Japan Must Work With TSMC to Build Chip Base, Lawmaker Says
- Government should be prepared to spend trillions of yen
- China ‘out of question’ as partner; South Korea ‘difficult’
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Japan can’t build a cutting-edge chip development and manufacturing base on its own, and must seek to cooperate with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., according to Akira Amari, a senior member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
Amari, a former economy minister who heads an LDP working group on semiconductor strategy, added that the government must be prepared to spend trillions of yen to keep up with the U.S. and Europe. Both have plans to pour money into the industry amid a global shortage of semiconductors, including advanced logic chips that are essential for everything from artificial intelligence to autonomous driving.