--Micron Technology Inc. is planning to build a new plant for dynamic random-access memory in the western Japanese prefecture of Hiroshima at an estimated cost of as much as 800 billion yen ($7.00 billion), Nikkan Kogyo reports without citing sources.

--The Japanese government may provide financial aid for the project, the report said.

Full story: https://www.nikkan.co.jp/articles/view/00615711 (Japanese)

Write to Kosaku Narioka at kosaku.narioka@wsj.com

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