Mitsui Fudosan to build physical AI hub near TSMC’s Kumamoto base

Mitsui Fudosan seeks to bring Japanese and Taiwanese companies together to develop next-generation semiconductor technologies for robots, industrial equipment and automobiles. (Nikkei illustration)
SHOTARO MORI and KOICHI KITANISHI
FUKUOKA/KUMAMOTO, Japan — Japanese real estate developer Mitsui Fudosan will set up a development center in Kumamoto prefecture for physical AI, seeking to bring Japanese and Taiwanese companies together to develop next-generation semiconductor technologies for robots, industrial equipment and automobiles.