TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s production complex in Kumamoto prefecture on Saturday, touring a site where Japan plans to spend more than 1.2 trillion yen ($7.9 billion) in subsidies.
TSMC's first chip plant, the first in the country, went operational in February. The world's top contract chip manufacturer plans to bring a second plant, which will produce advanced 6-nanometer chips, online by the end of 2027.
