TOKYO -- A shortage of engineers is the "most difficult" challenge facing Taiwan's Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. (PSMC) as it prepares to build a plant in Japan, with a recent wave of global chipmakers investing in the country expected to exacerbate the battle for talent.
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Joe Wu, Japan head of PSMC, visits Miyagi prefecture in November 2023. The Taiwanese chipmaker is building a plant in the northern prefecture. (Photo by Takuya Matsuda)
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