1.Industry Status
1.1 Toshiba is the Only Japan’s Semiconductor Brand Left on Top 10 Player List
2. Development of Japan’s Key Players
2.1 Toshiba
2.1.1 Japan’s No. 1 Semiconductor Manufacturer, Ranked 8th in the World
2.1.2 NAND Flash is Toshiba’s Main Semiconductor Revenue Source
2.1.3 Toshiba Memory Corporation (TMC) Spun off to Fix Accounting Issues
2.2 Panasonic
2.2.1 Missed Market Changes, Poor Operations, No Longer a Top-ranked Company
2.2.2 Tightening Belts to Focus on Sensors
2.3 Fujitsu 
2.3.1 Ranked 20th in the World, with no Standout Products
2.3.2 Semiconductor Business Split up to Build Relationships with Other Manufacturers
2.3.3 After Restructuring Fails to Fix Performance, Fujitsu Will Eventually Sell its Semiconductor Business and Move Towards a Fabless Model
2.3.4 Fujitsu is Going Almost Fabless, and will Focus on Next-Gen Memory
2.4 Renesas Electronics 
2.4.1 Renesas has Turned to Outsourced Production as Japan’s Plant Utilization Rate Has Continued to Decline 
2.4.2 Organizational Reforms, Reshaped Product Lines, and a Focus on Emerging Market Segments 
2.4.3 Accelerated Foreign M&A Activity to Increase Efficiency 
2.5 Sony 
2.5.1 Sony Spins off Semiconductor Division, Revenue Growth Driven by CMOS Sensors 
3. MIC Perspective 
Appendix 
Glossary of Terms 
List of Companies

Development of the Japanese semiconductor brands in the global industry and includes top 10 shipment volume ranking in 2018

Development of major Japanese players, including Toshiba, Panasonic, Fujitsu, Renesas Electronics, and Sony, and touching on their advantages and disadvantages as well as their market and product strategies.

Figure 1: Top 10 Global Semiconductor Manufacturers in 2010 vs. 2018 
Figure 2: Global Comparison of NAND Flash Manufacturing Processes 
Figure 3 Global Market Share of Major NAND Flash Manufacturers 
Figure 4 Panasonic’s Semiconductor Reorganization Strategy 2013-2018 
Figure 5 Semiconductor Plants Currently Owned by Fujitsu 
Figure 6. Semiconductor Plants Owned by Renesas, 2012-present 
Figure 7 Capacity Utilization of Renesas’ Wafer Fabs in Japan 
Figure 8 Renesas Income by Business Segment 
Figure 9 Renesas’ Strategy by Product Category and Application Field 
Figure 10 Renesas’ M&A Entry Strategy for Emerging Applications 
Figure 11 Sony’s Semiconductor Income Distribution, 2015-2018 
Figure 12 Distribution of Sony’s Main CMOS Imaging Sensor Factories