Executive Director Sota Kato is quoted in an article published by the Nikkei Asian Review, July 31, 2019:

"No industry wants to see its fate depend on a government policy," said Sota Kato, research director at the Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research and a former senior official at METI. "The Japanese semiconductor industry doesn't have its own lobbying organization because the Japanese government never previously resorted to a trade war; but if it does, then the industry needs a way to protect its interests."

https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Cover-Story/Inside-the-lose-lose-trade-fight-between-Japan-and-South-Korea