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Yohei Himeno and Ken Nakao / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers
17:59 JST,
March 8, 2025
KUMAMOTO — Here in a rural district of Kikuyo, Kumamoto Prefecture, a vast tract of land just next to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s huge No. 1 fabrication plant in Japan was surrounded by white walls in late January.