The “rice of industry.”
This is how the economy ministry referred to semiconductors in the first iteration of Japan’s landmark chip strategy in 2021.
The metaphor captures how indispensable this technology has become to the long-term viability, and even survival, of Japanese industries and manufacturing.
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