The Yomiuri Shimbun reported that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met with representatives of foreign semiconductor companies and research institutes, including Samsung Electronics, on the 18th and requested active investment and partnerships with Japanese companies.
Prime Minister Kishida held a meeting with seven CEOs at the Prime Minister’s Office in Tokyo on the morning of the day, including Korea’s Samsung Electronics, Taiwan’s TSMC (Taiwan Integrated Circuit Manufacturing Corporation), US Intel, IBM, Micron Technology, Applied Materials, and Belgian research and development agency IMEC. had On the Japanese side, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yasutoshi Nishimura and Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiji Kihara were present.
The agenda of the meeting was to strengthen the environment and supply chain surrounding the semiconductor industry.
According to Yomiuri, Micron announced at this meeting that it would invest up to 500 billion yen (approximately 4.8514 trillion won) for the development and mass production of cutting-edge semiconductors. Samsung is also known to have expressed its intention to consider investing in an R&D center in Japan.
At the meeting, Prime Minister Kishida said, “The government will make efforts to expand foreign direct investment in Japan and support the semiconductor industry at the government level.” Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Nishimura, who was present, met with reporters after the meeting and said, “There have been many positive views on Japan’s response, especially the expansion of investment and the importance of Japan.”
Yomiuri evaluated Prime Minister Kishida’s meeting with representatives of foreign semiconductor companies as unusual, and analyzed that the semiconductor industry is becoming more important in terms of economic security, and it is intended to lead to strengthening the competitiveness of the semiconductor industry by borrowing the power of foreign conglomerates. .
In Japan, there are many companies with world-leading technologies in the production of semiconductor manufacturing equipment and materials. Yomiuri pointed out that Prime Minister Kishida seems to have intended to promote cooperation between global conglomerates and Japanese companies through the meeting.
Source: Donga
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