{"id":178171,"date":"2026-06-19T10:54:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T01:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=178171&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-06-19T10:54:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T01:54:38","slug":"kyushu-hokkaido-chip-alliance-expands","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kyushu-hokkaido-chip-alliance-expands\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyushu-Hokkaido Chip Alliance Expands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fukuoka Financial Group and Hokuhoku Financial Group signed a partnership agreement on June 17 aimed at strengthening ties between semiconductor industries in Kyushu and Hokkaido. The agreement is designed to support business expansion by Kyushu companies in Hokkaido as Rapidus moves toward future mass production. Fukuoka FG, which serves about 680 semiconductor-related clients, has developed a database of industry expertise and production processes through group company FFG Industries and startup Catallaxy. The information may be shared with Hokuhoku FG to encourage business matching and investment opportunities. Both groups also plan to hold seminars and technical exchange events while sharing information on industrial parks and corporate recruitment. The partnership reflects growing cooperation between Japan\u2019s major semiconductor development regions. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikkei.com\/article\/DGXZQOJC158XU0V10C26A6000000\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nikkei<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-fg.com\/news_info_pdf\/2026\/20260617_release.pdf?_ebx=23ejyzf2bvw.1767767766.86o21hj&#038;_gl=1*1rb9xua*_gcl_au*NDM1NTA5NDYzLjE3ODE3NDYxNzQ.&#038;__cribnotes_uuid=051f1a4d-bdb2-42c2-919f-dd041d41fc6a\" target=\"_blank\">Fukuoka Financial Group<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/fnn_ffg_2023_WEB.jpeg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fukuoka Financial Group\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-157054\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/fnn_ffg_2023_WEB.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/fnn_ffg_2023_WEB.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/fnn_ffg_2023_WEB.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/fnn_ffg_2023_WEB.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto: Fukuoka Now<\/p>\n<p>Get Fukuoka and Kyushu\u2019s top stories delivered to your inbox. The Now is Fukuoka Now\u2019s free biweekly newsletter featuring local news, events, culture, business, and community updates in English. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\">Subscribe to The Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\">this <strong>form<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fukuoka Financial Group and Hokuhoku Financial Group signed a partnership agreement on June 17 aimed at strengthening ties between semiconductor industries in Kyushu and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":157054,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-178171","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-business","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/178171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178171"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}