{"id":171484,"date":"2025-06-05T10:10:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T01:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=171484&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-06-05T10:10:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T01:10:18","slug":"tsmc-delays-second-kumamoto-factory-due-to-traffic-concerns","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/tsmc-delays-second-kumamoto-factory-due-to-traffic-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"TSMC Delays Second Kumamoto factory Due to Traffic Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TSMC has postponed the construction of its second factory in Kumamoto from Q1 2025 to later in the year to address traffic congestion concerns in the area. The announcement was made by the company\u2019s CEO during a shareholders\u2019 meeting in Taiwan. Kumamoto Prefecture Governor Kimura affirmed commitment to supporting the factory and pledged swift traffic infrastructure improvements. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.co.jp\/articles\/fe74807db665730a8fd3f288532abfa2b9611d8a\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ASAHI<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-169254\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fnnS_tsmc-kumamoto-adjusted_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=700%2C525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fnnS_tsmc-kumamoto-adjusted_2025_WEB.jpg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fnnS_tsmc-kumamoto-adjusted_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span class=\"s1\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a>today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span class=\"s1\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span class=\"s1\">this <b>form<\/b>.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TSMC has postponed the construction of its second factory in Kumamoto from Q1 2025 to later in the year to address traffic congestion concerns in the area<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":165574,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-171484","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kumamoto-prefecture","news-category-business","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/171484","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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171484"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}