Samsung plans chip facility in JapanEXPANSION: Japan is providing subsidies for eight battery and two semiconductor projects in the nation as it tries to bolster its supply chain, an industry official said Samsung Electronics Co is to build a new semiconductor chip development facility in Japan, Japan’s Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported. The plant would be in Yokohama, where Samsung has a research and development site, the report said, without citing anyone. The South Korean firm would build a production line for a prototype chip, and the facility would cost more than ￥30 billion (US$221 million), with the Japanese government expected to provide more than ￥10 billion in subsidies, it said. Operations are targeted to begin in 2025, it reported. Samsung’s move follows its bigger foundry rival Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電), which is
