{"id":61906,"date":"2026-09-04T15:05:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T19:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/asml-plans-40-japan-workforce-expansion-to-support-chip-boom\/04\/09\/2026\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T15:05:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T19:05:48","slug":"asml-plans-40-japan-workforce-expansion-to-support-chip-boom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/asml-plans-40-japan-workforce-expansion-to-support-chip-boom\/04\/09\/2026\/","title":{"rendered":"ASML Plans 40% Japan Workforce Expansion to Support Chip Boom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->This article first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gurufocus.com\/news\/9068563\/asml-plans-40-japan-workforce-expansion-to-support-chip-boom?utm_source=yahoo_finance&amp;utm_medium=syndication&amp;utm_campaign=headlines&amp;r=caf6fe0e0db70d936033da5461e60141\" data-ylk=\"slk:GuruFocus;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;GuruFocus&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">GuruFocus<\/a>.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->ASML about to expand its Japan workforce to about 700 employees by 2030 as demand for advanced semiconductor equipment grows across the country.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->The Dutch chip <a href=\"https:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/business\/tech\/semiconductors\/asml-to-expand-japan-workforce-to-aid-next-gen-chipmakers-rapidus-tsmc\" data-ylk=\"slk:equipment;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;equipment&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">equipment <\/a>maker currently employs around 500 people in Japan, and ASML Japan President Shojiro Fujiwara outlined the expansion at a Thursday press conference.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<figure data-testid=\"article-figure-image\" class=\"yf-750ceo\">\n<div class=\"image-container yf-1f8hkhu loader\" style=\"--max-height: 540px;\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapper yf-1f8hkhu\" style=\"--aspect-ratio: 960 \/ 540; --img-max-width: 960px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gurufocus.com\/term\/gf-value\/ASML?r=caf6fe0e0db70d936033da5461e60141&amp;utm_source=yahoo_finance&amp;utm_medium=syndication&amp;utm_campaign=headlines&amp;utm_content=asml_plans_40%25_japan_workforce_expansion_to_support_chip_boom&amp;utm_term=ASML\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"yf-750ceo\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->ASML Plans 40% Japan Workforce Expansion to Support Chip Boom<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <span class=\"caption-separator yf-750ceo\" data-svelte-h=\"svelte-nxhdlu\">\u00b7<\/span> <span>us.finance.gurufocus<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->ASML opened an office in Hokkaido in 2024 to support Rapidus, which plans to start producing 2-nanometer chips in 2027. The company has since increased its engineering team there from 24 to 50 people.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Kumamoto could also gain ASML staff as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing builds its second fabrication plant in the prefecture. TSMC partnered with Sony Group on August 11 to produce advanced image-sensor chips for smartphones, with production planned for 2029.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->ASML&#8217;s Japan sales reached NT$44.34 billion, or about $1.4 billion, in 2025. 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