# Japan Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Type: government

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## Timeline

- **2040**: Vision 2040 — Target of 8x sales growth (approx. 40 trillion yen) achieved.
- **2030**: Interim Goal — Target of 15 trillion yen in annual semiconductor sales.
- **2025**: Rapidus Pilot — Rapidus scheduled to begin pilot production of 2nm chips.
- **2024**: TSMC Kumamoto — TSMC opens its first advanced fab in Japan (JASM).
- **2021**: Strategy Launch — METI launches the National Strategy for Semiconductors and the Digital Industry.
- **1988**: Market Peak — Japan controls 50.3% of the global semiconductor market.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### Japan Targets Eightfold Surge in Semiconductor Sales by 2040 to Reclaim AI Lead
2026-03-11 06:01:44 · Sentiment: Positive · Impact: 7/10 · Sources: 2

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.
Full story: https://getaibrief.com/story/japan-chip-sales-target-2040

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