2019-07-18 - Takashi Yunogami

Blog: The Impact of the Japan-Korea Trade War

By restricting exports of key chemical materials to South Korea, Japan has already done irreparable harm to the global electronics…

2017-11-15 - Victor Gao, Publisher, EE Times

How to Build a Nation

China's recently concluded 19th congress and Japan's seeming struggle with its semiconductor industry lead ASPENCORE to ask: just what does…

2017-10-11 - Junko Yoshida, EE Times

Japanese Gems Surface in Unlikely Places

Japan's electronics industry is floundering. Time to write off Japan? Perhaps. But the first step in finding Japan's diamonds in…

2017-10-06 - Junko Yoshida, EE Times

Cobot Invasion at Japan’s CEATEC

Most noticeable on CEATEC Japan for those of us who don't live in Japan was a host of robotic and…