Reference News Network January 29** According to Taiwan's "China Times News Network" on January 28**, at the financial report meeting of chip foundry leader TSMC on the 18th, Chairman Liu Deyin confirmed that Japan's Kumamoto factory will hold an opening ceremony on February 24, and the second factory is still in discussion with Japan. However, according to Japanese media reports, TSMC will officially announce on February 6 that Kumamoto No. 2 Factory will still be located in Juyang Town.
According to the local ** "Kumamoto Daily News" and "Kumamoto Broadcasting" reports, Japan's Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Tetsushi Sakamoto announced the news at a local meeting on the 28th, saying that TSMC will officially announce the selection of Kikuyo Town to build a second factory on February 6.
Construction of the Kumamoto No. 1 plant began in April 2022 and was completed in just one year and eight months. The location of the second plant is expected to be adjacent to the first plant, which was completed at the end of last year, and Japan** plans to provide subsidies of about 750 billion yen (about 36 billion yuan - note on this website).
According to the Kumamoto Daily Shimbun, with the plan of the second plant, semiconductor-related industries are expected to further gather in Kumamoto.
In response to TSMC's plant development, Kumamoto Prefecture is planning to improve local infrastructure. Tetsushi Sakamoto admits that traffic congestion, industrial water supply and factory wastewater discharge are still major problems, but he is still optimistic that the situation will develop in a better direction. Japan** has also pledged to provide local** financial support.
Compared with the smooth progress of the Kumamoto plant, TSMC's first factory in Arizona, USA, has been delayed, and the second factory has also been delayed by another two years.
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