not according to Nikon's shareholder filings with Japan's regulatory
agencies. this is where the Canon majority foreign ownership was disclosed,
along with about 100 other Japanese companies. i forget the market cap
cutoff, but it was quite low. there are very few Japanese companies with
significant foreign ownership.
Herb...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Shell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 10:50 AM
Subject: Re: Pentax vs. Nikon
Canon is the only one of the big 5 camera manufacturers and one of the
few major companies in Japan that are more than 50% foreign owned.
Huh?????
Nikon USA owns a very big chunk of Nikon.