As countries around the world continue to invest extensively in the semiconductor sector, Japan is accelerating the revival of its own chip industry, aiming not just to catch up with its peers, but to become a major chipmaker that can contribute to ensuring the ...
The Japanese semiconductor industry is on the cusp of a revival, with major national backing for players including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., a world-leading chipmaker that is setting up plants in Japan, and Rapidus, a new cutting-edge domestic chipmaker. The Japan Times interviewed University of ...
There is no doubt about the fact that digital technologies will continue to play a central role in making society work as far into the future as one can imagine. But how to effectively use digital technologies has always been a major concern. Hideki Wakabayashi, ...
Rix is a manufacturing and trading company headquartered in the city of Fukuoka, with about 40 branches and 10 subsidiaries in Japan and 12 subsidiaries overseas. In a recent interview with The Japan Times, three Rix executives spoke about the company’s strengths, areas of ...
Headquartered in Kyoto, Screen Semiconductor Solutions Co. Ltd., which is celebrating over 80 years in business this year, holds the biggest global market share in semiconductor wafer cleaning systems, its core product. In a recent interview with The Japan Times, Representative Director and President ...
The Sony Semiconductor Solutions Group holds the largest share in the rapidly growing imaging sensor market in terms of revenue. It focuses on advanced technologies and excellent quality, aiming to accelerate the further expansion of social implementation through technological advancement. Image sensors: A growing market Image ...
In October 2023, 123 years after Toppan Printing was founded in Tokyo in 1900, the group was reorganized into a holding company structure with Toppan Inc. as the core operating company. Based on a wide variety of technologies accumulated through its printing business, Toppan ...
With labor short, chip ecosystem key to engaging AI
Japan is facing a structural labor shortage due to population decline and thus needs to utilize digital technologies such as generative artificial intelligence and robots across all industries to maintain people’s standard of living and enhance productivity and industrial competitiveness. Moreover, generative AI is ...
Japan’s microchip reset an open invite to collaborate
Across the vast archipelago of Japan there is a trend that is clearly growing in scale and scope. This is the semiconductor and deep tech series of international exhibitions. While Japan has had an impressive footprint in semiconductor design and manufacturing since the 1980s, the ...
Kumamoto University in Kyushu’s Kumamoto Prefecture has a long history of providing talented human resources to and conducting joint research with semiconductor-related companies such as Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. and Tokyo Electron Ltd. With the expansion of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. to Japan in fall ...
Kyushu University’s effort in training human resources as well as conducting research and development in the field of semiconductors transcends academic boundaries and national borders. The Japan Times interviewed President Tatsuro Ishibashi and Senior Vice President and Dean of the Institute for Advanced Study Masaharu ...
Founded in 1976 in Aichi Prefecture, Toyohashi University of Technology has been a home for research on integrated circuits, the foundational component for semiconductors, since 1979. According to the university’s charter, the mission of TUT is to “provide education and research in technological science and ...
