Japan Supply Chains

The US on Thursday announced that a key agreement on supply chain resilience under the Indo-Pacific economic framework involving 14 partner nations, including India, Japan and Australia, will come into force on February 24.

The Union Cabinet has approved a memorandum of cooperation between India and Japan on a Semiconductor Supply Chain Partnership, an official statement said on Wednesday.

The United States and Japan have reached an agreement on trade in minerals that are key to electric vehicle batteries, US trade officials said Tuesday, a move to reinforce supply chains in a sector dominated by China.

"Flutura will strengthen Accenture's industrial AI services to increase the performance of plants, refineries, and supply chains while also enabling clients to accomplish their net-zero goals faster," Accenture said in a statement.

US Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday said the US administration was looking for new investments and partnerships with Japanese technology firms. The recently signed CHIPS and Science Act is aimed at boosting semiconductor manufacturing and expanding the supply chain for critical materials used across a range of devices from smartphones to m...

Japan's factory activity growth slowed to a four-month low in June as China's COVID-19 curbs disrupted supply chains, while many other economies in Asia were also facing headwinds amid growing risks to the outlook from a potential US recession.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in an event in Tokyo Monday to launch discussions for an Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) during which he underlined that the foundation of resilient supply chains must be 3Ts.

Even as Japan's dominance of consumer electronics had faded, manufacturers have carved out a world-leading niche in highly specialised components such as Murata's ceramic capacitors and Sony's image sensors.

The quake has sparked concerns of further disruptions to a pandemic-hit global supply chain for precision components vital to electronics and autos production and in which Japanese manufacturers play a leading role.

Toyota said it would suspend operations at its only factory in Russia and stop shipping vehicles to the country, citing "supply chain disruptions" linked to Moscow's assault on Ukraine.

A new kind of chip shortage has hit Japanese supply chains, with McDonald's forced to ration fries in the country as Covid-19 and floods in Canada squeeze potato imports.

Global smartphone shipments will grow 5.3 percent year-over-year (YoY) by the end of 2021 despite supply chain issues, and 5G smartphones will constitute 60 percent share of total smartphone shipments by 2022, International Data Corporation has predicted in its latest report.

Japan, India and Australia's trade ministers have met to officially launch the Supply Chain Resilience Initiative, following reports that the three nations are working together to counter China's dominance on trade in the Indo-Pacific.

Global semiconductor supply chain has become increasingly vulnerable to natural disasters and geopolitical disruptions because suppliers have become more concentrated in distinct regions, says a US industry group Semiconductor Industry Association study.

The trade ministers of Japan, India and Australia agreed Tuesday to work toward achieving supply chain resilience in the Indo-Pacific region, following reports that the three nations are looking to work together to counter China's dominance on trade.

The US on Thursday announced that a key agreement on supply chain resilience under the Indo-Pacific economic framework involving 14 partner nations, including India, Japan and Australia, will come into force on February 24.

The Union Cabinet has approved a memorandum of cooperation between India and Japan on a Semiconductor Supply Chain Partnership, an official statement said on Wednesday.

The United States and Japan have reached an agreement on trade in minerals that are key to electric vehicle batteries, US trade officials said Tuesday, a move to reinforce supply chains in a sector dominated by China.

"Flutura will strengthen Accenture's industrial AI services to increase the performance of plants, refineries, and supply chains while also enabling clients to accomplish their net-zero goals faster," Accenture said in a statement.

US Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday said the US administration was looking for new investments and partnerships with Japanese technology firms. The recently signed CHIPS and Science Act is aimed at boosting semiconductor manufacturing and expanding the supply chain for critical materials used across a range of devices from smartphones to m...

Japan's factory activity growth slowed to a four-month low in June as China's COVID-19 curbs disrupted supply chains, while many other economies in Asia were also facing headwinds amid growing risks to the outlook from a potential US recession.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in an event in Tokyo Monday to launch discussions for an Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) during which he underlined that the foundation of resilient supply chains must be 3Ts.

Even as Japan's dominance of consumer electronics had faded, manufacturers have carved out a world-leading niche in highly specialised components such as Murata's ceramic capacitors and Sony's image sensors.

The quake has sparked concerns of further disruptions to a pandemic-hit global supply chain for precision components vital to electronics and autos production and in which Japanese manufacturers play a leading role.

Toyota said it would suspend operations at its only factory in Russia and stop shipping vehicles to the country, citing "supply chain disruptions" linked to Moscow's assault on Ukraine.

A new kind of chip shortage has hit Japanese supply chains, with McDonald's forced to ration fries in the country as Covid-19 and floods in Canada squeeze potato imports.

Global smartphone shipments will grow 5.3 percent year-over-year (YoY) by the end of 2021 despite supply chain issues, and 5G smartphones will constitute 60 percent share of total smartphone shipments by 2022, International Data Corporation has predicted in its latest report.

Japan, India and Australia's trade ministers have met to officially launch the Supply Chain Resilience Initiative, following reports that the three nations are working together to counter China's dominance on trade in the Indo-Pacific.

Global semiconductor supply chain has become increasingly vulnerable to natural disasters and geopolitical disruptions because suppliers have become more concentrated in distinct regions, says a US industry group Semiconductor Industry Association study.

The trade ministers of Japan, India and Australia agreed Tuesday to work toward achieving supply chain resilience in the Indo-Pacific region, following reports that the three nations are looking to work together to counter China's dominance on trade.