TOKYO -- Japan will subsidize domestic company Sumco's new silicon wafer factories in the country's south by up to 75 billion yen ($530 million), Nikkei has learned, part of the government's efforts to bolster the country's semiconductor supply chains.
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Japan to give $530m for new Sumco silicon wafer plants at home
Subsidy part of country's plans to bolster semiconductor supply chain
Sumco's silicon wafers, one of the fundamental building blocks of semiconductors. Japan considers the domestic production of semiconductor materials as vital for the country's economic security. (Photo courtesy of Sumco)
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