Semiconductor War between Japan and South Korea

... sector accounts for nearly a quarter of its exports ), compared to less than 4 percent for Japan An analysis of the global microelectronics market demonstrates that, currently, the market particularly values dynamic random-access memory semiconductors ... ... materials. On August 2, the Cabinet of Japan approved the decision to take South Korea off its “white list” (where the Republic of Korea was the only Asian state), thereby depriving it of trade preferences in regard to the materials mentioned above....