Last mentioned: 5d ago
Vision 2040
Target of 8x sales growth (approx. 40 trillion yen) achieved.
Interim Goal
Target of 15 trillion yen in annual semiconductor sales.
Rapidus Pilot
Rapidus scheduled to begin pilot production of 2nm chips.
TSMC Kumamoto
TSMC opens its first advanced fab in Japan (JASM).
Strategy Launch
METI launches the National Strategy for Semiconductors and the Digital Industry.
Market Peak
Japan controls 50.3% of the global semiconductor market.
Japan has unveiled an aggressive long-term strategy to increase its semiconductor sales eightfold by 2040 compared to 2020 levels. This ambitious roadmap, backed by massive state subsidies, aims to position the nation as a global hub for advanced AI hardware and next-generation logic chips.