TSMC Arizona fab posted a net profit of NT$4.7 billion in the first half of 2025. In contrast, JASM reported a NT$6.2 billion ...

TL;DR: TSMC's first Japanese wafer fab in Kumamoto will begin mass production by late 2024, supplying Sony and Denso with 22nm, 28nm, 12nm, and 16nm chips. A second factory will start by 2027, ...

A historic city on Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan’s four main islands, Kumamoto is renowned for its imposing castle, rich regional food culture and friendly, welcoming inhabitants. The city’s ...

Kimio Katsuya gazes over sprawling, freshly harvested rice fields in Kumamoto Prefecture that will soon be transformed. “Soon, the paddies will all be filled with water,” Katsuya says on this late ...

The arrival of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) in Japan’s Kumamoto Prefecture marks the regaining of the area’s pivotal position established during the Meiji Restoration in the 19th ...

KUMAMOTO—Kumamoto Prefecture experienced the highest growth rate of foreign tourism of any prefecture in Japan, helped by popular statues of characters from “One Piece,” the iconic manga and anime ...

Apple CEO Tim Cook and SVP of Marketing Greg Joswiak took a trip to the Prefectural University of Kumamoto, Japan, to visit students and landmarks. Cook and other Apple executives tend to go on PR ...

Kumamoto brings to mind a myriad of images. The largely rural prefecture in central Kyūshū is home to majestic Kumamoto Castle, its iconic black walls, stone fortifications, and ornate rooftiles ...

People gather near the ticket gates for the Kyushu Shinkansen Line at Kumamoto Station in the southern Japan city of Kumamoto after a major earthquake suspended bullet train services on Jan. 3, 2019. ...

TOKYO -- An earthquake measuring up to a lower 5 on the 7-point Japanese seismic scale hit Kumamoto Prefecture in southern Japan at around 2:16 p.m. on Jan. 26, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) ...