Japan, Taiwan Prioritize Co-founding Chipmaking Facility to Deter CCP

The Japanese government has granted ‘unprecedented, bold support’ for the advanced chipmaking base.

A worker walks outside the new semiconductor plant by Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (JASM), a subsidiary of Taiwan's chip giant TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company), in Kikuyo of the Kikuchi district, Kumamoto prefecture on February 14, 2024. PHILIP FONG/AFP via Getty Images

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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSMC), the world’s largest foundry of its kind, officially completed the construction of subsidiary plant Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing, Inc. (JASM) in Kumamoto Prefecture, marking a new stage in revitalizing Japan’s semiconductor industry and Japan–Taiwan cooperation in the context of the U.S.-led free world’s high-tech strategic deterrence against communist China.