FUKUOKA, Japan -- As it seeks to build an economic future around semiconductors, the southwestern Japanese region known as the country's "Silicon Island" is facing a familiar bottleneck.
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An industrial park at the Port of Kanda in Japan's Fukuoka prefecture. (Photo by Shotaro Mori)
FUKUOKA, Japan -- As it seeks to build an economic future around semiconductors, the southwestern Japanese region known as the country's "Silicon Island" is facing a familiar bottleneck.