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[News] Takaichi Administration to Develop “Autonomous Driving Semiconductors” Using Public Funds

The development of next-generation autonomous driving semiconductors funded by public money is finally moving into full swing. Behind this initiative lies a massive national investment roadmap centered on economic security under the Takaichi administration, along with an ambitious growth strategy aimed at capturing a global share of the autonomous vehicle market. Tier IV Joins JST […]

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【News】Marvel to Supply AI Chips to Google, Grants Massive Equity Stake

Google has significantly expanded its collaboration with Marvell Technology, entering into a commercial agreement that g...
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[News] South Korea’s SK Reportedly Plans Multi-Trillion-Yen Semiconductor Plant in Miyagi Prefecture

It has been revealed that South Korean semiconductor giant SK hynix is advancing plans to build a memory chip plant wort...
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[News] US Commerce Secretary Reportedly Urges Apple Not to Source Chinese Chips

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick has directly communicated his opposition to Apple's plan to procure memory sem...
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[News] Major chipmakers scale back-end processes horizontally via optoelectronic integration, with testing technology as the key

NVIDIA has begun shipping Spectrum-6, its newest network switch utilizing Co-Packaged Optics (CPO), while Japanese telec...
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[News] Real GDP up 1.1% annualized in April–June, posting positive growth for 3rd straight quarter

The Japanese Cabinet Office announced on August 17, 2026, that Japan's real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the April–J...
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[News] Government and BOJ Intervened in Foreign Exchange with 6.2 Trillion Yen on April 30, Ministry of Finance Announces

The Japanese government and the Bank of Japan conducted a massive yen-buying intervention on April 30, 2026, totaling 6....
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[News] BOJ Considering Additional Rate Hike in September? Amid Persistently High Corporate Prices

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) has reportedly begun considering an additional interest rate hike to approximately 1.25% at its ...
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[News] BOJ’s Rate Hike “Terminal Rate” May Rise, with Expectations for Two More Hikes This Year

The Bank of Japan has accelerated its monetary policy normalization by raising the short-term policy rate to 1.0%, a lev...
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[News] US S&P 500 Falls Back; Applied Materials Plunges Amid Semiconductor Sell-Off

The S&P 500 Index has retreated as a significant downturn in the semiconductor sector weighed heavily on the market. App...