Mazda is Hiroshima’s company — an automaker whose home plants at Hiroshima (Ujina) and Hofu in Yamaguchi build its worldwide…
Author: Vikas Dhariwal
Nissan is one of Japan’s big-three automakers, and its home plants — with Kyushu as the volume centre, Tochigi for…
Panasonic is one of Japan’s great manufacturers — a century-old group whose Japanese factories build batteries, home appliances, electrical materials,…
Toyota is the world’s largest automaker, and its Japanese plants — clustered around Toyota City in Aichi and extending to…
Batteries are Japan’s other chip story. As vehicles electrify, Japan is expanding battery manufacturing with government subsidies — Panasonic Energy’s…
Everyone has seen the headlines — Japan is building chip factories again, from Kumamoto to Hokkaido. But how does an…
Japan is rebuilding its semiconductor industry at historic speed — TSMC-JASM in Kumamoto, Rapidus rising in Hokkaido, Kioxia and Micron…
Sony Semiconductor Solutions is the world leader in image sensors — the chips that turn light into pictures in most…
Renesas Electronics is Japan’s chip company for the machines that move — the world’s leading suppliers of automotive microcontrollers, plus…
Micron is the American memory giant with deep Japanese roots — its Hiroshima fab, inherited from Elpida Memory, is one…