Chip factory construction site in Hokkaido

Chip factory construction site in Hokkaido

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 1, 2024, shows the construction site for a semiconductor factory in Chitose, Hokkaido, northern Japan, to be operated by Rapidus Corp., a Japanese government-subsidized chip venture set up by Toyota Motor Corp. and seven other Japanese companies in 2022.

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