Will TSMC take Japanese taxpayer money and run?

As Tsukuba R&D center opens, doubts remain about government's $140m outlay

This is where one of Taiwan's largest companies will develop next-generation semiconductor technology. The facilities, in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, were built with across-the-board support from Japan. (Source photos by Ryosuke Eguchi and Keiichiro Asahara)

YU NAKAMURA, HIDEAKI RYUGEN and RYOSUKE EGUCHI, Nikkei staff writers

July 3, 2022 10:00 JST

TAIPEI/TOKYO -- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has begun operating a research and development facility in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, much of which was paid for by the Japanese taxpayer.