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Japan adds ¥260bn in subsidies for Rapidus and its 2nm pilot fab in Hokkaido

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Source: Nippon.com (Kyodo)Also reported by Smart Lighting and Electronics (Electronics Weekly), Wikipedia (Rapidus)

Japan’s industry ministry announced on 25 April 2023 a further 260 billion yen (about $1.9 billion) in subsidies for Rapidus, on top of 70 billion yen given earlier for development, bringing state support to 330 billion yen. The money backs a test production line in Chitose, Hokkaido, where Rapidus aims to make 2nm chips using technology licensed from IBM.

Why it matters

Japan’s government took on most of the early cost of Rapidus, a new domestic company aiming to make 2nm logic chips in Japan.

When
25 Apr 2023
ID
WTA-N-2023-0129
Where
Japan
Who
METI, Rapidus, IBM

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from Nippon.com (Kyodo) and the reporting credited above. We could not open the primary document, so it is marked Reported. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

Read the original at Nippon.com (Kyodo)

Source copy: download the page text as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

Next stop on this Storyline: Led toJapan approves up to ¥590bn more for chipmaker Rapidus, including back-end work

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Cite this story

WTA-N-2023-0129: “Japan adds ¥260bn in subsidies for Rapidus and its 2nm pilot fab in Hokkaido.” wheresthe.ai, 25 Apr 2023. https://wheresthe.ai/d/jp-rapidus-260bn-yen-hokkaido-subsidy-2023-04/ (source: Nippon.com (Kyodo)).

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