TOKYO - In the small town of Kikuyo, in Kumamoto prefecture on Japan's Kyushu island, change is coming.
The world's largest semiconductor manufacturer Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), encouraged by the Japanese government with subsidies worth up to 476 billion yen (S$4.8 billion), is building a US$8.6 billion (S$12 billion) plant with Japanese business partners.
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