Overview

• The Taiwan Trade and Investment Center in Fukuoka reported a surge of Taiwanese capital into Kyushu since TSMC’s 2021 Kumamoto plant announcement and now provides advisory services to local governments and businesses.
• Mitsui Fudosan launched RISE-A, an industry-academia collaboration body chaired by Nobel laureate Hiroshi Amano, to support new semiconductor ventures and workforce development.
• RISE-A will open a dedicated exchange facility in Tokyo’s Nihonbashi this October to connect chip makers, users and researchers.
• Mitsui Fudosan is evaluating a science park in Kumamoto and an industry-academia hub in Sendai with Tohoku University to foster regional chip clusters.
• The initiatives are designed to bolster Japan’s competitiveness in semiconductor production and innovation through deepened Taiwan partnerships and networked collaboration.