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Thanks to good transport and communications, land availability, local government policy, and labor supply, Kyushu emerged in the 1970s as a major regional concentration of memory chip assembly.  In Kumamoto prefecture alone there were 10 of these plants by 1980, the leader of which is Nippon Electric. Using young women as skilled labor, and a highly developed quality control system, the industry became world famous.  The research and design work, however, is done in Tokyo.  

Thanks to good transport and communications, land availability, local government policy, and labor supply, Kyushu emerged in the 1970s as a major regional concentration of memory chip assembly.  In Kumamoto prefecture alone there were 10 of these plants by 1980, the leader of which is Nippon Electric. Using young women as skilled labor, and a highly developed quality control system, the industry became world famous.  The research and design work, however, is done in Tokyo.  

==Bibliography==  

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