Though still a global bellwether in many areas of semiconductor technologies, Japan's semiconductor industry is significantly losing ground in world markets, as most Japanese players, operating as IDMs (integrated device manufacturers), bear the brunt of the impacts from changing industrial and market conditions, such as IC design houses and wafer foundry firms collaborating to disintegrate IDMs, new major players emerging around the world, and international mergers and acquisitions consolidating the industries. This has prompted Japanese semiconductor firms to carry out reorganization projects, but some have failed to cushion the impacts well, with Sharp being forced to unload the majority of shares to Taiwan's Foxconn Group and Toshiba Semiconductor actively seeking capital injection.
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