Overview
- Taiwanese media report that TSMC has begun reassessing its overseas strategy and may add 2‑nanometer production in Kumamoto, with local coverage noting weak output about a year after the first fab’s mass production start.
- Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority has included survey funding in the next fiscal budget to develop an AI system that would support reactor safety reviews as applications are expected to increase.
- A five-year-old boy was transported to hospital unconscious after his right arm was caught in an escalator at Otaru’s Asarigawa Onsen ski area, according to local reports.
- Médecins Sans Frontières is operating PTSD treatment in Vinnytsia to care for people in Ukraine suffering deep trauma from combat and family losses as the conflict approaches its fourth year.
- Late-December reporting highlights persistent increases in food and utility costs with no clear relief, intensifying economic strain on households raising children.