Around 10,000 visitors, with 20% being high school students, attended the semiconductor exhibition in Kumamoto where Taiwan's TSMC opened a factory in February.
A Taiwanese university is training Japanese and other students in the field as TSMC, the world's largest manufacturer of semiconductors, brings jobs to Japan.
Two TSMC factories are being built in Kumamoto. These will encourage the industry and help improve supply chain resilience vital to Japan's economic security.