Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Hagita said at a press conference after the Cabinet meeting on the 10th that Taiwanese semiconductor maker TSMC officially announced that it would establish a subsidiary in Kumamoto Prefecture in collaboration with Sony Group and build a semiconductor factory. I would like to welcome you to the government, "he said, and expressed his intention to provide financial support to the government.
In this, Minister Hagiuda said, "I would like to frankly welcome TSMC's decision to invest in advanced semiconductor factories in Japan. With the rapid progress of digitalization, semiconductors are used in all fields, so to speak, the brain of the industry. Therefore, building a stable supply system for semiconductors is extremely important from the perspective of security. "
On that basis, Minister Hagiuda said, "We would like to secure the necessary budget and quickly establish a framework for multi-year support in order to take measures comparable to those of other countries in future economic measures." Showed the idea to do.
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry plans to hold a meeting of experts from next week to intensively discuss the ideal policy for strengthening the semiconductor industry.