{"id":168874,"date":"2025-02-12T17:18:23","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T08:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=168874&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-02-12T17:19:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T08:19:21","slug":"taiwan-to-establish-trade-and-investment-center","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/taiwan-to-establish-trade-and-investment-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan to Establish Trade and Investment Center in Fukuoka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taiwan\u2019s Minister of Economic Affairs, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">J.W. Kuo<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, announced plans to establish a &#8220;Taiwan Trade and Investment Center&#8221; in Fukuoka. The decision follows the expansion of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) in Kumamoto and aims to support Taiwanese businesses entering Kyushu while strengthening industrial cooperation with Japan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Details and an official launch date have yet to be disclosed, with further coordination required with Japanese authorities. The center will operate separately from the Taiwan Trade Center, which already has an office in Fukuoka.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Kyushu delegation, including governors and economic representatives, met with Taiwanese officials in Taipei on February 11. Discussions focused on deepening collaboration, particularly in the semiconductor sector. The visit also included a tour of Taiwan\u2019s Hsinchu Science Park, known as the &#8220;Silicon Valley of Taiwan.&#8221; <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jiji.com\/jc\/article?k=2025021100632&amp;g=int\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jiji News<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/fnn_taipei-taiwan_2023_WEB.jpg?resize=1400%2C878&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Taiwan to Establish Trade and Investment Center in Fukuoka\" width=\"1400\" height=\"878\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-168879\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/fnn_taipei-taiwan_2023_WEB.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/fnn_taipei-taiwan_2023_WEB.jpg?resize=300%2C188&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/fnn_taipei-taiwan_2023_WEB.jpg?resize=1024%2C642&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/fnn_taipei-taiwan_2023_WEB.jpg?resize=768%2C482&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taiwan\u2019s Minister of Economic Affairs, J.W. Kuo, announced plans to establish a &#8220;Taiwan Trade and Investment Center&#8221; in Fukuoka&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":168883,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-168874","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-business","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/168874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168874"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}