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Is Nikon a Japanese brand or a domestic brand?

1. Japanese company: Nikon, TYO: 773 1 (Japanese: ニコン, English: Nikon), that is, Japan Optics. Nikon is a Japanese camera brand. According to the second paragraph of Article 199 of the Company Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) (1revised on February 25th, 1999), the term "foreign company" as mentioned in this Law refers to a company registered and established outside China according to foreign laws. So Nikon, TYO: 773 1 (Japanese: ニコン, English: Nikon) is a Japanese company.

2. China Company: Nikon Imaging Instrument Sales (China) Co., Ltd.

English name: Nikon Image (China) Sales Co., Ltd.

Address: Room 0 1-04, 50th Floor, raffles city, No.268 Tibet Middle Road, China.

Registered capital: US$ 6,543.8+million (about 654.38+0,654.38+000 billion yen, fully contributed by Nikon).

Nikon Imaging Instrument Sales (China) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Nikon China) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Japanese company Nikon, TYO: 773 1 (Japanese: ニコン, English: Nikon Co., Ltd.), not a branch of a foreign company in China. Nikon Sino-Japanese Company: Nikon, TYO: 773 1 is the relationship between parent company and subsidiary company, not the relationship between head office and subsidiary company. Therefore, it is not applicable: Article 203 of the Company Law.

Article 1 A foreign company is a foreign legal person, and its branches established in China do not have the legal person status of China. Terms and conditions

Article 2 Foreign companies shall bear civil liability for the business activities of their branches in China.

Therefore, Nikon China is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nikon, TYO: 773 1 (Japanese: ニコン, English: Nikon Co., Ltd.), with independent civil capacity and independent civil liability. It is a China company established in China according to the laws of China, but its capital comes from Japanese company: Nikon, TYO: 773 1. Therefore, Nikon Imaging Instrument Sales (China) Co., Ltd. is a China company.

Nikon Imaging Instrument Sales (China) Co., Ltd. is responsible for the sales and service business in China. Because Nikon has no factory in China, the origin mark on the bottom of the fuselage is "Made in Japan". So Nikon is not made in China, so it is not a domestic brand, but a Japanese brand.