PM Modi, Ishiba inspect Sedai semiconductor facility amid push for Made-in-India chips by year-end

Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a tour of a semiconducter facility in Japan’s Sedai with his Japanese counterpart Shigeru Ishiba on Saturday.

The Indian prime minister was briefed about Tokyo Electron Miyagi Ltd’s (TEL Miyagi) role in the global semiconductor value chain, its advanced manufacturing capabilities and its ongoing and planned collaborations with India.

“PM Ishiba and I visited the Tokyo Electron Factory. We went to the Training Room, Production Innovation Lab and interacted with top officials of the company. The semiconductor sector is a key area for India-Japan cooperation,” PM Modi said on X.

PM Ishiba and I visited the Tokyo Electron Factory. We went to the Training Room, Production Innovation Lab and interacted with top officials of the company. The semiconductor sector is a key area for India-Japan cooperation.

In the last few years, India has made many strides in… pic.twitter.com/6Fmv0s7gUo

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 30, 2025

The visit to Sendai underscored the growing synergy between India’s expanding semiconductor manufacturing sector and Japan’s expertise in advanced semiconductor equipment and technology.

Both countries reiterated their commitment to strengthening cooperation in this field, building on the Memorandum of Cooperation for the Japan–India Semiconductor Supply Chain Partnership, as well as ongoing collaborations through the India–Japan Industrial Competitiveness Partnership and the Economic Security Dialogue.

India’s semiconductor push

The visit comes as PM Modi pushes for Made-in-India chips. Last week, the prime minister announced that India’s first domestically manufactured semiconductor chip will be available in the market by the end of 2025.

“We all know that semiconductor manufacturing could have started in India 50–60 years ago, but India missed that too, and the same thing continued for many years to come. Today we have changed this situation. Semiconductor-related factories have started coming up in India,” PM Modi said at the ET Summit. 

Meanwhile, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has said that semiconductor company CG Semi will roll out the first ‘Made-in-India’ chips from Gujarat’s Sanand pilot facility “soon.”

“Hopefully, we will have the first ‘Made in India’ chip rolled out of this plant soon. The pilot facility will operate at a peak capacity of about 5 lakh units per day,” the minister said yesterday.