TOKYO: Japan’s Canon said on Monday that its net profit fell 20.5 percent in the first six months of the year as smartphones increasingly take a bite out of demand for digital cameras.

The photography and office equipment giant reported a 102.13 billion yen ($830 million) profit for the January-June period, while operating profit fell 11.5 percent to 170.90 billion yen.

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