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Thursday 1 October 2026
Topco opens Fukuoka office to link Japan chip hubs
Topco Scientific said its Japanese subsidiary, Shunkawa, officially opened its Fukuoka office on October 1, making it the company’s third base in Japan alongside its Tokyo headquarters...
Thursday 1 October 2026
Taiwan aligns green certifications with Japan and EPEAT to speed electronics market entry
Taiwan is moving to align its Green Mark ecolabel with international certification systems in an effort to reduce green trade barriers and shorten time to market for electronics pr...
Thursday 1 October 2026
Shinko Electric acquires JDI's Mobara Fab to expand AI packaging capacity
Shinko Electric Industries announced on September 30 it has signed a purchase agreement to acquire the Mobara Fab from Japan Display (JDI) in Mobara City, Chiba Prefecture. The transaction...
Wednesday 30 September 2026
Nidec changes CEO as restructuring accelerates
Japanese motor maker Nidec has replaced president and CEO Mitsuya Kishida with chief technology officer Michio Kaida as the company moves to overhaul its business and governance following...
Wednesday 30 September 2026
TDK and Taiyo Yuden to explore alliance on AI-grade capacitors and inductors
TDK and Taiyo Yuden have signed a memorandum of understanding to begin discussions on a business alliance to develop electronic components, including MLCCs and inductors jointly, the...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
SoftBank subsidiary Saimemory taps Shinko to bring ZAM closer to commercialization
Saimemory, a SoftBank subsidiary, has brought Shinko Electric Industries into its effort to commercialize Z-Angle Memory (ZAM), adding packaging-substrate, high-density integration...
Thursday 24 September 2026
LSTC links with Rapidus to revive Japan's advanced chipmaking

Japan's Leading-edge Semiconductor Technology Center (LSTC) is building a public-private-academic framework around Rapidus, which plans...

Wednesday 23 September 2026
China, Japan dominate over 90% of OLEDoS market, threatening South Korea's panel leadership in the AI era

South Korean display makers, long dominant in the global smartphone OLED market, remain hesitant to commit to mass production of OLED-on-silicon...

Wednesday 23 September 2026
Sharp reportedly to develop universal satellite antenna for multi-network connectivity

Sharp is developing a compact satellite communications antenna capable of connecting to multiple satellite networks, aiming to commercialize...

Monday 21 September 2026
Tower Semiconductor to make Japan its largest optical chip base

Tower Semiconductor plans to make Japan its largest manufacturing base for optical communications semiconductors after expanding silicon...

Monday 21 September 2026
Weekly news roundup: AI boom strains chips; Google's TPUs pay off, China eyes 3nm without EUV
This week's reports centered on intensifying competition and bottlenecks across the semiconductor and AI supply chains, from Sandisk's unusual engineering push in Korea and Google's...
Friday 18 September 2026
Rumored Japan-US chip plant talks test whether two former chipmaking giants can rebuild at home

If the project under discussion goes ahead, it would be the first time Japan's US$550 billion tariff-linked investment pledge is directed...

Thursday 17 September 2026
Tier IV open-sources self-driving AI chip design to challenge Nvidia

Japanese autonomous driving developer Tier IV is developing an AI chip and will release its chip design and related toolchain as open...

Tuesday 15 September 2026
Murata considers bigger MLCC expansion as AI server demand extends beyond 2028

Murata Manufacturing is considering a new, potentially larger expansion of multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) capacity beyond its existing...

Tuesday 15 September 2026
AI servers are eating MLCC capacity, Chinese suppliers are taking what's left

AI servers are reshaping the global multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) market. Murata Manufacturing and Samsung Electro-Mechanics (SEMCO)...