Japan and Germany Sign Semiconductor Partnership Declaration
Overview
Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy signed a joint declaration of intent on a semiconductor ecosystem partnership. Recognizing the strategic importance of semiconductors, the two countries will promote and deepen cooperation on sharing policies and expertise, industrial collaboration, supply chain resilience, and responses to semiconductor shortages.
Key points
- Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy signed a joint declaration of intent.
- The two countries regard the semiconductor sector as strategically important to economic security, resilience, and growth.
- Cooperation covers policy and expertise sharing, industrial collaboration, supply chain resilience, and responses to semiconductor shortages.
Overview
On October 28, 2026, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy signed a joint declaration of intent on a semiconductor ecosystem partnership. The declaration states that the two countries will promote and deepen cooperation to strengthen their semiconductor ecosystems.
Japan and Germany recognize the strategic importance of the semiconductor sector to their economic security, resilience, and growth. They cite this recognition as the basis for their cooperation.
Details
The declaration’s cooperation areas include sharing information on semiconductor policies and expertise, as well as industrial collaboration between the two countries in the semiconductor sector. These are listed as forms of cooperation to strengthen their semiconductor ecosystems.
Cooperation also includes collaboration to strengthen supply chains and sharing best practices for responding to semiconductor shortages. The announcement states that the two countries will promote cooperation on sharing policies and expertise, industrial collaboration, supply chain resilience, and responses to semiconductor shortages.