TOKYO -- Japan needs chip suppliers who over the past decades shifted production overseas to start investing more at home as the country attempts to re-enter the global chip race.
Operator of Kumamoto factory says construction is making 'steady progress'

Yuichi Horita, president of JASM, said construction on TSMC's factory in Kumamoto, Japan, is making "steady progress." (Photo by Ryohtaroh Satoh)
TOKYO -- Japan needs chip suppliers who over the past decades shifted production overseas to start investing more at home as the country attempts to re-enter the global chip race.