2.2.0.25falsefalse0222 - Disclosure - Supplemental Cash Flow Informationtruefalsefalse1falsefalseJPYfalsefalse1/1/2010 - 12/31/2010 JPY (&#xa5;) JPY (&#xa5;) / shares ¥Jan-01-2010_Dec-31-2010http://www.sec.gov/CIK0000016988duration2010-01-01T00:00:002010-12-31T00:00:00JPYStandardhttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217JPYiso42170PureStandardhttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/instancepurexbrli0SharesStandardhttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/instancesharesxbrli0JPYEPSDividehttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217JPYiso4217http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instancesharesxbrli0JPYJPY¥2true0us-gaap_SupplementalCashFlowInformationAbstractus-gaaptruenadurationNo definition available.falsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsefalsefalseOtherxbrli:stringItemTypestringNo definition available.falsefalseSupplemental Cash Flow Information [Abstract]3false0us-gaap_CashFlowSupplementalDisclosuresTextBlockus-gaaptruenadurationNo definition available.falsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseverboselabel1falsefalsefalse00<!--DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd" --> <!-- Begin Block Tagged Note 22 - us-gaap:CashFlowSupplementalDisclosuresTextBlock--> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><b>22. Supplemental Cash Flow Information</b> </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">During the year ended December&#160;31, 2010, the Company executed three separate share exchanges under which the Company made its three listed subsidiaries, Canon Finetech Inc., Canon Machinery Inc. and Tokki Corporation, its wholly owned subsidiaries. The Company issued no new shares, as it issued 10,000,853 shares of treasury stock for these transactions in total. </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">As a result of the share exchanges, the carrying amount of the Company&#8217;s noncontrolling interest in Canon Finetech Inc., Canon Machinery Inc. and Tokki Corporation was decreased from &#165;38,644&#160;million to zero. </div> </div> <!--DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd" --> <!-- Begin Block Tagged NotefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseOtherus-types:textBlockItemTypestringDesignated to encapsulate the entire footnote disclosure that provides information on the supplemental cash flow activities, including cash, noncash, and part noncash transactions, for the period. Noncash is defined as information about all investing and financing activities of an enterprise during a period that affect recognized assets or liabilities but that do not result in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of the transaction not resulting in cash receipts or cash payments in the period.Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 95 -Paragraph 32 falsefalseSupplemental Cash Flow Information12Supplemental Cash Flow InformationUnKnownUnKnownUnKnownUnKnownfalsetrue