TOKYO/SEOUL — When Japan decided to get back into the chipmaking game, trading house Sojitz saw a chance to grab a piece of the action.
The Tokyo-based company is looking to build a plant in Kyushu, the same region where chip titan Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is building its first Japanese factory, to process fluorspar into anhydrous hydrogen fluoride. The idea is to meet as much as 40% of Japan’s annual demand for the key chipmaking chemical, slashing the country’s dependence on China for the chemical and its key ingredients.
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