Murata completes Vietnam inductor plant for power components
The 3-billion-yen facility in Dong Nai expands passive component manufacturing outside China as electric vehicles and server…
Kenji Sato leads Japan coverage, with a focus on the semiconductor equipment and materials suppliers that sit upstream of every fab in the region.
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Sumitomo Bakelite expands Asian chip molding compound lines
New production lines in Suzhou and Singapore will double mold underfill capacity and triple granular compound output to supply…
Nissan Chemical builds China unit for lithography materials
The Tokyo supplier will transfer 210 million yuan to manufacture anti-reflective coatings in Zhangjiagang, expanding local…
Rapidus holds 2nm chip timeline as 17 partners join network
The Japanese venture keeps its 2027 mass-production goal while enlisting Cadence and Synopsys to lower design barriers against…
Towa plans Kyoto plant to onshore chip packaging equipment
The 5 billion yen facility in Ujitawara will produce resin compression molding systems for artificial intelligence chips starting…
Tokyo Electron nears 1 trillion yen profit on memory capex
Surging wafer equipment demand from Samsung Electronics and SK hynix puts Tokyo Electron's annual operating profit target within…
Japan Display sells Mobara fab to Shinko for chip packaging
The transaction yields an estimated 51.4 billion yen extraordinary gain for the display maker as Shinko converts the site into an…
Rapidus forms 17-firm design alliance to back 2nm chip ramp
The Japanese foundry partnered with Synopsys, Cadence and domestic design houses to build an IP library and reduce client…
Japan Prefectures Woo Taiwan Chip Vendors With Site Grants
Regional governments across Kyushu are preparing dedicated industrial parks to house supply chains feeding TSMC’s planned $17…
Talga advances Japan graphite anode pacts for Swedish output
The Australian developer moved closer to binding contracts with Mitsubishi Chemical, Dainen and Hanwa as Japanese manufacturers…
Air Liquide invests €170M to expand Japan chip gas capacity
The French industrial gas supplier will build on-site cryogenic units in southern Japan under a long-term contract, bringing its…
Japan confronts rare earth magnet squeeze under China curbs in August
China shipped 212 tons of permanent magnets to Japan in August, rebounding 90.3% from July but remaining 17.1% below 2025 levels…
Sojitz and NRS agree to build Tata fab chemical supply chain in India
The Japanese trading house and logistics specialist signed a pact on Sept.
Fujifilm plans $83 million chip materials plant in India
The phased investment in Gujarat will supply chemical inputs to Tata Electronics' commercial wafer fab from fiscal 2028 under…
Japan, Uzbekistan agree to refine critical minerals locally for export
A bilateral memorandum between TMK and Mitsubishi targets tungsten, molybdenum and lithium processing to reduce Tokyo's reliance…
Honda invests in Niron Magnetics for rare-earth-free magnets
The Japanese automaker joined US venture backers to scale iron nitride production in Minnesota, aiming to insulate its electric…
Kioxia Rejects SK hynix Flash Alliance to Guard SanDisk Ties
Chief Executive Hiroo Ota ruled out three-way manufacturing talks, citing antitrust barriers and an existing $31 billion…
ASML expands Japan workforce to 700 to support Rapidus 2nm and TSMC fabs
The Dutch lithography supplier plans a 40% headcount increase by 2030 to install and maintain EUV equipment for cutting-edge…
Kyocera opens 68 billion yen Nagasaki plant for AI chip packaging
The Japanese components maker completed construction of its Isahaya site on Sept.
TSMC and Japanese Auto Suppliers Scale 28nm BCD Power Chip ProductionMembers
Automotive suppliers integrate high-voltage power management silicon into domestic 300mm foundry lines to secure electrified…
Japanese photoresist makers validate metal oxide resist lines for High-NA EUV chipmaking
JSR, TOK and Adeka advance inorganic patterning materials as leading foundries test sub-2nm lines on ASML 0.55 NA scanners.
Japan optical suppliers scale laser diodes and engines for AI co-packaged optics
Furukawa Electric and Sumitomo Electric expand continuous-wave laser output as data centers adopt external optical sources.
Lasertec ships EUV pellicle defect inspection tools for sub-2nm chip production
Japanese metrology specialist Lasertec and Finland's Canatu integrate dedicated CNT pellicle inspection systems to secure…
Tokyo Electron qualifies BSPDN coater-developer tracks for sub-2nm fabs
Japanese toolmakers secure process-of-record status on advanced logic pilot lines as backside power delivery doubles lithography…
Japan mask blank makers qualify High-NA EUV substrates for sub-2nm chips
HOYA and AGC accelerate extreme low thermal expansion blank deliveries to foundries and R&D consortia as High-NA EUV lithography…
Japanese epoxy mold makers reformulate resins to tame warpage in 16-high memory
Chemical suppliers modify spherical silica filler morphology and polymer matrices to counter extreme thermomechanical stress…
Japanese trading houses secure Indonesian HPAL nickel to bypass tolling bottlenecks
Capital commitments to Sulawesi mixed hydroxide precipitate refineries give East Asian battery supply chains direct access to…
Ibiden and Shinko ramp high-layer FC-BGA lines as AI server package sizes expand
Japanese substrate leaders accelerate volume production at new domestic facilities to meet multi-chip packaging demand from…
Tokyo Electron Deploys Cryogenic Etch Systems to Challenge US Grip on 3D NAND
The Japanese toolmaker is qualifying high-selectivity dielectric etch platforms across South Korean and Japanese memory lines as…
Rapidus begins trial runs on 2nm pilot line in Hokkaido ahead of 2027 target
Japan's state-backed foundry venture powers up cleanroom tools in Chitose, testing gate-all-around transistor yields with…