Zuckerberg Meets Japanese Prime Minister... "Exchanged Views on AI and Advanced Technologies"

On the 27th, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, met with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Kyodo News reported that they exchanged opinions on advanced technologies such as generative artificial intelligence (AI).

That afternoon, CEO Zuckerberg visited the Prime Minister's Official Residence in Tokyo to pay a courtesy call on Prime Minister Kishida. After the meeting, he told reporters, "I had a fruitful and excellent conversation with Prime Minister Kishida about the future of AI and technology."

The next day, he is expected to visit South Korea to meet President Yoon Suk-yeol.

Meanwhile, the day before, Liu Deyin, chairman of Taiwan's TSMC, the world's number one foundry (semiconductor contract manufacturer), paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Kishida and expressed his intention to continue supporting Japan's semiconductor industry. The opening ceremony of TSMC's first plant in Kumamoto Prefecture, Kyushu, a symbol of Japan-Taiwan 'semiconductor cooperation,' was held on the 24th. This plant is expected to produce about 55,000 wafers per month of 12 to 28 nanometer (nm) process products.

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