Trade & Industrial Policy — Japan

Subsidies, tariffs, export controls and economic-security measures, and how they land on companies. This page covers Japan.

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Workers review plans near an electrical substation, battery storage units, and industrial facilities across a snowy landscape in Hokkaido. (AI-generated image)

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Japan METI allocates clean power grid grants to anchor Hokkaido semiconductor hub

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry will fund dedicated renewable transmission and substation assets to guarantee zero-carbon electricity for advanced wafer fabs in Chitose.

By Yui Kobayashi · 1 hour ago

A researcher stands in a laboratory beside battery materials, electronic equipment, and a monitor displaying a circuit diagram. (AI-generated image)

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Japan tenders economic security subsidies for synthetic graphite anode substitutes

METI opens dedicated funding rounds for silicon-dominant and hard-carbon anode projects to insulate domestic battery lines from…

By Yui Kobayashi · 1 hour ago