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Japan Seeking Recruits for Semiconductor Technology Development Project

Japan is seeking “participants” for a project to pursue research and development for 5G infrastructure and advanced semiconductor manufacturing technology, the country’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Jan. 8. The project is being run by Japan’s New Energy…

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and Industrial Technology Development Organization, which is hoping to “strengthen” Japan’s semiconductor manufacturing abilities, the ministry said, according to an unofficial translation. The agency is carrying out an “open call for development” of those technologies and will select certain businesses to participate in the project. The recruitment period, which began Jan. 8, ends Feb. 8.