THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
November 25, 2021 at 18:51 JST
Koichi Hagiuda, far left, the economy minister, visits the site in Kumamoto Prefecture where the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. plans to construct a plant. (Takumi Wakai)
Japan is putting together a package worth about 800 billion yen ($6.9 billion) to support the domestic semiconductor industry, with the highlight being construction of a Taiwanese chip plant in Kumamoto Prefecture. [Read More]
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