro Tateyama, Ryo Ishikawa and Mamo Osanai, but had an eagle, two birdies and a bogey on Sunday at Totsuka Country Club to come away victorious.

Kuboya finished the tournament at 14-under 274, two shots better than Brad Kennedy (65), Chawalit Plaphol (69) and Osanai (71).

Ishikawa (72) and Tateyama (73) shared fifth and seventh, respectively. Ishikawa finished at 11-under under with Toshinori Muto (68), while Tateyama was at minus-10 along with Kiyoshi Miyazato (67), Toru Taniguchi (67) and Jung-Gon Hwang (69).

Canon seeks full automation in camera production

Mon, 14 May 2012 01:53:44 -0400

Canon Inc. is moving toward fully automating digital camera production in an effort to cut costs.

Jun Misumi, company spokesman, said Monday the move to totally rely on robots and have no human workers will likely be completed in the next few years. He declined to give a date.

Japanese manufacturers are moving production abroad recently to offset the earnings damage from the soaring yen.

But Canon believes full automation will help keep manufacturing in Japan. It denies the move might cause job cuts.

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Kuboya wins Canon Open

Canon seeks full automation in camera production