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Mitsui Fudosan seeks to bring Japanese and Taiwanese companies together to develop next-generation semiconductor technologies for robots, industrial equipment and automobiles. (Nikkei illustration)SHOTARO MORI and KOICHI KITANISHIJuly 27, 2026 04:44 JSTFUKUOKA/KUMAMOTO, Japan --
Mitsui Fudosan seeks to bring Japanese and Taiwanese companies together to develop next-generation semiconductor technologies for robots, industrial equipment and automobiles. (Nikkei illustration)SHOTARO MORI and KOICHI KITANISHIJuly 27, 2026 04:44 JSTFUKUOKA/KUMAMOTO, Japan -- Japanese real estate developer Mitsui Fudosan will set up a development center in Kumamoto prefecture for physical AI, seeking to bring Japanese and Taiwanese companies together to develop next-generation semiconductor technologies for robots, industrial equipment and automobiles. FUKUOKA/KUMAMOTO, Japan -- Japanese real estate developer Mitsui Fudosan will set up a development center in Kumamoto prefecture for physical AI, seeking to bring Japanese and Taiwanese companies together to develop next-generation semiconductor technologies for robots, industrial equipment and automobiles.
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