半導体確保、国家事業に　産業戦略を正式発表―経産省

　経済産業省は４日、世界的に需要が急増する半導体の確保を国家事業と位置付けた「半導体・デジタル産業戦略」を正式に発表した。デジタル産業の基盤となる半導体の安定供給やデータセンターの整備に向け、「通常の産業政策を越えた特例扱いの措置」を講じることを明記。今後の予算編成作業などへの反映を目指す。
　戦略は、データ処理に用いる「先端ロジック半導体」に関し、台湾積体電路製造（ＴＳＭＣ）をはじめとする海外企業と連携し、国内製造基盤の確保を目指す方針も盛り込んだ。（2021/06/04-12:00）

Japan's industry ministry officially announced the country's new semiconductor and digital industry strategy on Friday, in which the procurement of semiconductors is designated as a national project amid a global spike in demand.
   The strategy states that the country will take "extraordinary measures transcending ordinary industry policy steps" to ensure a stable supply of semiconductors and establish data centers, in order to strengthen the foundations of its digital industry.
   The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry plans to seek budget allocations for the strategy.
   The strategy includes a plan to secure a domestic production base for advanced logic semiconductors, used for data processing, by partnering with foreign firms such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.
   Japan's chipmaking industry made up a 50 pct share of the global market in the late 1980s, but slow technological development has left the country playing catchup with Taiwan and South Korea.