Rumored Japan-US chip plant talks test whether two former chipmaking giants can rebuild at home

DIGITIMESSeptember 18, 2026en

If the project under discussion goes ahead, it would be the first time Japan's US$550 billion tariff-linked investment pledge is directed toward chip manufacturing rather than the energy and industrial-materials projects announced so far — and the clearest sign yet that the two countries that once dominated chipmaking could rebuild some of that capacity jointly.

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