Chip industry hub grows in southwestern Japan with TSMC's arrival

Tokyo Electron, Ebara and others invest in Kumamoto

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TSMC's Kumamoto plant is nearing completion, with the chipmaker's moves in the region spurring investments by Japanese industry players. (Photo by Toshiki Sasazu)

NAMI MATSUURA and KOSUKE KONDO, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO/KUMAMOTO, Japan -- A cluster of semiconductor investment is taking shape on the southwestern Japanese island of Kyushu, as TSMC's construction of a chip plant spurs new moves by some of Japan's biggest suppliers in the industry.

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