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2026-06-24
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2026-06-24
China's push to build a domestic semiconductor equipment industry is beginning to cut into revenue at major Japanese toolmakers, with five major Japanese suppliers posting a combined 12% drop in China sales for the fiscal year ended March 2026, Nikkeireported.
2026-06-23
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2026-06-23
The Japan Times
Nvidia Corp. is working to make humanoid robots safer around people, arguing that they’ll need to handle split-second decisions before they can be trusted to work closely with humans.
The chipmaker is offering software and semiconductors that will allow humanoids to enter the workplace and truly interact with people — even making physical contact if necessary. Nvidia’s Halos software, developed f
2026-06-23
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2026-06-23
Japan is preparing a sweeping public-private investment strategy totaling more than JPY370 trillion (US$2.3 trillion) by fiscal 2040, spanning 17 strategic sectors including AI, semiconductors, aerospace, and energy-related industries.
2026-06-23
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2026-06-23
Demand in the passive component market has rebounded alongside the rapid buildout of AI data centers. While Japanese suppliers continue to lead in technology, their capacity expansion has struggled to keep pace with AI-related demand, driving order spillover to Taiwan-based manufacturers.
2026-06-23
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2026-06-23
Industrial gas manufacturer Nippon Sanso Holdings announced it will raise prices for all helium products in the Japanese market starting in July 2026, with an average price increase of more than 30%. Affected products include helium used in key applications such as semiconductor front-end process wafer cooling and medical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) equipment. The move is mainly driven by geo
2026-06-22
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2026-06-22
Japanese bathroom fixture maker Toto is deepening its commitment to the semiconductor industry, unveiling plans to invest JPY80 billion (approx. US$495.3 million) over the next five years to expand production of advanced ceramic materials used in chip manufacturing. According to a Nikkei Asiareport, the company aims to support future-generation semiconductor processes in the 1nm range, extending a
2026-06-20
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2026-06-20
Efinix, a Cupertino-based FPGA startup founded in 2012, is making a push into edge AI with its newly launched Titanium Edge series — a family of chips the company says addresses longstanding power and security limitations in programmable logic devices.
2026-06-19
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2026-06-19
Founded in 2014, Oppstar is one of the few Malaysian companies operating at the front end of the semiconductor value chain as an IC design house. The company was established by three founders with extensive experience in the IC design industry: Meng Thai Ng, Hun Wah Cheah, and Chun Chiat Tan. Headquartered in Bayan Lepas, Penang, Oppstar opened an office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in 2022. From it
2026-06-18
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2026-06-18
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UK semiconductor sector grows 13.6% as UK, Japan sign chip deal
By Sophie Gregory
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The UK semiconductor sector has expanded by 13.6% over the past two years, adding 82 companies and pushing the total number of semiconductor businesses to 705, driving specialty gas demand to support production of advanced chips.
That’s according to the UK’s Department for S
2026-06-18
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2026-06-18
Taiyo Yuden is preparing to accelerate production of multilayer ceramic capacitors, or MLCCs, as AI servers and hyperscale data centers tighten supply across the global component market. But the Japanese supplier is resisting the kind of broad price increases now spreading through parts of the industry.
2026-06-18
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2026-06-18
Japanese capacitor manufacturer Nichicon has announced a broad price hike for aluminum electrolytic capacitors (e-cap), as order volumes for some products have exceeded the company's existing production capacity. The announcement comes amid another round of price increases in the passive components industry.
2026-06-18
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2026-06-18
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is scheduled to visit Assam in northeastern India in early July 2026. According to Nikkei, more than 50 Japanese companies and business groups, including Suzuki, Itochu and Toyota Tsusho, are expected to accompany the delegation, with market attention focused on cooperation in semiconductors and infrastructure.
2026-06-17
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2026-06-17
India-based Kaynes Technology is seeking outsourced automotive semiconductor orders in Japan, a move that could help establish a foothold for Indian backend chip manufacturing in a market long dominated by East Asia. Japanese partners are backing the effort, but the company still faces strict quality hurdles.
2026-06-16
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2026-06-16
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Japan’s Strategic Position in the Semiconductor Industry in the AI Era
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Japan is an important participant in the global semiconductor industry. After re
2026-06-16
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2026-06-16
Global expansion in AI chips, advanced logic processes, and multilayer 3D NAND flash memory is driving demand for tungsten hexafluoride (WF6), a critical electronic specialty gas used in semiconductor manufacturing. Limited short-term supply additions and low industry inventories are widening the supply-demand gap, triggering a rapid price increase.
2026-06-16
digitimes.com
2026-06-16
The semiconductor supply chain is facing another raw material shock — this time from tungsten hexafluoride, or WF6, a specialty gas used in chip manufacturing. Planned production adjustments or exits by some Japanese suppliers in the second half of 2026 have intensified concerns over tighter global supply, sending prices sharply higher and raising the risk of disruption into 2027.
2026-06-16
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2026-06-16
NAND flash memory supplier Kioxia Holdings has surpassed Toyota Motor in market capitalisation, becoming Japan's most valuable company. The development highlights how the global artificial intelligence (AI) boom is reshaping Japan's corporate landscape.
2026-06-16
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2026-06-16
Japan's Rapidus has signed a memorandum of understanding with the UK Semiconductor Centre, a government-backed body established in 2025 to support Britain's semiconductor ecosystem, marking a step toward cooperation on future semiconductor manufacturing and potential customer development in the UK, according to Rapidus and reports from Nikkei, Bloomberg,and Reuters.
2026-06-15
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2026-06-15
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Besides Samsung Heavy, Japan’s MOL is also building a 73 MW floating data center with Karpowership for a 2027 deployment.