SAPPORO, Japan -- With about seven months until the scheduled start of a prototype line at chipmaker Rapidus' new plant in Hokkaido, officials on Japan's northernmost main island view New York state's creation of a semiconductor ecosystem around an IBM research base as a model to nurture the industry.
The plant is not far from the runways at New Chitose Airport, Hokkaido's main airport and the gateway to its biggest city, Sapporo.
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