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Semiconductors
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• JETRO: Semiconductors - "Japan represents the largest semiconductors market in the Asia-Pacific, generating 33.1% of regional revenues, and is also the single largest country in the world for the manufacture and sales of semiconductors and related products."

Telecommunications Equipment
• JETRO: Telecommunications - "Long known as a hotbed of technical innovation, Japan has also emerged as the most connected country in the world."

Industry Overview
• JETRO: Consumer Electronics - "Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) surveyed the consumer electronics market for 2004 to have been 2.7 trillion yen and estimated it to grow to 11 trillion yen by 2010, more than four times the value of 2004."
• JETRO: Microelectronics - "There are already some internationally prominent semiconductor manufacturers in Japan , and competition in product development and pricing is fierce."
• JETRO: Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) - "The market for RFID-related products (i.e. reader/writer, contact-less IC card, RFID tag, and peripherals) in Japan for 2005 had an estimated value of $223.2 million. The market for RFID tags was estimated at $40.9 million in 2005 and is projected to grow to $244 million by 2010."

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