semiconductor industry

Strengthening Europe and Japan's semiconductor partnership, JASMINE drives joint innovation, enhances supply chain resilience, and advances sustainable technologies for the next generation of microelectronics.

In November a local delegation made of a university and two companies from the Miyagi region: the Micro System Integration Center (µSIC) at Tohoku University, Tohoku-MicroTec, and Ball Wave will attend SEMICON Europa (18-21 November 2025) in Munich, Germany.

A success story from the Centre’s Nanotech mission with SVCS Process Innovation – Czech Republic (2016-2019-2020 participant).

On 30 April, the EU and Japan held their second Digital Partnership Council in Brussels. The Council was co-chaired by the Commissioner for the Internal Market, Thierry Breton, and by the Japanese Minister for Digital Transformation, Taro Kono, the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, Takeaki Matsumoto, and the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Taku Ishii.

Semiconductor industry is changing on a global scale and more and more European companies are presented with the incentives to join its global value chain. Japan remains one of the main global players in the semiconductor industry due to its robust electronics and IT markets.