Update interview
22 Jan 2026

Keysight Technologies Japan (Quantum)
Keysight Technologies is a major provider of control electronics for quantum computing systems.
Update interview
22 Jan 2026

FormFactor KK
FormFactor is an international supplier of semiconductor test equipment. This profile focuses on their Japanese division's activity in supplying test equipment for quantum chips.
Full profile interview
22 Jan 2026

Blueqat
Blueqat is a Japanese developer of quantum hardware and software solutions, currently developing a silicon-spin qubit quantum computer.
Update interview
22 Jan 2026

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology AIST
Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) is a Japanese research facility headquartered in Tokyo and operating under the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). This profile will focus on their work in developing quantum computing hardware and international collaborations.
Update interview
19 Mar 2025

Toyota
Toyota is an important player in the area of solid-state batteries and this profile provides the latest updates on its work in this space.
Full profile interview
3 Dec 2024

Imec
Imec is a Belgian research institute, founded in 1984. It works on state-of-the-art semiconductor and nanoelectronics manufacturing. This profile explores the Sustainable Semiconductor Technologies & Systems (SSTS) program.
Background
28 Feb 2024

NEC Corp: Carbon Nanohorns
NEC Corp are a global multinational, headquartered in Japan. IDTechEx spoke with Ryota Yuge (Senior Principal Researcher) regarding carbon nanohorns.
Full profile interview
11 Apr 2023

DoMicro
DoMicro is a Dutch company that develops innovative micro-assembly technology for flexible hybrid electronics. It primarily provides private R&D services, although some solutions/technologies are developed without a specific request. IDTechEx caught up with Business Development Manager Dr AJ Hoeven at LOPEC 2023.
31 May 2022

Still Waiting on a Commercial Need for Take-off: SWCNTs
Commercializing a new material is not easy. Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are the higher-performance variants of the carbon nanotube family, but unlike their multi-walled counterpart, they are still hunting for their killer application.
Update interview
2 Mar 2022

Zeon
ZEON is a large chemical company with a division for SWCNTs. IDTechEx spoke with several members of their team including Mitsugu Uejima and Taichi Yatsuzuka.
Full profile interview
13 Nov 2020

Miraisens, Inc.
IDTechEx interviewed Hiroyuki Ikushima, Masatoshi Miyakawa and Norio Nakamura from Miraisens. They are a haptics company based in Japan which was acquired by Murata in December 2019. IDTechEx spoke to them about their 3DHaptics technology and business objectives.
Background
26 Jun 2020

SIJ Technology
SIJ Technology make super fine inkjet printers, capable of feature sizes as small as 1 um. They also produce a spray-coater for coating 3D surfaces.
25 Oct 2018

Efficiently turning light into electricity
Perovskites form a group of crystals that have many promising properties for applications in nano-technology. However, one useful property that so far was unobserved in perovskites is so-called carrier multiplication - an effect that makes materials much more efficient in converting light into electricity.
2 May 2018

Cell membrane inspires new ultrathin electronic film
Japanese researchers have developed a new method to build large areas of semiconductive material that is just two molecules thick and a total of 4.4 nanometers tall. The films function as thin film transistors, and have potential future applications in flexible electronics or chemical detectors.
26 Dec 2017

World record thin-film solar cell efficiency of 22.9%
Solar Frontier KK claims it has set a new world record for thin-film solar cell efficiency.
15 Feb 2017

ITO alternatives: printed metal mesh is on the rise?
The transparent conductive film (TCF) industry has witnessed upheaval in recent years.
15 Feb 2017

Tiny drones as artificial pollinators
As bees slip onto the endangered species list in the United States, researchers in Japan are pollinating lilies with insect-sized drones.