Taiwan Business Weekly: atre Opens at Taipei Station, Sharp-Foxconn EV Push, $12bn Birthrate PlanA · FULL TRANSLATION
- Wiwynn expands North American server capacity with 3-5 new plants; chairman denies any AI bubble
- Sharp's CEO visited Taiwan to deepen Foxconn ties in AI servers, EVs and robotics
- Taiwan unveiled a NT$380 billion annual birthrate package: NT$5,000 monthly per child to age 18
- JR East's atre opened a retail corner inside Taipei Main Station's metro level
This Taipei-compiled weekly is how Japanese business reads Taiwan, and all four items touch wallets on both sides. Wiwynn is adding three to five North American plants, with its chairman dismissing AI-bubble talk while flagging the real constraint: memory and high-end PCB shortages - a pricing signal across the Japan-Taiwan supply chain. Sharp's CEO flew to Taipei to deepen Foxconn collaboration in AI servers, EVs and robots, round two of the 'Japanese brand, Taiwanese manufacturing' experiment. Taipei's NT$380 billion-a-year birthrate package (about 1% of GDP) gets unusual Japanese coverage because Japan faces the same cliff and wants a reference case. And atre's opening inside Taipei Main Station shows Japan exporting its station-retail playbook. Capital, technology and lifestyle keep interweaving across the strait between these two economies.
(Summary, Weekly Taiwan Business News June 1, 2026, Y's Consulting) Wiwynn, the Wistron-affiliated server maker, will sharply expand North American capacity - extending its El Paso plant and studying 3-5 new factories. Chairman Emily Hong insists 'there is no AI bubble,' citing solid demand, with memory and high-end PCB shortages as the real bottleneck. Sharp CEO Tetsuji Kawamura visited Taiwan to deepen cooperation with parent Foxconn in AI servers, EVs and robotics, leveraging Foxconn's network for India sales. President Lai Ching-te announced an 18-item birthrate package worth NT$380 billion annually (~1% of GDP) from next January: NT$5,000 monthly per child aged 0-18, extended unpaid parental leave to age six, and wage subsidies for reduced-hour workers. JR East's atre partially opened 'Metro Corner atre Taipei Station' in the MRT basement with tenants like Sushiro To Go and BAKE Cheese Tart.