Japan has long been strong in semiconductor materials, and some unexpected players are now entering the field. According to Nikkei, Oji Holdings plans to launch a materials business targeting chips at 2nm and beyond. The company has developed a photoresist made using wood-based components, with comm...

Japan’s Dai Nippon Printing (DNP) recently announced the successful development of nanoimprint lithography (NIL) technology with circuit line width as fine as 10 nanometers. The technology is designed for patterning 1.4nm-class logic semiconductor circuits. Customer evaluation has already begun, w...

Micron Technology has announced plans to invest JPY 1.5 trillion (approximately USD 9.6 billion) to build a new factory dedicated to high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chip production in Hiroshima, Japan. The facility will be located within Micron’s existing Hiroshima site, with construction scheduled to...

As the global foundry race moves toward the 2nm era, Japan’s chip material makers are ramping up investment to secure their position at the heart of advanced manufacturing. According to Nikkei, major Japanese chip material companies have recently announced new investment plans, including Tokyo Ohk...

According to ijiwei, Japan is China’s largest source of semiconductor equipment imports amid chip export curbs. Citing data from the General Administration of Customs, the report notes that in 2024, China imported a total of USD 47.066 billion in semiconductor equipment, with USD 14.3 billion comi...