TAIPEI -- Max Lin has headed the international institutional banking division at Taiwan's biggest private bank for years, but only recently has he seen its Japan business flourish. The reason can be summed up in one word: chips.
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After Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. announced its first Japanese chip plant in Kumamoto, regional demand for investing in the southwestern prefecture surged. (Photo by Shinya Sawai)
In Kumamoto and beyond, companies cash in on the Taiwanese chipmaker's expansion