TOKYO -- The Japanese government on Monday was set to finalize a plan in which it has enlisted Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. to develop cutting-edge chipmaking technologies in Japan.
Japan semiconductor industry pitches in cutting-edge materials and equipment

A TSMC factory in Tainan, Taiwan. The world's largest contract chipmaker will set up an R&D facility in Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo. (Photo courtesy of TSMC)
TOKYO -- The Japanese government on Monday was set to finalize a plan in which it has enlisted Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. to develop cutting-edge chipmaking technologies in Japan.