Japan PM Kishida visits TSMC's Kumamoto chip plant

Tokyo spending $8bn to subsidize Taiwan manufacturer's production site

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Japanese Prime Minister Kishida, center, learns about the TSMC plant in Kumamoto prefecture on April 6. To the right is TSMC CEO C.C. Wei. © Kyodo

MAYUMI HIROSAWA, Nikkei staff writer

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.

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