“Convening organizations to pursue shared goals is critical to advancing the semiconductor industry. We believe our valued partners’ collaboration will advance economic goals and further strengthen the ties between the thriving American and Japanese semiconductor ecosystems. NY Creates looks forward to continuing our close work together to create new opportunities for innovation, knowledge exchange, and workforce development. Together, we are building semiconductor ecosystems for joint research initiatives and industry engagement that will help accelerate cooperative R&D projects and reinforce the global partnerships that are essential for driving new leading-edge technologies in New York, the U.S., Japan, and beyond.”
– Dave Anderson, NY Creates President and CEO.
JETRO
Mar 19, 2026
Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) (Chairman: Norihiko Ishiguro, Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan) and RISE-A, the community/platform for semiconductor stakeholders, mainly established by Mitsui Fudosan with volunteers related to semiconductors.(President: Hiroshi Amano, Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan), concluded a Memorandum of Cooperation on March 19, 2026…
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Susumu Kataoka, President, JETRO
Promoting Japan’s strengths and attractiveness in the semiconductor sector to global audiences, establishing platforms that support domestic and international collaboration, and bridging Japan’s regional semiconductor ecosystems all require strong cooperation among industry-academia government. JETRO has long supported the overseas expansion of Japanese companies, the entry of foreign companies into Japan, and collaboration between Japanese and foreign firms, leveraging its network of more than 70 overseas offices and approximately 50 domestic offices.
We also work to strengthen our support and contribute to the development of Japan’s regional semiconductor ecosystems through partnerships with overseas research institutions, including the U.S.-based semiconductor R&D organization NY Creates.
Through our collaboration with RISE-A, we aim to utilize the organization’s extensive networks among Japanese semiconductor-related companies and academic institutions to contribute to strengthening semiconductor supply chains, advancing next-generation technologies, and promoting the circulation of capital and human resources.
Kazunori Yamashita, Vice Chairperson, RISE-A
RISE-A provides a platform where semiconductor suppliers, users, and supporters—such as government agencies and universities—can collaborate to overcome challenges facing the semiconductor industry and rapidly generate new value. Our goal is to contribute to revitalizing Japan’s semiconductor industry and establishing strong industrial capabilities.
RISE-A has concluded cooperation agreements with NY Creates (U.S.), imec (Belgium), the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) of Taiwan, AIST Solutions (Japan), and OpenSUSI (Japan) to support industrial development. We are delighted to welcome JETRO as a new partner.
We will leverage the networks and expertise of our partner organizations to plan and develop new events and programs, provide advice to member companies, support networking, and contribute to the formation of an ecosystem in which diverse industry players can participate.