The head of Taiwan's National Development Council, Chairman Liu Chin-Ching, answered in an exclusive interview with Nippon TV, and emphasized that Taiwan and Japan should leverage each other's strengths to complement each other in the semiconductor industry.

Liu, who is the chairman of National Development Council, which is equivalent to Taiwan's Cabinet Secretary, visited Japan and announced the establishment of a basecamp for Taiwanese startups to create business opportunities in fields such as AI through collaboration with Japanese companies.

Taiwan, which supports TSMC, the world's largest semiconductor foundry, recognizes that the situation for Japan to regain its former leadership in the semiconductor field is challenging.

Taiwan National Development Council
Chairman Liu Chin-Ching
I think it will be difficult for Japan to lead the world in semiconductors as it once did. The current state of the semiconductor industry is completely different. I believe Japan should cooperate with Taiwan. By leveraging each other's strengths, we can accelerate the semiconductor sector.
 

Chairman Liu emphasized that Japan's strengths lie in semiconductor materials and manufacturing equipment, which can complement Taiwan's strengths in design and manufacturing, creating mutual benefits.

To add, due to Taiwan’s more severe decline in the birthrate than Japan, Liu mentioned that Taiwan is not only welcoming foreign workers but also strengthening investments in the AI sector to reduce reliance on human labor.

【獨家-台灣國發會劉主委「日本要像以前那樣在半導體領域領先世界很難」，來自台灣的建議 】

台灣國發會的劉鏡清主委接受日本電視台專訪。強調台日應共同合作發揮各自優勢，在半導體產業上實現優勢互補。

台灣國家發展委員會的劉主委訪問日本，參加了第三屆台灣日本新創高峰會，並宣佈在日本設立台灣新創企業東京事務所，透過與日本企業合作，在半導體，AI等領域創造更多的商機。台灣國發會支持全球最大半導體代工廠台積電的發展，劉主委在專訪中提到日本要重新奪回20年前在半導體領域的領先地位非常難，更建議與台灣合作，強強共贏。

S/台灣國家發展委員會 劉鏡清主委
「想要發展半導體的新一代產業 的確越來越難  跟過去時代完全不一樣 所以 要發展的確不容易 

我比較建議日本跟臺灣合作利用彼此的強項來發展會更快速」
 

劉主委強調，日本在半導體方面的優勢是材料和設備，而台灣的優勢是晶圓代工和IC封測，雙方應該優勢互補，互惠互利。另外，由於台灣的出生率下降比日本更嚴重，劉主委提到台灣不僅歡迎外勞，也加強對人工智慧領域的投資，以減少對人力的依賴。