US benefits as Taiwan tech shifts from China, but Japan left behind

Europe and ASEAN nations also become leading investment destinations

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Japan has been trying to court investment by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. in Japanese production capacity. (Photo courtesy of TSMC)

SHUHEI YAMADA, Nikkei Asia Tech chief editor

TOKYO -- Taiwanese technology companies have made hardly any supply chain investments in Japan as an alternative to mainland China, directing most of their new factory construction and acquisitions to the U.S., Europe and Southeast Asia instead, official research shows.

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