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Airlines and local businesses are preparing to cash in on the surge in visitors from the island following the opening of the chip maker’s first plant in Japan.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, which counts Apple and Nvidia as clients, produces half the worlds chips, used in everything from smartphones to satellites and increasingly to power AI technology.

The chipmakers new plant in Kumamoto will boost the resilience of global supplies of the crucial hardware, founder Morris Chang told an opening ceremony.

Rest of World News: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) has inaugurated its first semiconductor plant in Japan, marking a significant milestone in its global exp

TOKYO: Japan said it will give TSMC up to 732 billion yen (US$4.86 billion) more in subsidies to help it build a second chip fabrication plant as the Taiwanese company on Saturday marked the opening of its first Japanese factory. TSMC's decision to build chips in Japan has become a key component of Tokyo's

The $8.6-billion facility in the southern Kumamoto region showcases TSMCs efforts to make some of its strategically crucial chips elsewhere than hotspot Taiwan, as well as Japans push to revive its once-dominant semiconductor sector.

Japan turning to TSMC for help on an industry it once dominated reflects the Taiwan chipmaker's dominant position in the foundry business and Tokyo's heightened concern over China's growing prowess in a wide swathe of technology.

The influx comes amid shifting alliances and priorities in the global chip industry as the United States pushes to limit Chinas progress in cutting-edge semiconductors and strengthen partnerships between its allies. Fabless chipmaker Alchip Technologies, which specialises in customised chips known as application-specific integrated chips (ASICs), is illustrative of the China decoupling trend.

Aside from Nvidia, shares of rival chipmakers AMD, Intel and Qualcomm were also up in early trading.

Surrounded by fields of carrots and cabbages, workers are adding the latest touches ahead of the opening of a plant of Taiwanese chip giant TSMC, planned...