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.