Taiwan chip parts supplier bets on Japan and an old pachinko parlor

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Feedback Technology Japan will convert this old hall for pachinko pinball machines in Arao, Japan, into a plant for chipmaking tool components. (Feedback Technology Japan)

SHOTARO MORI and YOSHINARU SAKABE, Nikkei staff writers

FUKUOKA, Japan -- When Chen Zige was searching for a location for a new chipmaking equipment parts plant, he found an unlikely spot that met his needs: an abandoned pachinko pinball parlor in southwest Japan.

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