KUMAMOTO -- As the semiconductor industry boom intensifies traffic woes in the metropolitan area of Kumamoto prefecture, local authorities and financial institutions are taking action, introducing staggered work hours and telecommuting to ease the gridlock and steer the region toward sustainable development.
Transportation
Kumamoto tackles traffic woes amid semiconductor boom
Municipalities and businesses join forces with staggered work hours, traffic control
Roads around a semiconductor plant in the Kumamoto prefecture town of Kikuyo are often chronically snarled. (Photo by Kosuke Kondo)
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