KUMAMOTO—Kumamoto Prefecture experienced the highest growth rate of foreign tourism of any prefecture in Japan, helped by popular statues of characters from “One Piece,” the iconic manga and anime ...

KUMAMOTO--With the grandeur of Mount Aso in the background, around 20 cranes were erecting what will be a fortress-like building on a 21-hectare site in Kikuyo town, Kumamoto Prefecture. The area, ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — TSMC’s board will meet in Kumamoto, Japan, on Monday to discuss potential 3 nm expansion as demand for ...

In Kumamoto, we meet people who cherish their ancestry and nature, such as a traditional inlay artisan, a group passing on the history of the building of an embankment, and a brown cattle breeder.

The chief executive of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. told Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Thursday of the ...

TSMC first announced plans to open a second semiconductor fab in Kumamoto in February 2024 as part of its $20 billion planned investment in Japan. However, in July 2025, it was reported that the ...

The city of Kumamoto in southern Japan is seeing a boom in Taiwan-related businesses following the set up there of TSMC's chip fab.

TL;DR: TSMC's first Japanese wafer fab in Kumamoto will begin mass production by late 2024, supplying Sony and Denso with 22nm, 28nm, 12nm, and 16nm chips. A second factory will start by 2027, ...

Kimio Katsuya gazes over sprawling, freshly harvested rice fields in Kumamoto Prefecture that will soon be transformed. “Soon, the paddies will all be filled with water,” Katsuya says on this late ...

Every evening at six, a group of around 40 people gather in front of their computers. They include volunteers who’ve just finished their work on-site; officials from Kumamoto’s prefectural government, ...