Find Canon Inc.s 2008 20-F filing on the SEC website. The financial statement date is December 31, 2008.

a. What is a 20-F filing?

b. Who is the auditor for Canon Inc. during this period?

c. The audit report includes an additional paragraph just prior to the opinion paragraph. What issue does this additional paragraph identify?

d. The audit report includes an additional paragraph just after the opinion paragraph. What is the purpose of this paragraph?

e. What type of opinion was issued on the financial statementsstandard unqualified, unqualified with explanatory paragraph or modified wording, qualified, adverse, disclaimer?