Kirk here with some business news:

November 10, 2021 at 10:12 JST 2021

“Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. announced on Tuesday that it will build a $7 billion plant in Japan’s southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto to help meet the global shortage of semiconductors.”

This has been in the news as a possibility for some time. Here are links to some previous posts:

https://www.facebook.com/Kumamotoi/posts/5732615523478499 https://www.facebook.com/Kumamotoi/posts/6150130988393615

But, now it looks like the final decision has been made. An investment of $7 billion should help the local economy.

TSMC to build $7 bil. chip plant in Japan's Kumamoto Pref. - The Mainichi

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. announced on Tuesday that it will build a $7 billion plant in Japan's southwestern prefecture

https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmainichi.jp%2Fe …

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