TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan stepped up efforts to bolster its chip industry on Monday, with a government-backed fund agreeing to buy semiconductor materials maker JSR Corp for about 909.3 billion yen ($6.4 ...

Simply sign up to the Japanese business & finance myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. A leading Japanese semiconductor equipment maker has accepted a $6.4bn buyout offer from a ...

JSR Corporation, a Japanese semiconductor materials company, has confirmed receiving an offer from Japan Investment Corp. (JIC). This is reported in the press release of JSR. The value of the proposed ...

The Japanese chemical maker JSR has agreed to be acquired by Japan Investment Corp. (JIC), an investment firm backed by the Japanese government. A key goal of the deal, JSR says, is to boost the ...

Japanese semiconductor materials manufacturer JSR Corporation has received a share buyback offer from the state investment fund Japan Investment Corp. (JIC). This is reported in the JSR press release.

Japan’s government unveiled a $6.3 billion deal to buy out and privatize JSR, taking direct control of the world leader in chipmaking compounds at a time U.S.-Chinese tensions threaten to fragment the ...

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