Commentary / World Mar 28, 2021
China’s go-it-alone five-year plan
by George Magnus
To meet the challenges ahead, China is banking on its 14th Five-Year Plan.
National / Politics Mar 20, 2021
Japan and U.S. to create working groups focusing on emerging tech, climate and COVID-19
Tokyo hopes to use the groupings to bolster ties with the U.S., as the fields are all closely related to policy tasks viewed by Biden as increasingly important.
Commentary / World Mar 5, 2021
Making chips requires lots of water, and Taiwan has a drought
by Tim Culpan
The global center of chipmaking is facing water restrictions that could impact Taiwan’s most important export.
Commentary / Japan Feb 19, 2021
Toyota broke its just-in-time rule just in time for the chip shortage
by Anjani Trivedi
In contrast to the rest of the auto industry, Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp. said it wasn’t expecting a shortfall of semiconductors to affect its production.
Commentary / World May 8, 2020
Micro but mighty: Semiconductors remain the key to technology leadership
by Brad Glosserman
The U.S. needs a more expansive strategy to maintain its lead in this field, and that means working closely with its allies, especially Japan.
Business / Corporate Nov 28, 2019
Panasonic to sell loss-making chip business to Taiwanese firm: source
Japanese chip manufacturers — once global leaders — have struggled in recent years in the face of fierce competition from South Korean and Taiwanese rivals.
Business / Corporate Sep 5, 2019
Elite Ushio lights the way to next-gen computer chips in Japan
by Yuki Furukawa
Chipmakers have spent two decades pouring investment into a revolutionary new technique to push the limits of physics and cram more transistors onto slices of silicon. Now that technology is on the cusp of going mainstream, thanks to a secretive Japanese company that's mastered ...
Business Aug 29, 2019
Trade impact of Japan's tightened export controls too early to assess, experts say
by Satoshi Sugiyama
Both government officials and experts couldn’t definitively confirm whether the decrease is directly attributable to the controls.
Business Aug 1, 2019
Defying pushback, Japan set to remove South Korea from 'white list' countries
by Satoshi Sugiyama
South Korea had been the only Asian nation on Japan’s “white list,” from which no entity has ever been removed.
Business Jul 24, 2019
U.S. tech groups warn Japan and South Korea that trade spat threatens global supply chains
U.S. technology companies have urged Japan and South Korea to negotiate a resolution to a dispute that threatens to upend the global supply chain that the world's top electronics brands rely on make their products. Five of America's largest tech industry groups including the Semiconductor ...
Business Jul 23, 2019
South Korea to report Japan's tightening of export controls to WTO
by Satoshi Sugiyama
The escalation comes almost three weeks after Japan slapped export controls on three chemical ingredients used by South Korea’s globally dominant chip and screen industries.
National / Politics Jul 20, 2019
by Reiji Yoshida
The foreign minister lambasted the ambassador for rejecting an arbitration panel on wartime labor proposed under the 1965 pact that normalized bilateral ties and settled war compensation issues.