Tokyo Electron sees Japan focus as key to supply chain stability

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Toshiki Kawai, president and CEO of Tokyo Electron, sees the spread of 5G and autonomous driving as sustaining demand for his company's chipmaking equipment. (Photo by Shoichiro Taguchi)

SHOICHIRO TAGUCHI, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- As major semiconductor manufacturers around the world come under pressure to set up factories overseas, Japan's largest producer of chipmaking equipment is sticking close to home.

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