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The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company facility in Phoenix. The tech giant modeled its facility in Phoenix on one at home. But bringing the company's highly complex manufacturing process to America has been a bigger challenge than it expected.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 10, 2024
What works in Taiwan doesn’t always work in Arizona, a chipmaking giant learns
Bringing TSMC's highly complex manufacturing process to America has been a bigger challenge than it expected.
Coyotes players salute the fans following their final game home game in Tempe, Arizona, on Wednesday.
MORE SPORTS / Ice hockey
Apr 19, 2024
Coyotes moving to Utah after NHL approves sale and relocation of franchise
The NHL has approved the sale and relocation of the Arizona Coyotes to Utah starting with the 2024-25 season.
Arizona Coyotes fans hold up signs after the team's final game of the season on Wednesday in Tempe, Arizona.
MORE SPORTS / Ice Hockey
Apr 18, 2024
Jazz owner Ryan Smith appears to confirm Coyotes' move to Utah
Multiple media outlets reported last week that the franchise was about to be sold ahead of a move to Utah.
Pro-life demonstrators listen to U.S. President Donald Trump as he speaks at the 47th annual "March for Life" in Washington on January 24, 2020.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 10, 2024
Trump making a risky bet on abortion as he seeks re-election
Trump has taken credit for the surprise overturning of the federal right to abortion in 2022.
Protesters take part in a small rally led by Women's March Tucson after Arizona's Supreme Court revived a law dating to 1864 that bans abortion in virtually all instances, in Tucson, Arizona, on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 10, 2024
Arizona's top court revives 19th century abortion ban
States were given the go-ahead to adopt such bans after the conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court overturned its landmark Roe v. Wade ruling.
TSMC and other leading-edge chipmakers are engaged in negotiations with the Commerce Department over a pool of about $28 billion in grants targeted for advanced factories.
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 9, 2024
TSMC to win more than $5 billion in grants for U.S. chip plant
The move would mark a major milestone in U.S. President Joe Biden’s effort to revitalize American semiconductor manufacturing.
TSMC had said it would make 3nm chips at the second factory, which is expected to be more advanced than the first in Arizona, but on Thursday, it said that incentives from the U.S. government would help determine how advanced the tech inside will be.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 19, 2024
TSMC’s second factory in Arizona delayed as U.S. grants remain in flux
Site will start operations only in 2027 or 2028, instead of the chipmaker's earlier guidance of 2026.
Texas Rangers players storm the field after defeating the Arizona Diamondbacks to win the World Series in Game 5 on Wednesday in Phoenix.
BASEBALL
Nov 2, 2023
Rangers down Diamondbacks in Game 5 for first World Series title
A 5-0 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks in Game 5 on Wednesday clinched the Rangers' first title in three trips to the Fall Classic.
Texas Rangers starting pitcher Andrew Heaney during the first inning of Game 4 of the World Series on Tuesday in Phoenix.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 1, 2023
Offensive explosion moves Rangers to cusp of World Series title
The Rangers rolled to an 11-7 win and are now one victory away from their first World Series championship.
Texas Rangers relief pitcher Jose Leclerc (left) and catcher Jonah Heim celebrate after defeating the Arizona Diamondbacks in Game 3 of the World Series at Chase Field in Phoenix on Monday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 31, 2023
Rangers bounce back to down Diamondbacks and lead World Series
The Rangers suffered an early blow when starter Max Scherzer was pulled from the mound after just 36 scoreless pitches with an apparent back injury.
Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Merrill Kelly during the seventh inning of his team's Game 2 victory in the World Series in Arlington, Texas
BASEBALL
Oct 29, 2023
Diamondbacks rout Rangers to pull level in World Series
Arizona pitcher Merrill Kelly struck out nine and scattered three hits over seven innings to spark the Diamondbacks to a 9-1 win.
Texas Rangers right fielder Adolis Garcia celebrates after hitting the game-winning home run in the 11th inning of Game 1 of the World Series on Friday in Arlington, Texas.
BASEBALL
Oct 28, 2023
Adolis Garcia's blast lifts Rangers in World Series opener
Garcia's eighth home run of the postseason pushed his RBI total to 22, eclipsing David Freese (2011) for the most in one postseason in MLB history.
Arizona Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo speaks to the media prior to the start of the World Series against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on Thursday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 27, 2023
'It's real': Diamondbacks ready to silence critics, Lovullo says
Arizona reached the post-season as a sixth-seed wild card and defied the odds to reach Major League Baseball's biggest stage.
Relief pitcher Paul Sewald celebrates with catcher Gabriel Moreno after the Diamondbacks defeated the Phillies in Game 7 of the NLCS.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 25, 2023
Diamondbacks cap NLCS comeback to stun Phillies in Game 7
Corbin Carroll collected three hits and two RBIs as the Diamondbacks advanced to the World Series by beating the Phillies 4-2.
Diamondbacks starter Merrill Kelley pitches against the Phillies during Game 6 of the National League Championship Series in Philadelphia on Monday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 24, 2023
Diamondbacks outplay Phillies to force Game 7 in NLCS
Arizona Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo got an earful from Merrill Kelly upon pulling the right-hander in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series Monday.
Bryce Harper rounds the bases after hitting a sixth-inning home run against the Diamondbacks in Game 5 of the NL Championship Series in Phoenix on Saturday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 22, 2023
Phillies rip Diamondbacks to seize NLCS lead
Philadelphia can reach a second straight World Series with a win in Game 6 on Monday.
Phillies left fielder Kyle Schwarber rounds the bases after his sixth-inning home run against the Diamondbacks during Game 2 of the NLCS in Philadelphia on Tuesday.
BASEBALL
Oct 18, 2023
Phillies hammer Diamondbacks to take 2-0 NLCS lead
Seventy-five of the 89 teams to take a 2-0 lead in a best-of-seven series have won the series.
The Diamondbacks' Ketel Marte reacts after hitting a home run against the Dodgers in the third inning of the NLDS in Phoenix, Arizona, on Wednesday.
BASEBALL
Oct 12, 2023
Upstart Diamondbacks finish off sweep of Dodgers
The win was the latest chapter in the D-Backs' improbable and impressive playoff run.
The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. facility in Phoenix, Arizona
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 20, 2023
TSMC weighs advanced chip packaging in U.S. to ease bottleneck
The U.S. is talking to TSMC about research and development for the first time, in an effort to bring more of the contract chipmaker’s technology onshore.
A landscape worker from Mexico takes a break during a heat wave in Phoenix, Arizona, on July 27. A thermal camera registered surface temperatures of 40 degrees Celsius, with an air temperature of 42 C.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Aug 8, 2023
Thermal camera captures record heat wave scorching Phoenix
The southwestern U.S. city has shattered its 1974 heat-wave record with temperatures above 43 degrees Celsius for 31 straight days.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
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