The plan is to spend 1 trillion yen annually! Japan, which often makes mistakes in the "technology tree", is now going all in on semiconductors and AI.

According to the Zhtng Cijng APP, a Japanese member of parliament responsible for chip manufacturing and AI budgeting stated that under the leadership of Sanae Takaichi, the ruling party in Japan plans to raise approximately 1 trillion yen (about 6.5 billion US dollars) annually to continue to massively support the development of advanced semiconductor manufacturing in Japan and a software and hardware ecosystem comparable to Nvidia's artificial intelligence full stack level. This plan also signifies Japan's desire to return to the position of "chip manufacturing hegemony" and to strive to become an "AI superpower" on par with China and the United States.