TSMC has completed its first huge factory in Japan in Kikuyo Town, Kumamoto Prefecture. Its presence is so large that it has been compared to a "black ship" The Japanese government will provide up to 476 billion yen in subsidies for TSMC's new factory.

The site area of ​​over 200,000 square meters is equivalent to 4.5 Tokyo Domes. Approximately 1,700 people, including those who will work at the new factory, will be from Taiwan.