Japan Microelectronics (6871.JP) today (27th) closed at 9,960 Japanese yen, a decline of 1.97% for the day. The company has decided to increase its equipment investment to expand the production capacity of probe cards for advanced memory semiconductors, planning to invest 24.1 billion Japanese yen in the Aomori factory and Aomori Matsuzaki factory, and will advance this between 2027 and 2028. However, in light of the overall weak performance of memory-related stocks, the market's reaction to the news has been limited. The previous night in the U.S. market, memory stocks such as Micron (MU.US) and SanDisk (SNDK.US) saw significant declines