How Japan Is Trying to Rebuild Its Chip Industry
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How Japan Is Trying to Rebuild Its Chip Industry

Taiwan’s semiconductor giant, TSMC, is quickly remaking a farm town in Japan into Asia’s next hub of chip manufacturing with enormous government support.
Japan Raises Interest Rates for First Time in 17 Years
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Japan Raises Interest Rates for First Time in 17 Years

Higher inflation and rising wages suggest that the country’s economy can grow without such aggressive stimulus from the central bank.