Japan universities gear up to train new generation of chip talent

TOKYO -- Colleges and universities across Japan have launched full-fledged efforts to train specialized researchers and engineers to underpin the country's resurgent semiconductor industry.

The number of employees in Japan's chip sector peaked in 2000, then began declining to bottom out in the mid-2010s. It has picked up again in recent years, thanks mainly to the arrival of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and Rapidus.