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TSMC to set up wholly owned subsidiary in Japan


The logo of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co is pictured at its headquarters in Hsinchu on Jan. 18.
Photo: Ann Wang, Reuters

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co’s (TSMC, 台積電) board of directors has approved a plan to invest up to ¥18.6 billion (US$177.7 million) to set up a fully owned subsidiary in Japan to expand its 3D semiconductor material research, the company said yesterday.

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Independent Kaohsiung councilor survives recall


Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Hsu Chih-chieh, left, hands a tissue to independent Kaohsiung City Councilor Huang Jie, center, as the result of a failed recall vote against her was announced in Kaohsiung yesterday.
Photo: Lee Hui-chou, Taipei Times

Independent Kaohsiung City Councilor Huang Jie (黃捷) yesterday weathered a recall vote to retain her councilor seat in Fongshan District (鳳山).

Kaohsiung City Election Commission data showed that 65,391 people voted against recalling her, while 55,261 voted in favor.

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Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Cheng Li-chiun, second right, and -academics hold a press conference in Taipei yesterday to criticize President Ma Ying-jeou’s suggestions about amending senior-high school history textbooks.
Photo: Wang Min-wei, Taipei Times

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Cheng Li-chiun (鄭麗君) and a group of historians yesterday urged President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) for the second time in as many months to stop interfering with high-school history textbooks and trying to inculcate kids with his own ideology.

“Ma’s comments at the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) Central Standing Committee meeting on Wednesday were proof that he is behind the ‘de-Taiwanization’ of high-school textbooks,” Cheng told a press conference.