Concerned at supply chain challenges and geopolitical tensions over the Taiwan Strait, Japan is providing financial support to both foreign firms and domestic manufacturers.

Takashi Mochizuki wrote about Asian tech companies as well as casino and bitcoin development in Japan from The Wall Street Journal Tokyo bureau.

accepted a buyout offer from a group led by private equity firm Japan Industrial ... such as its semiconductor memory division to avoid delisting. Even that was not enough. Toshiba received ...

Japan once dominated the semiconductor industry with about half of the world market share in the 1980s. But it lost ground during the 1990s to South Korea and Taiwan. Japan's market share has ...

Taiwan's semiconductor giant teams up with Sony, Denso With those goals in mind, Japan has been pursuing a two-pronged strategy to boost domestic production. Firstly, it invitedglobal chip giant ...

Toshiba has been at the forefront of superconductivity research for more than half a century, applying this technology to fields such as cancer treatment and semiconductor manufacturing.

Japan once led the world in semiconductor production. Back in the 1980s it had a 50 percent share of the global market. But those days are long gone and that share has dropped to just 10 percent.

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Combining Japan’s raw materials and equipment with Taiwan’s manufacturing capabilities would be the ideal fit for the semiconductor industry, Japan’s deputy envoy in Taipei ...

Backed by its historical expertise in semiconductor production and a large network of equipment, component and material makers, Japan is set to play a vital role in the future of the semiconductor ...

Shares of JX Advanced Metals, a Japanese semiconductor materials supplier ... JX Advanced Metals’ IPO is the biggest in Japan since 2018, when billionaire Masayoshi Son took his telecom unit ...

TOKYO -- Researchers in Japan have developed technology to reduce electricity loss by as much as 30% in power semiconductor devices. The team led by Makoto Takamiya, a professor at the University ...