TOKYO -- Industrial subsidies are back in favor in Tokyo as Japan prepares a multibillion-dollar support package for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s first plant in the country.
Tokyo has been a critic of Chinese aid for steel and semiconductors

TSMC's proposed plant in Kumamoto, western Japan, is poised to receive government funding. (Nikkei montage)
TOKYO -- Industrial subsidies are back in favor in Tokyo as Japan prepares a multibillion-dollar support package for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s first plant in the country.