According to CCTV financial news, on the afternoon of the 28th local time, a 6.8 magnitude earthquake occurred in Kumamoto Prefecture in Japan. Many regions experienced road collapses, house damage, and power outages. According to information released by the Japan Meteorological Agency, up to now, more than 100 aftershocks have occurred in Kumamoto Prefecture. Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said at a press conference on the 29th that as of 8:30 a.m. on the same day, the earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture had killed 13 people. Kumamoto Prefecture is the core center of Japan's semiconductor industry. According to local media reports, after the earthquake occurred on the 28th, more than 10 semiconductor companies, including TSMC, Sony, and Tokyo Electronics, evacuated personnel and stopped work from their factories. All employees at TSMC's Kumamoto plant have been evacuated, and construction of the Kumamoto Second Plant currently under construction has been suspended; the Sony Group's image sensor factory continues to stop production, and the time for the resumption of production is yet to be determined. Equipment and power chip manufacturers such as Tokyo Electronics, Renesas, and Mitsubishi Electric all stopped work and security checks.

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