Kishida met with senior management of semiconductor companies such as TSMC on Thursday

Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Wension will meet with senior management of semiconductor enterprise such as TSMC on Thursday (May 18) to invest and open new plants in Japan.TSMC has confirmed that Liu Deyin, chairman of the company will attend the meeting.

Integrated Asia and Taiwan jointly reported that the official Japanese officials will invite executives of semiconductor companies such as Intel, TSMC, South Korea, and Meiguang Technology to talk to Kishida on Thursday.The talks will be held in the Japanese Prime Minister's Office.In addition to Kishida, Minister of Economic and Trade and Industry Nishimura Kangyu and other senior Japanese officials will also attend.

These semiconductor company executives are expected to outline their investment and business development plans in Japan.Samsung may talk to a advanced semiconductor factory it plans to open in Yokohama. The chairman and CEO of the Belgian semiconductor R & D institution will also announce the opening of the first overseas research center in Japan.

The Japanese government will consider providing subsidies for these projects to encourage them to invest in Japan.

TSMC was confirmed to be invited by Japanese officials on Wednesday (17th), and revealed that the company's chairman Liu Deyin will attend the talks.

Nikkei reports that the leaders of world semiconductor enterprises have gathered together and similar talks are rare.Japan is currently committed to revitalizing the domestic chip industry. The market share of Japanese companies in the global semiconductor market has fallen to about 10%, which is far lower than about 50%in the 1980s.In comparison, cities in Taiwan, South Korea and mainland China are gradually increasing.

The Japanese government hopes that by 2030, the domestic sales of semiconductors and related products will be increased to 15 trillion yen (about S $ 147.2 billion), which is three times the current.

In recent years, due to the split of the supply chain and the increase in semiconductor procurement risks, countries are actively developing more supply chains to respond.At present, TSMC is building a semiconductor factory in Kumamoto, and Samsung has also reported that it has considers the establishment of chip sealing and testing lines in Japan.US semiconductor manufacturer IBM and IMEC are working with Japan's Rapidus. Rapidus goals to produce 2 nano -chip in Japan.