Taiwan Semi weighs expansion in Japan to reduce geopolitical risk

TOKYO—Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is considering expanding its production capacity in Japan, people familiar with the matter said, in what would be a move by the world’s largest contract chip maker to reduce geopolitical risk.

The Japanese government has signaled that it would like TSMC
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to expand in the country beyond a factory already under construction, but no decision has been made yet and TSMC is studying the feasibility, these people said.

The Taiwanese company, which makes chips for a host of major electronics products including those of Apple Inc., is building its first chip-manufacturing plant in Japan, located on the southern island of Kyushu. The multibillion-dollar plant is subsidized by the Japanese government.

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